Yellowhead highway

Yellowhead Highway
Trans-Canada Highway
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL YT NT NU
Route information
Length:	2,859 km (1,777 mi)
Existed:	1970 – present
Major junctions
West end:	Hodges Ave in Masset BC
	BC 97 in Prince George, BC BC 5 near Tête Jaune Cache, BC Hwy 43 near Stony Plain, AB Hwy 216 in Edmonton, AB Hwy 2 in Edmonton, AB Hwy 11 in Saskatoon, SK Hwy 10 in Yorkton, SK PTH 10 near Minnedosa, MB PTH 1 near Portage la Prairie, MB PTH 100 in Winnipeg, MB
East end:	Route 52 in Winnipeg, MB
Location
Major cities:	Prince Rupert, Prince George, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg
Highway system
National Highway System Trans-Canada Highway

The Yellowhead Highway is a major interprovincial highway in Western Canada stretching from Winnipeg to Graham Island off the coast of British Columbia via Saskatoon and Edmonton. It stretches across the four western Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. It is part of the Trans-Canada Highway system and the larger National Highway System, but should not be confused with the more southerly, originally-designated Trans-Canada Highway. The highway was officially opened in 1970. Beginning in 1990, the green and white Trans-Canada logo was used to designate the roadway.

The highway is named for the Yellowhead Pass, the route chosen to cross the Canadian Rockies. The pass, and the highway are named after a fur trader and explorer named Pierre Bostonais. He had yellow streaks in his hair, and was nicknamed "Tête Jaune" (Yellowhead). Almost the entire length of the highway is numbered as 16, except for the section in Manitoba that is concurrent with Trans-Canada Highway 1.