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Map of Canada showing the route of the Trans-Canada Highway, marked in red, stretching from Victoria on the Pacific coast in British Columbia across the country to St. John's in Newfoundland and Labrador on the Atlantic coast. The map highlights major cities, provinces, and key national parks along the route, with a dotted line indicating a ferry crossing between Newfoundland and the mainland. Trans-Canada Highway Trans-Canada Highway: Horseshoe Bay A car drives along the Trans-Canada Highway with Mount Sir Donald's sharp, snow-capped peak rising above forested slopes in the Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia.
Witness the construction of the Park Bridge in Kicking Horse Canyon, British Columbia, Canada
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Map of Canada showing the route of the Trans-Canada Highway, marked in red, stretching from Victoria on the Pacific coast in British Columbia across the country to St. John's in Newfoundland and Labrador on the Atlantic coast. The map highlights major cities, provinces, and key national parks along the route, with a dotted line indicating a ferry crossing between Newfoundland and the mainland.
Trans-Canada Highway

Trans-Canada Highway

highway, Canada
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Kenneth Pletcher
Ken Pletcher was Senior Editor, Geography and History for EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica. He holds an M.A. in Japanese studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As part of his master's program,...
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Trans-Canada Highway, principal highway of Canada and the world’s longest national road. The road extends west-east between the Pacific and Atlantic coasts across the breadth of the country for 4,860 miles (7,821 km), between Victoria (Vancouver Island, British Columbia) and St. John’s (Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador). It passes through all 10 Canadian provinces, links many of the country’s leading cities, and allows access to important national and provincial parks. Cape Breton Island, linked to mainland...

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