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Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway Association Profile

 

Background: For over 55 years, the Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway Association has been working to improve the roads and expand the range of the Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway. The Association also assists in the promotion of economic development and tourism to the communities along the Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway. More information on the Association and the member communities it represents can be found on the following web site. web site: www.transcanadayellowhead.com

Operations: Details about the Association, its Board of Directors, purpose and mission statement to appear on this page.

Contact:
Irene Davidson-Fisher
Chief Executive Officer
Yellowhead Trans Canada Highway Association
#250 , 10123 99 Street NW
Edmonton, AB T5J 3H1
Phone 780-429 0444, FAx 780 426 5078
mailto:idf@transcanadayellowhead.com

Experience The Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway

Jerry W. BirdImagine your auto is a time-capsule, cruising down a broad ribbon of Canadiana, in the wake of nomadic hunters, voyageurs, missionaries, traders, sodbusters, fortune-seekers and railroad builders. From Lake Manitoba to the Haida Gwa'ii (BC's Queen Charlotte Islands) , it's a 2600 km journey into history, with Indian encampments older than Egypt's great pyramids, national parks, ancient shrines and battle sites. Ethnic dances and pageants salute every facet of our heritage. Before we dim the lights and start the movie, you're curious to know how the name Yellowhead was derived -- right? In the 1870s, a roving Iroquois guide, dubbed Tete Jaune for his golden locks, gave title to a mountain Pass near Jasper House and gained instant immortality. (continued)
Jerry W. Bird, Editor

Excerpt from Mr. Bird's 14-page section on Western Highways in the upscale Travel Guide, "Roads to Canada's Great Drives," by Latitudes Magazine of Montreal. Over 400,000 copies were published in English and French (1995)

adventures

rivers

air shows

fishing

seaplanes

hotels