British Columbia Highway 26

Highway 26
Highway 26
Barkerville Highway
Route information
	Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Length	81.09 km (50.39 mi)
Existed	1967–present
Major junctions
West end	Highway 97 in Quesnel
East end	Barkerville
Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Highway system
	British Columbia provincial highways; ;

Highway 26, also known as the Barkerville Highway, is a minor east-west highway in the North Cariboo region of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. First opened in 1967, it provides access to the community of Wells and the famous gold rush town of Barkerville at the foot of the Cariboo Mountains, respectively 75 and 81 km (47 and 51 mi) east of the highway's junction with Highway 97 at Quesnel. Also accessed by the route is Bowron Lakes Provincial Park, a popular canoeing expedition circuit, the cutoff for which is between Barkerville and Wells. Since Highway 26 is very lightly travelled, it has not needed any major improvements since its opening. Its route is approximately the same as that of the Cariboo Wagon Road.

References

^ "Landmark Kilometre Inventory" (PDF). British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Cypher Consulting. pp. 382–385. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2019.