Highway 97 | ||||
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Okanagan Highway Cariboo Highway John Hart Highway Alaska Highway |
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Route information | ||||
Length: | 2,081 km (1,293 mi) | |||
Existed: | 1953 – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end: | US 97 at the Canada–United States border near Osoyoos | |||
BC 3 in Osoyoos BC 3A in Kaleden BC 97C in Peachland BC 33 in Kelowna BC 6 in Vernon BC 97A in Spallumcheen BC 1 in Monte Creek BC 5 in Kamloops BC 1 in Cache Creek BC 99 near Cache Creek BC 24 in 93 Mile House BC 20 in Williams Lake BC 26 in Quesnel BC 16 in Prince George BC 29 in Chetwynd BC 2 in Dawson Creek BC 29 in Charlie Lake BC 77 near Fort Nelson |
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North end: | Hwy 1 at the Yukon border | |||
Location | ||||
Districts: | Summerland, Peachland, Lake Country, 100 Mile House, Chetwynd, Taylor | |||
Major cities: | Penticton, West Kelowna, Kelowna, Vernon, Kamloops, Williams Lake, Quesnel, Prince George, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John | |||
Towns: | Osoyoos, Oliver, Cache Creek, Fort Nelson | |||
Highway system | ||||
British Columbia provincial highways
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British Columbia provincial highways
Highway 97 is the longest continuously numbered route in the Canadian province of British Columbia (and the longest provincial highway in any province), running 2,081 km (1,293 mi) from the Canada–United States border near Osoyoos in the south to the British Columbia/Yukon boundary in the north at Watson Lake, Yukon. The route takes its number from U.S. Route 97, with which it connects at the international border. The highway was initially designated '97' in 1953.
The Okanagan Highway is a 189 km (117 mi) section of Highway 97 between the international border and the junction of Highway 97A north of Vernon. It is named for the Okanagan region of British Columbia, through which it largely passes. It begins in the south at the international border crossing north of Oroville, and travels 4 km (2.5 mi) north to its junction with the Crowsnest Highway at Osoyoos. The highway travels north for 47 km (29 mi), passing through the Testalinden Creek Landslide and the communities of Oliver and Okanagan Falls. From Okanagan Falls, Highway 97 runs near the western shore of Skaha Lake before arriving at the locality of Kaleden, where Highway 3A diverges west.