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The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure encourages your feedback and questions regarding the DriveBC HighwayCams. However, before contacting us please check to see if your question has already been answered in our "Frequently Asked Questions" page, or in the Notes section below. Here are categories of questions:

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Notes:

  • July 20, 2010: The sensor loops that provide the data for the signs at the Peace Arch Border crossing, and also the Peace Arch wait times on the ATIS Border website, were accidently cut during recent construction. Currently no estimated completion date. The Peace Arch webcam may also be relocated temporarily, due to the construction.
  • July 15, 2010: New cam added: Skutz Falls, located on Vancouver Island at Hwy 18 and Skutz Falls Road, looking west.
  • July 12, 2010: Telecommunications network issues affected the performance of a number of cams throughout the province. Issues were resolved at noon on July 12.

  • July 5, 2010: New cam: Roosville, located on Hwy 93 near Roosville at the Canada/USA border, looking north.
  • June 8, 2010: Three new cams added:
    • Masset, located at Hwy 16 and Hodges Road on Haida Gwaii
    • Skidegate, located on Hwy 16 at the ferry termial on Haida Gwaii
    • Roberts Lake, located on Hwy 19 just north of Campbell River on Vancouver Island.

  • June 7, 2010: The following cams will be unavailable for an extended period due to damage caused by vandalism:
    • Pine Pass
    • Helmer Lake
  • Mar 30, 2010: The Manning Park cam has been replaced with the Allison Pass cam. The replacement cam is located about 10km west of the previous location in the Manning Park recreation area. Weather station information is provided by the Allison Pass cam, and can be accessed by clicking the red "Weather Information" button on the page.

  • Mar, 2010: The Field-NE cam has been temporarily moved to a new location while rennovations are being done at the Information Centre. This cam will be returned to its previous location when rennovations are complete.

  • Feb 3, 2010: New cam: Shelter Bay, located on Hwy 23 at Shelter Bay ferry landing, looking north.

  • Jan 27, 2010: New cam: Wedge located at Hwy 99, about 13km north of Whistler at Riverside Drive, looking north.

  • Jan 20, 2010: The two Port Mann cams have been removed from service due to construction at the bridge.
  • Dec 2, 2009: A second Field-SW cam enabled, located on Hwy 1 at Field Rd, about 16 km west of BC/Alberta border, facing southwest. The original Field cam remains in place, and has been renamed to Field-NE.

  • Nov 19, 2009: The Evans Road cam was enabled, and replaces the Lickman Road cam near Chilliwack. Evans Road cam is located just east of the previous Lickman Road location.

  • Nov 19, 2009: Browser issues on the BC HighwayCams homepage have been reported with the following symptoms:
    • Tabs appear to be stuck in one position or infinite loop;
      Solution: delete browser cookies.

    • When clicking on tabs, the following error message appears:
      Content Encoding Error
      The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because it uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression.

      Solution: clear browser cache

  • Nov 5, 2009: New cam added: Hwy 1 at Hwy 15 in Lower Mainland

  • Sept 28, 2009: The following cams have been removed from service at the Pitt River Bridge:
    • Lougheed E
    • PRB West
    • PRB East
    • Lougheed
    • Mary Hill
  • Sept 25, 2009: The following new cams have been added to DriveBC and the BC HighwayCams websites:
    • Paulson Summit, Highway 3
    • Hosmer, Highway 3
    • Brisco, Highway 95 at Brisco Road
    • Wasa, Highway 93/95 at the junction of Highway 95A
    • Line Creek, Highway 43 between Elkford and Sparwood
    • Silverdale, Highway 7 east of Nelson Street near Mission
    • Function Junction, Highway 99, 5 kilometres south of Whistler
    • Alice Lake, Highway 99, 10 kilometres north of Squamish.
    • Furry Creek, Highway 99, 12 kilometres south of Squamish.

  • Aug 25, 2009: Modifications to the BC HighwayCams homepage required a change to the behaviour of browser "back" buttons. See FAQs for more information.
  • July 23, 2009: Harrison Hot Springs cam has been permanently removed from service now that construction of the bridge in that area is complete. This cam has been relocated to Silverdale in Mission.
  • July 23, 2009: New cam added at New Denver on Hwy 6.
  • July21, 2009 Release 2.0: BC HighwayCams home page modified with the following changes and new features:
    • Cams now grouped in tabs to help speed up load time, and reduce bandwidth. Groups are: NR-Northern Region; SIR-Southern Interior Region; LM-Lower Mainland; VI-Vancouver Island; Brdr-Border Cams; All-All cams; MyCams-a customizable tab.
    • Home page "remembers" the last tab visited, and opens it first on the next visit.
    • Addition of new group: Border Cams, showing Canada/US border crossings
    • MyCams now a tab, rather than separate page.
    • "Terms and Conditions" link with information on use of cam images for web developers.

    • June 6, 2009: New cam: Hwy 1 and Hwy 15 in Lower Mainland.

    • Apr 29, 2009: Peace Arch cam has been temporarily shut down due to a mechanical issue. Service will resume as soon as possible.

    • Apr 2009: Four new cams: Canada/US borders at Hwy 11 (2 cams) and Hwy13 (2 cams).

    • Dec 17, 2008: Thumbnail images on BC HighwayCam home page removed. All visitors redirected to new home page URL. For more information on the migration to the new BC HighwayCams site, visit FAQs.

    • Dec 10, 2008: New cams: Four Cams added to DriveBC: Kasiks, Rossland, Castlegar and Sheridan Lake.

    • Dec 2, 2008: BC HighwayCams site is released with a new URL. The new site resides on shared servers, to increase reliability.

    • Nov 21, 2008: New cam: Coquihalla Lakes cam released on BC HighwayCams and DriveBC. It replaces the two toll plaza cams that were removed with the plaza.

    • Nov 20, 2008: New cam: Jack MacDonald Snowshed released on DriveBC. This cam is located on Trans Canada Hwy 1, between Revelstoke and Rogers Pass.

    • December 14, 2007: Whistler Cam has been renamed Garibaldi Cam to more closely reflect its location.