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Highway 16 — Prince George to Smithers

DriveBC status and wildfire context across a major northern British Columbia access corridor.

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Retrieved
Aug 20, 2026, 6:47 a.m. UTC

Active incidents & restrictions

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Explore this highway by question

Open a focused view for official road conditions, closures, incidents, cameras, weather, wildfire context, winter driving or travel alerts. These pages use this exact route scope and keep official travelability separate from environmental context.

Road conditions →

Current official road-state records, restrictions and source freshness for this highway scope, kept separate from FireRadar environmental context.

Closures →

Current official closure and restriction records for this highway scope, with direct authority verification and explicit unknown-state handling.

Incidents →

Current official incidents and travel disruptions affecting this highway scope, including source update times and affected-road context where supplied.

Cameras →

Latest supported official highway-camera images ordered along the corridor, with image freshness and no camera archive or false live-video claim.

Weather →

Environment Canada weather alerts, nearest available current conditions and short forecast context resolved around this highway corridor.

Wildfire →

Current direct-official wildfire proximity and FireRadar corridor assessment for this highway scope, kept separate from official road travelability.

Winter driving →

Official highway events, Environment Canada weather warnings and camera context for winter travel planning without inferring traction or safe travel.

Travel alerts →

Current road and weather alerts plus FireRadar account options for basic highway email alerts and the FireRadar Plus Highway Watch service.

Latest highway camera images

These are snapshots—not live video and not proof of travelability. FireRadar proxies only the latest image with short caching and keeps no camera archive.

Latest DriveBC image at Smithers - N
Smithers - N
N · Latest image

Highway 16 at Main Street in Smithers, looking north.

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Latest DriveBC image at Burns Lake - S
Burns Lake - S
S · Latest image

Highway 16 at North Francois Highway in Burns Lake, looking south.

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Latest DriveBC image at Butler - W
Butler - W
W · Latest image

Highway 16 at Butler Avenue in Houston, looking west.

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Latest DriveBC image at Augier Road - N
Augier Road - N
N · Latest image

Highway 16 about 22 km east of Burns Lake at Augier Road, looking north.

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Latest DriveBC image at Priestly Hill
Priestly Hill
E · Latest image

Highway 16 about 32 km east of Burns Lake, looking east.

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Latest DriveBC image at BC-Alberta Border
BC-Alberta Border
W · Latest image

Highway 16 about 1 km west of the BC-Alberta border and about 27 km to Jasper in Alberta, looking west.

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Latest DriveBC image at Bednesti Lake - E
Bednesti Lake - E
E · Latest image

Highway 16 at Bobtail Forest Road near Bednesti Lake between Prince George and Vanderhoof, looking east.

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Latest DriveBC image at Stella Road - E
Stella Road - E
E · Latest image

Highway 16 at Stella Road in Fraser Lake, looking east.

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Latest DriveBC image at Crescent Spur
Crescent Spur
W · Latest image

Highway 16 about 50 km west of McBride at Loos Road, looking west.

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Latest DriveBC image at Bowron River
Bowron River
W · Latest image

Highway 16 about 54 km east of Prince George near Purden Lake, looking west.

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Latest DriveBC image at Stella Road - W
Stella Road - W
W · Latest image

Highway 16 at Stella Road in Fraser Lake, looking west.

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Latest DriveBC image at Slim Creek - E
Slim Creek - E
E · Latest image

Highway 16 about 0.4 km east of the Slim Creek Rest Area, looking east.

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Latest DriveBC image at Terrace - S
Terrace - S
S · Latest image

Highway 16 at Highway 37S on the border of Terrace and Thornhill, looking south.

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Latest DriveBC image at Port Edward - E
Port Edward - E
E · Latest image

Highway 16 at Port Edward Arterial Road, looking east.

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Latest DriveBC image at Chimdemash
Chimdemash
N · Latest image

Highway 16 near Chimdemash Creek about 22 km east of Highway 16 and Highway 37 junction in Terrace, looking north.

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Latest DriveBC image at Smithers - S
Smithers - S
S · Latest image

Highway 16 at Main Street in Smithers, looking south.

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Latest DriveBC image at Stella Road - N
Stella Road - N
N · Latest image

Highway 16 at Stella Road in Fraser Lake, looking north.

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Latest DriveBC image at Hwy 16 at Toronto Street - S
Hwy 16 at Toronto Street - S
S · Latest image

Highway 16 at Toronto Street in Smithers, looking south.

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Latest DriveBC image at Sob Lake - W
Sob Lake - W
W · Latest image

Highway 16 at Sob Lake Road in Vanderhoof, looking west.

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Latest DriveBC image at Hwy 16 at Hwy 27 - W
Hwy 16 at Hwy 27 - W
W · Latest image

Highway 16 at Highway 27 junction, looking west.

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Latest DriveBC image at Peden Hill at Davis Road
Peden Hill at Davis Road
E · Latest image

Highway 16 at Davis Road in Prince George, looking eastbound.

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Latest DriveBC image at Peden Hill at Vance Road
Peden Hill at Vance Road
W · Latest image

Highway 16 at Vance Road in Prince George, looking westbound.

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Latest DriveBC image at Savory Rest Area - E
Savory Rest Area - E
E · Latest image

Highway 16 about 46 km east of Burns Lake, looking east.

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Latest DriveBC image at Kasiks
Kasiks
E · Latest image

Highway 16 at Kasiks resort area about 60 km west of Terrace, looking east.

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Camera registry: DriveBC · Retrieved Aug 20, 2026, 6:47 a.m. UTC · 24 matched

Route map & wildfire context

The highway is the orange route focus. Official fires, recent out fires, smoke and AQHI remain independently sourced layers. FireRadar does not convert them into a travel-safety claim.

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Official restriction context

Fire restrictions along Highway 16 — Prince George to Smithers

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Weather

Official alerts & forecast context

Check Environment Canada warnings and DriveBC. FireRadar does not infer visibility, snowfall or traction when an official field is absent.

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Wildfire impact

Current corridor assessment

Below, FireRadar publishes a conservative current corridor assessment using direct-official wildfire information and available Environment Canada weather context. It is not a fire-spread forecast or travel-safety score.

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Data freshness

Each source stands alone

Integrated road events revalidate every 5 minutes. Camera metadata revalidates every 6 hours; images use short-lived edge caching. An unavailable source stays unavailable—not zero.

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Prince George → Smithers →
Section-specific events, cameras, map and alert/Watch configuration.
Alberta border → Prince George →
Section-specific events, cameras, map and alert/Watch configuration.
Smithers → Terrace →
Section-specific events, cameras, map and alert/Watch configuration.
Terrace → Prince Rupert →
Section-specific events, cameras, map and alert/Watch configuration.
Current corridor intelligence

Weather warnings and wildfire impact

Environment Canada weather and FireRadar's current wildfire corridor assessment are shown separately from the transportation authority's official road state. Neither is a statement that travel is safe.

Environment Canada

Corridor weather

Current
Alerts
0
Temperature
16°C
Wind
4 km/h
Humidity
71%

No Environment Canada weather alert geometry currently matches the corridor bounding area. This is not a guarantee of benign road conditions.

Nearest available weather point: Smithers · 50 km from the corridor anchor · observation Aug 20, 2026, 6:00 a.m. UTC
Tonight
Clear. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light late this evening. Low 8.
Thursday
Sunny. High 27. UV index 6 or high.
Thursday night
Clear. Low 9.
Friday
Sunny. High 29.
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FireRadar assessment · not road status

Current wildfire corridor risk

VERY HIGH · 70
Within 5 km
1
Within 25 km
3
Out of control
0
Confidence
HIGH

Nearest direct-official active wildfire is 0.6 km from the configured corridor spine.

Nearest official active fire: G31495 · 0.6 km · Being held

Current heuristic only. FireRadar does not predict future fire spread in this stage and deliberately caps point-based assessments below Critical. Official road travelability remains separate.

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