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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
 Imagine
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)
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