Highway 93 | ||||
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Elko–Roosville Highway Kootenay–Columbia Highway Banff–Windermere Parkway |
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Route information | ||||
Length: | 321 km (199 mi) | |||
Existed: | 1958 – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end: | US 93 at Canada–US border | |||
BC 3 in Elko BC 3 / BC 95 near Fort Steele BC 95A near Wasa BC 95 at Radium Hot Springs |
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North end: |
Alberta border at Vermilion Pass continues as Hwy 93 |
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Highway system | ||||
British Columbia provincial highways
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British Columbia provincial highways
Highway 93 is a north–south route through the southeastern part of British Columbia, in the Regional District of East Kootenay and takes its number from U.S. Highway 93 that it connects with at the Canada-U.S. border. It follows the Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3) and Highway 95 through Radium Hot Springs and to where it crosses the Continental Divide into Alberta at Vermilion Pass, where it continues as Alberta Highway 93. The section between the Canada-U.S. border and the Crowsnest Highway is known as the Elko–Roosville Highway, the section between the Crowsnest Highway and Radium Hot Springs is known as the Kootenay–Columbia Highway, while the section east of Radium Hot Srings is known as the Banff–Windermere Parkway.
From the international border crossing at Roosville, the 321 km (199 mi) long Highway 93 parallels the eastern shore of Lake Koocanusa for 36 km (22 mi) to where it meets the Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3) at Elko. Highway 3 carries Highway 93 west for 53 km (33 mi) to where it is handed off to Highway 95 just south of Fort Steele. Highway 95 carries Highway 93 north for another 134 km (83 mi) along the Kootenay River and the Columbia River passing through Wasa, Canal Flats, Fairmont Hot Springs and Invermere to Radium Hot Springs, where Highway 95 diverges north towards Golden.