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Highway
17 just south of the ferry terminal. Highway 17 locally is also known
as the "Patricia Bay Highway", or "Pat Bay Highway".
It was built to link Victoria to the fery terminal which is about 30 km
south of the terminal. The highway is heavily used but has numerous traffic lighted intersections. |
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The
Heritage Discovery Tour is one of a few Circle tours noted for travel
in British Columbia. It travels south to Victoria then turns north to
follow the Island Highway to Port Hardy. From there the route follows
the Inside Passage to Prince Rupert. Heading east, the route follows Highway
16 to Prince George and then south to Hope. The Coast Cariboo tour follows the route to Victoria and then to Port Hardy. Form there it follows the Discovery Coast ferry to Bella Coola. From Bella Coola the route goes through Williams Lake, Lillooet, Whistler, Squamish and Vancouver. To learn more about the Circle Tours, click on this sign. Use your back button to return here for travel to Langley. |
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Watch
your speed. There are several traffic lighted intersections along the route. |
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South of Sidney, a seaside community is this principal intersection. To the right is access to the Mill Bay ferry which is short sail across an inlet to a location south of Duncan. The route is a scenic bypass to Victoria for those wanted to go to Duncan. | |||||
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Further south is a long line of billboards. This has been a landmark since the highway was built. The billboard locations are rented out by the local First Nations (aboriginal) reserve. | |||||
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Highway
17 turns into a short limited access freeway for its remaining route to
the City of Victoria. The freeway was completed in the early 1970's.
There are four exits and three interchanges along this route. The interchanges
are for access to major arterial streets that serve the area. Although blinded by a low late fall sun on this trip, on a clear day, the high peaks of the Olympic mountains in Washington State easily can be see from here. |
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Continuing
on Highway 17 South. This exit is a new one, put in a few years ago. Two additional interchanges are along this route, after which Highway 17 becomes a major divided arterial street which goes south in Victoria. Victoria is the provincial capital of B.C. and is named after Queen Victoria. Victoria's regional area is also home to CFB Esquimalt, the Pacific Command's naval facility.
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Driving the Malahat
Highway? Check local conditions by moving your mouse over this sign.
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Highway
17 provides two means of access to the Trans-Canada Highway, one through
a bypass, another using a short connector street. This tour follows the short connector street to connect with the web pages of the Victoria section of the Trans-Canada Highway. |
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Highway
17 turns into a major street at this intersection. A turn to the right
is started to travel west to meet Douglas Street which carries Highway
1 south to its end. Highway 17 will end just at an intersection with Douglas Street south of the downtown area. |
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Website junction ahead. | |||||
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Travelling west along a short drive towards Douglas Street. This area is largely commercial and has a major shopping mall just to the north. | |||||
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Change
lanes and turn right here by clicking on this sign to begin travel on
Highway 1 north to Nanaimo. Otherwise scroll down to turn left onto Douglas Street and south to Victoria's city centre. |
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Turning
left to southbound Douglas Street. Douglas Street carries the Trans-Canada Highway to its end. It is named for the first governor of B.C. and founder of Fort Victoria, Sir James Douglas. |
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Douglas
Street north of the downtown area. Click on this picture to proceed south towards the downtown area and the end of the Trans-Canada Highway. Travel continues on a trip made in summer. |
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