Encyclopedia > British Columbia provincial highway 3B
British Columbia provincial highway 3B, opened in 1967, is an alternate loop to the Crowsnest Highway between Nancy Greene Lake and an area called Meadows, just west of Erie on the Crowsnest. Originally, Highway 3B went between Nancy Greene Lake to Trail, where the Crowsnest picked up the route to the Meadows area. Highway 3 was re-routed off the present-day Highway 3B alignment east of Trail in 1979. Image File history File links Bc3b. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th) ⢠Land 925,186 km² ⢠Water 19,549 km² (2. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Crowsnest Highway marker shields. ... On Whistler Mountain, 1969 Nancy Catherine Greene, born May 11, 1943 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is a champion Alpine skier voted as Canadas Female Athlete of the 20th Century. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...
Route details
Highway 3B's western terminus is at the Crowsnest Highway near Nancy Greene Lake. The route travels 45 km southeast to the village of Rossland, where Highway 22 merges onto Highway 3A. The two highways share the route for the next 10 km east to Trail, where Highway 22 diverges north. Highway 3B continues east for 7 km to its junction with Highway 22A, just west of the village of Montrose. Highway 3B then proceeds northeast for 23 km, through the villages of Montrose and Fruitvale, to the location of Meadows, where it again meets up with the Crowsnest. Rosslands main street Rossland is a mountain town in the west Kootenay region of British Columbia. ... British Columbia provincial highway 22 is a north-south highway that provides quick access from the city of Canada-U.S. border. ... Trail as it appeared in 1908 Trail (49° 5Ⲡ42ⳠN, 117° 42Ⲡ36ⳠW) is a town in the Kootenay region of the interior of British Columbia, Canada. ... British Columbia provincial highway 22A is a cross-border spur in the Okanagan region of the province. ...
BritishColumbiaprovincialhighway 20, known as the Chilcotin Highway or the Freedom Highway, is an east-west highway in a region of the province known as the Interior Plateau.
BritishColumbiaprovincialhighway 21 is a cross-border spur in the Kootenay region of the province.
BritishColumbiaprovincialhighway 33 is a minor two-lane highway in the Okanagan region of the province.