British Columbia's Trans-Canada Highway Route: Highway #1 between Kamloops and Revelstoke

Here is the itinerary for the 219 km along the #1 between Kamloops and Revelstoke:

Kamloops and the Shuswap Lake region lie in the South Thompson Plateau, between the Coast Mountains and the Columbia Mountains. This means the area gets low amounts of rain, under 40 cm (1/3 as snow). The geology of the region is a combination of ancient volcanic and sedimentary rocks, some Jurassic (150 million year old) rocks, all of which were significantly effected by the Ice Age glaciers that retreated about 10,000 years ago. The climate is good for ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, lodgepole pine, grases, sagebrush, and prickly pear cactus.

Kamloops, with 70,000 residents, is a major forestry and food processing hub in the Interior of BC as the largest area city on the Trans-Canada and at the junction of area roads, rail lines and waterways.

Chase lies at the western edge of Little Shuswap Lake and the head of the South Thompson River. From here eastward to Sorrento, Salmon Arm and Sicamous is the famous Shuswap Lake vacation country, best know for its thousands of houseboats rented to vacationers from Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton (and even further afar). The Trans-Canada winds along the lake, which has over 1000 km of shoreline, and occasionally climbs up the forested hills that surround the lake (watch out for the area's bears and deer!). You may see signs of a massive 2005 forest fire along the NW shore of the lake.

Many farms along the lake date back to the pre-highway days a century ago, when the only way to ship farm produce was using the Shuswap Lake's paddle-wheeled steamers. Just south of Shuswap Lake is the Okanagan Lake fruit-growing region with over 75 wineries, with the towns of Enderby and Armstrong (famous for its cheese factory) leading to the larger centres of Vernon and Kelowna.

East of Sicamous, the Trans-Canada climbs over the Monashee mountain range, famous for its deep powder helicopter skiing on over 10 metres a year of annual snowfall. The mountains here climb to 2700 metres above sea level, and rise over a kilometer above the valley floors. The forests grow tall here, and visitors will notice the branches slope steeply, to help the snow slide off the branches. Lower elevations have lots of western hemlock and western red cedar, while higher elevations have lots of Douglas fir, aspen and western white pine, providing lots of resources for the area's logging and wood processing industries.

Midway between Sicamous and Revelstoke is Craigellachie, where the "last spike" on the Canadian Pacific Railroad was laid, connecting eastern Canada with British Columbia's Pacific Coast. Eagle Pass divides the Thompson River system to the west from the Columbia River system which flows into the Pacific 1500 kilometers downstream at Portland, Oregon which started out as a Hudson's Bay trading post, Fort Vancouver. The Columbia is heavily dammed for power generation, with the earthen Revelstoke Dam just north of town, the massive Mica dam upstream (140 km north of Revelstoke, and the world's second largest earthen dam), and the Keenleyside Dam downstream (270km south, near Castlegar).

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KM From Start EAST \| WEST		HighWay Point & Feature Description	Municipality	Elevation (metres)	Map	Add Info
0	210	Victoria Rd W (S), Laforme Blvd (N) access to downtown	Revelstoke	447.4
		webcam looking east Revelstoke - Columbia River View, South Of Town (wide angle panorama) Best Western Wayside Inn, on north side of highway Sandman Inn Revelstoke, on N side of highway Mount Revelstoke Ski area, 8.4 km S of highway Macdonalds on south (Eastbound) side of highway
1	209	Bridge over Columbia River	Revelstoke	438.9
		Bridge of Columbia River (compare with bridge at Donald)
1	209	Highway Frontage	Revelstoke	442
1.3	208.7	Junction Hwy 23 (S), Westside Rd (N)	Revelstoke	443.5
		Time Zone Change: westbound entering Pacific Time (-1 hour), eastbound entering Mountain Time (+1 hour)
2.5	226.5	Railway bridge overpass		1566.7
5	205	Big Eddy Rd (S), Canada West RV Park	Revelstoke	505.1
		Canada West RV Park, 4 km W of Revestoke, S side of highway
6.5	203.5	Rd to N	Revelstoke	514.2
7.5	202.5	Back Rd	Revelstoke	520.3
13	197	Eagle Pass		553.5
14	196	Victor Lake, S of Hwy		574.9
18	192	Rd to S, Access to Victor Lake PP		556
		Victor Lake Provincial Park
19	191	Enchanted Forest (S)		577.3
		The Enchanted Forest, on south side of highway
21	189	Three Valley Gap Hotel	Three Valley Gap	524.6
		Three Valley Gap hotel & lake photos 3 Valley Gap Heritage Ghost Town, Antique Auto Museum, and Railway Roundhouse, on north side of highway
22	188	Three Valley Gap Rd (W)	Three Valley Gap	546.5
24	186	Three Valley Gap Lake to East of Hwy	Three Valley Gap	504.4
		webcam looking west
28	182	Crazy Creek Resort (N)		465.1
		Crazy Creek Resort, with parking on both sides of the highway
28	182	Griffin Lake Rest Area		475.5
		viewpoint overlooking Griffin Lake, at west end of lake, on south side of highway Griffin Lake Mountain Lodge B&B
29	181	Camp Creek Rd (N)		505.7
		Noahs Ark Resort, just north of highway
30	180	19 Mile Rd (N)		447.8
		Crazy Creek Resort, about 1/10 km W of road (parking on both sides of highway)
37	173	Taft Side Rd (W)		392.6
38.5	171.5	Taft Side Rd (W)		393.5
41.5	168.5	Falkland Store, farmers stand		391.7
43	167	Crossing Perry River		383.1
43.4	166.6	Frontage Rd (N) east entrance, The Trickle Inn		381.9
		Living Forest Oceanside Campground
44	166	Frontage Rd (N) west entrance		380.4
46.3	163.7	Lybarger Rd (N), Farmers Coop stand		381.3
47	163	Ward Rd Pullout, S Side, historical monument	Craigellachie	384.4
		Last Spike in Trans-Continental Railroad, historical monument on S side of highway rest stop with bathrooms S of highway
49	161	Hickson Rd (N) Ackerman Rd (S)		381.6
50	160	Bridge over Eagle River		370.3
50.6	159.4	Rd to S		391.4
51	159	Malakwa Rd (N)	Malakwa	383.4
52	158	Lotus Rd (N)	Malakwa	375.2
52.6	157.4	Malakwa Rd (N)	Malakwa	365.8
53	157	Malakwa Loop Rd (east exit)	Malakwa	362.1
53.8	156.2	Malakwa Loop Rd (west exit)	Malakwa	364.5
53.9	156.1	East Turnoff to Yard Creek PP		363.3
		Yard Creek Provincial Park, on south side of highway. Access to Eagle River nature trail network Yard Creek Provincial Park, day use with access to Eagle River nature trail network
56	154	West Turnoff to Yard Creek PP		371.9
56.4	153.6	Cedars Campground & RV Park (N)		367.3
		Cedars Campground & RV Park, on N side of highway
56.5	153.5	Highway underpass		369.1
59	151	Oxbow Frontage Rd (S) west exit		370.3
61	149	Cambie-Susqua Rd (N)		405.4
62.5	147.5	Rd t N		403.6
63.8	146.2	Enquist Frontage Rd		391.4
65	145	Rd to N		355.4
65.5	144.5	Homestead Campground & RV Park		354.5
		Homestead Campground & RV Park, N side of highway (250-836-2583)
67	143	Karr Rd	Sicamous	368.2
68	142	Karr Rd	Sicamous	352.3
68.3	141.7	Husky Frontage Rd (east entrance)	Sicamous	353.3
		Husky Station on N side of highway
68.5	141.5	Maier Rd (N) Stadnicki Rd (S)	Sicamous	354.5
69	141	Maier Rd (S), Husky Frontage Rd west entrance	Sicamous	353
69.2	140.8	Green Rd (N)	Sicamous	353.6
69.4	140.6	McPherson Rd, access to MacLean-McPherson Rd	Sicamous	352.7
69.4	140.6	Ramma Cr (N)	Sicamous	354.2
		Sundog Bed and Breakfast, 1 block N of highway
69.5	140.5	Ramma Dr (N, WB only)	Sicamous	353.3
69.8	140.2	Sasqua Sicamous Rd (N), crossing Sicamous River	Sicamous	353.9
		webcam looking west Sicamous - Sicamous Narrows Bridge 360 degree panorama image Iscamous - Waterfront Park overlooking Shuswap Lake, 360 degree panorama image
70	140	Highway 97A Intersection	Sicamous	353.3
		Major Junction, route south to Okanagan Lake (see images) Sicamous KOA campground, 2.3 km S of highway Mara Provincial Park, day use and water sports, 10 km S of Sicamous take first left(west) along Main St or Finlayson St into Sicamous (houseboat capital of Canada) White Pine Beach, on norhth shore of Mara Lake Beachcomber Resort, on Mara Lake, 3.5 km S of highway (no web site: 250 836-2313) Humming Bird Resort, on Mara Lake, 10 km S of highway Alpine Village Resort, on Mara Lake, about 10 km S of highway (no website: 250 836-2816)
70.1	139.9	Gill Ave (S)	Sicamous	352.3
		eastbound access to Sicamous River, park at lot at foot of road, can access park via foot path under highway & rail bridges
70.6	139.4	Silver Sands Rd (NO	Sicamous	355.1
71.7	138.3	Bridge over south Arm & Sicmous River	Sicamous	352
72	138	Old Spallumcheen Rd	Sicamous	356.6
76	134	Viewpoint on N side		516.9
79	131	0112 Rd (S) to viewpoint 1680 ft elev		451.1
80	130	Road (N)		454.5
84	126	Road (S)		498.7
87	123	Road (S)		431.9
91.3	118.7	Canoe Beach Rd (N), lumber mill on N side along lakefront		383.1
92.4	117.6	50th St (N), all services		372.8
92.7	117.3	80th Ave NE (E) (Apple Grove Motel, Cart Track)		375.8
		Apple Grove Motel, E side of highway Salmon Arm Go-Karts & Mini-Golf, on east side of highway Fruit stand behind go-kart track, E side of highway
93.7	116.3	Pullout (E) with farmers market?		411.2
96.3	113.7	Interchange with Highway 97B South	Salmon Arm	458.7
		Inn at the Ninth Hole, Bed & Breakfast, 3 km south of highway on right-hand side Salmon Arm KOA campground, just south of highway on left/east side R.J. Haney Heritage Village & Museum, south of highway on right/west side
96.5	113.5	10th Ave turnoff, as road bends	Salmon Arm	459.3
97.2	112.8	40th St NE (Green Trees Mobile Home and RV Park, N)	Salmon Arm	467
98	112	30th Street NE Intersection	Salmon Arm	482.2
		Holiday Inn Express And Suites Salmon Arm
99.2	110.8	20th St NE	Salmon Arm	440.4
100	110	Super 8 Motel	Salmon Arm	437.4
		Super 8 - Salmon Arm
100.3	109.7	6th Ave NE (N)	Salmon Arm	413.6
		Sunwave Centre hockey arena, south of highway, home to Salmon Arm Silverbacks
100.6	109.4	10th St NE, Salmon River Morel & RV Park	Salmon Arm	395
		Best Western Villager West Motor Inn Shuswap Lake General Hospital (Interior Health District) just to north of hihgway
101.1	108.9	4th Street NE	Salmon Arm	361.8
		Access to Town Wharf, Shuswap Lake, 7/10 km to North. 360 degree panorama image Salmar Grand Theatre - Salmon Arm movie theatre, 2 blocks N of highway City Hall, police, and fire to north of highway childrens water splash park beside City Hall, 1 block S of highway McGuire Lake Park, with pond & fountain, visible to N of highway at base of hill. Acces via 6th St NE
101.7	108.3	Shuswap Street (all services)	Salmon Arm	359.1
		Salmar Classic Theatre, movie cinema, 1 block north of highway White Water Slide Park, on north edge of highway. no website 250-832-8880
102	108	TCH at 10th St SW	Salmon Arm	353.9
		Piccadilly Mall, just south of highway Centenoka Park Mall (at 4th Street)
103	107	10th Ave & 17th St SW	Salmon Arm	353
		Canadian Tire store, Overwaitea Foods, among others...
104.8	105.2	10th Ave & 30th St SW	Salmon Arm	353.3
105	105	40th Street SW to 10th Ave SW, road bends east (TCH is 10th Ave SW)		352.3
		Salmon River Motel & Campground..
107	103	1st Ave (W), First Nations Rd (E), south border of Switsemalph Indian Reserve		355.1
111	99	50th Avenue (W) Pierre's Point (E)		378
		Switsemalph Indian Reserve $#5, Adams Lake Band of the Shuswap First Nation
113	97	View Point Motor Inn and R.V. Park		366.4
		View Point Motor Inn and R.V. Park
113	97	65th Ave NW		359.4
114	96	Switsemalph Indian Reserve, north boundary		372.5
115	95	Highway Turn off, rest area (WB)		428.9
115	95	Highway Turn off, rest area (EB), view of mountain 1602 ft		403.3
116	94	Tupper Beach Rd	Tappen	397.8
117	93	Bolton Rd (W)	Tappen	380.7
118.2	91.2	Sunnybrae Canoe Point Rd (E)	Tappen	382.5
		Sky Blue Waters Resort, 1.7 km E of highway Herald Provincial Park (formerly Sunnybrae) Camping, boating, day use, watersports. 4 km E of highway
118.7	91.7	Angie Lane, to Tappem Mill Rd (E)	Tappen	381
119	91	West boundary North Bay Indian Reserve		361.5
119.8	90.2	North boundary North Bay Indian Reserve		382.2
120.1	89.9	Ford Rd (E)		402.6
121.7	88.3	Ford Rd (E)		419.7
		White Post Auto Museum, north/east side of highway (no website) 250-835-2224
122	88	Mikelson Frontage Rd (N)		420
123	87	Calhoun Rd (S), Myers Frontage Rd (N)		404.5
123.4	86.6	White Lake Rd (N)		367.3
125.4	84.6	White Creek Frontage (N) Rd		378.6
125.7	84.3	Broderick Creek Frontage Rd (S) exit		428.9
126	84	White Creek Frontage (N) Rd		439.5
127.3	82.7	Complex intersection: Balmoral (N/S), Notch Hill Rd (W) White Lake Rd (E)		442.6
		east access to lakeside resort community of Blind Bay A Rovers Rest Bed and Breakfast White Lake Provincial Park, on White Lake, about 11 km NE of highway. Camping, watersports
128.2	81.8	TCH divides to east		446.2
129.7	80.3	Freer Rd (S)		456.6
130.3	79.7	Centennial Dr	Sorrento	507.8
		Shuswap Lake Estates Golf & Country Club
132.1	77.9	Cedar Dr (N)	Sorrento	505.7
		Shuswap Lake-Blind Bay Dockside -360degree panorama Shuswap Lake-Copper Island near Blind Bay - 360 Panorama images
132.3	77.7	Hilltop Rd (N)	Sorrento	510.8
		Photos of Sorrento and area Sorrento central business district, all services, both sides of highway
136	74	Blind Bay Rd (N)	Sorrento	410.6
136	74	Hilltop Rd (S)	Sorrento	500.8
136.3	73.7	Henstride Rd (N)		408.7
136.9	73.1	Caen Rd (N) Notch Hill Rd (S)		406.6
137	73	Passchendaele Rd East entrance (N)		406.9
		Shuswap Lake Motel and Resort
137.5	72.5	Passchendaele Rd West entrance (N)		409.3
137.8	72.2	rd (N)		393.8
138.2	71.8	Buckley Rd (N) / Dilworth Rd (S)		394.7
138.3	71.7	Elson Rd (S)		394.7
139	71	Coubeaux Rd		390.8
139.4	70.6	Waverly Park Frontage Rd (east entrance) (N)		385.9
140.5	69.5	Waverly Park Frontage Rd (west entrance) (N)		375.8
140.7	69.3	Defosses Rd (S)		379.2
141.5	68.5	Lindberg Rd (S)		383.7
143	67	Little River Rd (N), shops, View of Shuswap Lake to N	Squilax	379.5
145.3	64.7	East boundary of Chum Creek Indian Reserve		357.8
146	64	Squilax-Anglemont Rd bridge	Squilax	372.5
		Access to Shuswap Lake Provincial Park, 18 km NE of hihgway gas station on north side of bridge access to Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, camping, watersports. 5 km N of highway on the A dams River access to Quaaout Indian Reserve 1, member of the Little Shuswap Lake band of the Shuswap First Nation Talking Rock at Quaaout Resort golf course, 10 minutes north of bridge Quaaout Lodge & Conference Center, about 10 minutes north of the bridge Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band
146.5	63.5	town of Squilax	Squilax	355.7
		photos of Squilax and area
147.2	62.8	Francois Rd (N)		372.5
147.6	62.4	View of Little Shuswap Lake to West		368.5
148.5	61.5	West side, Chum Creek Indian Reserve 2		392
		Chum Creek Indian Reserve 2, member of Little Shuswap Lake band of the Shuswap First Nation
152	58	road (N)		469.4
154	56	View of Little Shuswap Lake to North		453.8
155	55	Shuswap Ave (N), East exit	Chase	430.7
		access to Tempo gas, in town of Chase Town of Chase photos of Chase and area
155.3	54.7	Coburn St (N) Foothills Rd (S)	Chase	377.6
156.7	53.3	Shuswap Ave (N) west exit	Chase	375.8
157	53	Planter Rd (N)	Chase	362.1
158	52	Veteran Rd (N)	Chase	363.6
159	51	Kipper Lake Rd (S)	Chase	365.8
159	51	Shuswap Chase Creek Rd (S)	Chase	365.5
		west access to Tempo gas station, in Chase
161	49	Chief Neskainlith Dr		358.7
		Neskonlith Inidan Reserve, member of Shuswap First Nation
165	45	Willow Rd		357.8
169	41	Stoney Flats Rd		363
		Ponserosa Pines RV Resort. No website (250)577-3468
173	37	Bridge access Thompson	Pritchard	357.8
181	29	Bostok Rd intersection		366.1
182	28	Highway 97 onramp WB		351.1
		Access to Vernon and the Okanagan Lake region
183	27	highway 97 Exit #399 EB		366.7
		Access to Vernon and the Okanagan
185	25	Old Ferry Rd (N), Dallas Dr (S)	Monte Creek	353.9
186	24	Hook Rd, Dallas Rd Access, Exit #396	Monte Creek	350.5
187	23	Dallas Rd Access		380.4
190	20	Whitner Rd intersection		350.8
192	18	Lafarge Rd (N), bridge across Thompson, Dallas Rd (S) Exit #390		363.9
		Kamloops Wildlife Park Kamloops RV Park, right next to BC Wildlife Park view of LaFarge cement plant across river (PDF brochure)
192.8	17.2	BC Wildlife Park (S) no access		363
193	17	Kokanee Way Exit #388 WB		349
194	16	Kokanee Way overpass		348.7
195	15	Kokanee Way Exit #388 EB		349.6
196	14	Pat Rd intersection		367
		Pedestrian overpass, east of Pat Rd
198	12	Pedestrian overpass		363.3
199	11	Nina Place intersection		357.8
		Petro-Canada station south of highway
201	9	Dallas Crescent, EB access to Pineridge Golf Course		363.9
		Pineridge Golf course, south side of highway Petro-Canada station south of highway
202	8	Holman St, east exit		361.2
204	6	Holman St, west exit		359.4
205	5	Tanager Dr intersection	Kamloops	353.9
206	4	River Rd intersection	Kamloops	353.9
		Ranchland Motel
206.5	3.5	Highland Rd intersection	Kamloops	354.2
207	3	Oriole Rd intersection	Kamloops	344.7
		Harper Mountain, family skiing
208	2	Vicars Rd intersection, several hotels to east and west on south side, groceries to SE	Kamloops	356
		Kings Motor Inn Chevron gas station to south of highway Riders Motor Inn Lamplighter Motel, about 1.4 km east of intersection
209	1	Comazzetto Rd intersection, Country View Inn	Kamloops	354.2
		Country View Motor Inn
209.5	0.5	Valleyview underpass and Exit (WB)	Kamloops	363.6
		Access to downtown Kamloops & Central Business District Howard Johnson Inn Kamloops -1 Executive Inn Kamloops, downtown Sandman Inn Kamloops, downtown Scotts Inn & Restaurant, downtown The Plaza Hotel (second oldest elevator in BC) downtown Thompson Hotel And Conference, downtown Casa Marquis Motor Inn (Downtown) Argus Motor Inn Howard Johnson Inn & Suites Rafter G Hotel Paramount Theatre, Kamloops, 2 screen cinema east access to Royal Inland Hospital (Interior Health Authority), 3 km W of highway
210	0	Junction with Yellowhead Highway (#5)	Kamloops	395.3
KM From Start EAST \| WEST		HighWay Point & Feature Description	Municipality	Elevation (metres)	Map	Add Info

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