Government of British Columbia

Public recreational use trails located within Cascade, Cathedral and E.C. Manning Provincial Park

Highway Reference Point is a visibly recognizable feature used to describe and identify a point on the Highway (i.e., a reference point abstracted on the Highway and defined by a physical landmark such as an intersection). HRP Landmarks are used in order to provide reference points relating to...

The Road Structures on the highway that are maintained by the Ministry. Highway structures include bridges, culverts (greater than or equal to 3m diameter), retaining walls (perpendicular height greater than or equal to 2m), sign bridges, tunnels/snowsheds. Information is recorded in the Bridge...

This dataset identifies the geographic locations of marine ports, terminals, shipyards, and harbours on the west coast of British Columbia. The points were reviewed and cross referenced with government and industry data sources for geographic and attribute data accuracy.

A Highway Profile defines the number of through travel lanes, including passing and truck lanes, and whether the road is divided or not. It is a Linear feature

A Drainage Appliance is an apparatus (that has not been described as a culvert), or earth works, designed to facilitate the movement of water in a controlled manner. Drainage Appliance include some appliances/earth works that work in conjunction with culverts. It is a Point feature

Ministry of Transportation Regional Boundary is an exclusive geographic area within the province that the Ministry organizational unit is responsible for. Each Ministry Region is partitioned into one or more non-overlapping Ministry Districts that cover the entire Ministry Region

A Retaining Wall is a structure designed to protect the road infrastructure by retaining materials on the fill side to prevent road bed slips and by retaining materials on the cut side to prevent the road surface from being covered by debris. Retaining walls that are greater than or equal to 2m...

The location of coastal British Columbia marine and freshwater kayaking routes

A Sign is a lettered board, message or other display which includes all regulatory, warning, guide, informational, advisory, construction and maintenance and route markers, but excluding electronically controlled messages/displays. It is a Point feature

Surface Type describes the type of surface material used on road

A Guardrail is a barrier fastened to the end of a bridge abutment, along the shoulder of a road or between travel lanes of opposing traffic. It is a Linear feature

This annually updated dataset provides all of the previously published road conditions, traffic incidents, and current and planned road construction activities as published on DriveBC web site beginning with 2006. Current information on DriveBC road events is available via the Open511-DriveBC API.

The locations of coastal British Columbia marine navigation hazards

A list of the locations, web addresses and attributes regarding Ministry owned highway web cameras. Attributes include name, location (latitude, longitude, highway), compass orientation, update frequency (seconds), hosting credit, name, camera identifier.

The locations of coastal British Columbia boat launches

A Special Lane defines the number of special lanes that are not defined as through travel lanes, passing lanes, or truck lanes which are described in the Highway Profile dataset. It is a Linear feature

The Landmark Kilometre Inventory spatial layer is used primarily by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOT) to represent routes against which accident data and traffic counts are collected. This method describes roads by a four number designation referred to as a segment (i.e....

Ferry Terminals is a point dataset identifying vehicle and passenger ferry terminals in British Columbia.

A Linear Safety Feature is one of a number of various appliances/appurtenances that have been installed or constructed either alongside or as an integral part of the road infrastructure to reduce the severity or potential of accidents. It is a Linear feature