British Columbia Highway 101

Highway 101
Sunshine Coast Highway
Highway 101 highlighted in red.
Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Length	156 km[1] (97 mi)
Existed	1962–present
Major junctions
South end	Langdale Ferry Terminal
Major intersections	Earls Cove–Saltery Bay ferry
North end	Lund Rd in Lund
Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Regional districts	Sunshine Coast, qathet
Major cities	Powell River
Towns	Gibsons
Highway system
British Columbia provincial highways
← Highway 99 → Highway 113

British Columbia Highway 101, also known as the Sunshine Coast Highway, is a 156 kilometres (97 mi) long highway that is the main north–south thoroughfare on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia, Canada.

Highway 101, which first opened in 1962, is divided into two separate land segments, with a ferry link in between. The highway is maintained by Capilano Highway Services.^[2] Despite its location on the mainland, the highway is unique for not being connected to the rest of the British Columbia highway system. Access to the highway can only be obtained by taking ferries from Horseshoe Bay to the south end in Gibsons or Comox to Powell River. Highway 101 between Langdale and Powell River is designated as a feeder route of the Canadian National Highway System.^[3] The highway is sometimes considered by locals to be an extension of the much more famous U.S. Route 101 that runs all the way to Los Angeles, however there is a 300 km gap between the two highways and the origin of the BC-101's number may not be related to US 101.