Tête Jaune Cache, British Columbia
Tête Jaune Cache is an unincorporated rural area and the site of an important abandoned historic town in British Columbia, Canada. Its population is approximately 500. It is on the Fraser River in the Robson Valley at the intersection of Yellowhead Highways 5 and 16. Tête Jaune Cache is located 18 km north of Valemount, B.C., 101 km west of Jasper, Alberta, 241 km east of Prince George, B.C., and 332 km north of Kamloops, B.C., by road.
Tête Jaune Cache from summit of Mica Mountain. Mount Robson in background
Foley, Welch and Stewart Cache in Tête Jaune Cache 1913
British Columbia Highway 5
Highway 5 is a 543 km (337 mi) north–south route in southern British Columbia, Canada. Highway 5 connects the southern Trans-Canada route with the northern Trans-Canada/Yellowhead route, providing the shortest land connection between Vancouver and Edmonton. Despite the entire route being signed as part of the Yellowhead Highway, the portion of Highway 5 south of Kamloops is also known as the Coquihalla Highway, while the northern portion is known as the Southern Yellowhead Highway. The Coquihalla section was a toll road until 2008.
Great Bear Snowshed (2007)
BC Highway 5 Nicola Valley (2007)
A plaque commemorating the opening of the Coquihalla Highway in Hope, British Columbia.
The toll booth once marked the halfway point of the formerly tolled Hope-to-Merritt portion of the highway (2006)