The Sea-to-Sky Corridor, often referred to as the Corridor or the Sea to Sky Country, is a

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spreading from Horseshoe Bay through Whistler to the

Pemberton Valley The Pemberton Valley is a valley flanking the Lillooet River upstream from Lillooet Lake, including the communities of Mount Currie, Pemberton, British Columbia and the agricultural district surrounding them and flanking the river as far upstrea ...

and sometimes beyond to include Birken and D'Arcy. From Whistler on up, the region overlaps with the older and more historic Lillooet Country, of which Squamish, at the region's centre, was once the southward extension in the days when it was the rail-port terminus from the Interior, via Lillooet, and accessible from the Lower Mainland only by sea. Most of the region is in the

Squamish-Lillooet Regional District The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District is a quasi-municipal administrative area in British Columbia, Canada. It stretches from Britannia Beach in the south to Pavilion in the north. Lillooet, Pemberton, Whistler and Squamish are the four m ...

, although south of Britannia Beach a small part of the region is in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. The term "Corridor" refers to the alignment of the region's towns along

Highway 99 International * European route E99 Australia * Springbrook Road, Queensland Canada * British Columbia Highway 99 * Ontario Highway 99 (former) * Saskatchewan Highway 99 China * G99 Expressway India * National Highway 99 (India) ...

, also known as the Sea to Sky Highway, which links together the regions' three main centres - Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton. There is little development other than resource extraction outside the immediate vicinity of the highway and the towns along it, hence the linear character of the region. As with the overlap with the historical region known as Lillooet Country from

Cheakamus Canyon Cheakamus is an anglicization of Chiyakmesh, the Skwxw7mesh language name for one of their villages, now located on Cheakamus Indian Reserve No. 11. Cheakamus may also refer to: *Cheakamus River *Cheakamus Lake *Cheakamus Powerhouse, on the Squa ...

northwards, the southern part of the region overlaps with Greater Vancouver and also with a more general and less unified but identifiable region around Howe Sound, the islands and western shore of which are respectively part of the Gulf Islands and

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Communities

The Sea to Sky Country falls readily into three major subregions. These are, south to north:

Howe Sound-Squamish

* Lions Bay *

Furry Creek Furry Creek is a community in the Canadian province of British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geo ...

* Britannia Beach *

Darrell Bay Darrell Bay, formerly Shannon Bay, is a bay and associated ferry terminal and unincorporated settlement on the northeast coast of Howe Sound to the south of Squamish, British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ...

(a.k.a.

Shannon Falls Shannon Falls Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located from Vancouver and south of Squamish along the Sea to Sky Highway. The park covers an area of . The main point of interest is Shannon Falls, the thi ...

) * Stawamus * Valleycliffe * Squamish * Brackendale *

Chiyakmesh Chiyakmesh is a community of the Indigenous Squamish people, located near Squamish, British Columbia. The name of the Cheakamus River comes from the name of this community, which is located on Cheakamus Indian Reserve No. 11. Chiyakamesh translat ...

Cheekye Cheekye is an unincorporated locality on the Cheakamus River just upstream from its confluence with its parent stream, the Squamish, and just north of Brackendale, British Columbia, which is part of the District of Squamish, British Columbia, Ca ...

* Paradise Valley

Cheakamus-Whistler

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(abandoned/condemned) * Pinecrest Estates * Black Tusk Estates * Whistler ** Function Junction **

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("Gondola") **

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** Whistler Village **

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- Nesters **

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Pemberton Valley

* Pemberton * Pemberton Meadows * Mount Currie ** Xitolacw ** Owl Creek * Lillooet Lake

Birkenhead-Gates Valley

The designation Sea to Sky Highway ends at Mount Currie , though Highway 99 continues on northwards over Cayoosh Pass to Lillooet. Locations beyond Mount Currie-Lillooet Lake along the route of the rail line and the frontier-era

Douglas Road The Douglas Road, a.k.a. the Lillooet Trail, Harrison Trail or Lakes Route, was a goldrush-era transportation route from the British Columbia Coast to the Interior (NB another route known as the Lillooet Trail was the Lillooet Cattle Trail, which ...

are not usually considered in the Corridor, but sometimes are even though they are not on the Sea to Sky Highway. This further subregion is defined by the lower valley of the Birkenhead River and the Birken Valley and Gates Valley towards Anderson Lake. Socially and economically this area is part of or adjunct to the Pemberton subregion, though not in the Pemberton Valley: * "No. 10 Downing Street" * Birken- Gates Valley *

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* D'Arcy (

Nequatque N'Quatqua, variously spelled Nequatque, N'quat'qua, is the proper historic name in the St'at'imcets language for the First Nations village of the Stl'atl'imx people of the community of D'Arcy, British Columbia, D'Arcy, which is at the upper end of ...

)

Parks

Provincial

Murrin Provincial Park Murrin Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located just south of Squamish beside the Sea-to-Sky Highway. The park is approximately 24 ha. in size and has a popular highway-side picnic ground and small swimming lake ...

Stawamus Chief Provincial Park Stawamus Chief Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, established in 1997. It encompasses both the eponymous Stawamus Chief and the Slhanay granitic domes and the surrounding forest. Activities in the park include hikin ...

* Alice Lake Provincial Park * Garibaldi Provincial Park *

Shannon Falls Provincial Park Shannon Falls Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located from Vancouver and south of Squamish, British Columbia, Squamish along the Sea to Sky Highway. The park covers an area of . The main point of interest ...

Brandywine Falls Provincial Park Brandywine Falls Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located adjacent to BC Highway 99 between Garibaldi and Whistler, British Columbia. It is managed by Sea to Sky Parks for BC Parks. Falls The falls are located ...

* Callaghan Lake Provincial Park * Nairn Falls Provincial Park * Birkenhead Lake Provincial Park * Joffre Lakes Provincial Park

Regional

* Cat Lake Regional Park * Brohm Lake Regional Park

Municipal

* Lost Lake Park, Whistler *

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, Whistler *

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, Pemberton

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sea-To-Sky Corridor