![]() ![]() Ten of these 18 victims are Indigenous women and girls. Of Highway of Tears cases, dating from 1969 to 2006 (the RCMP also include women who have disappeared from Highways 97 and 5 in British Columbia). The RCMP acknowledges 18 murders and disappearances in its list The exact number of women who have disappeared or been murdered along Highway 16 is disputed. The region is characterized by poverty and, until 2017, lacked adequate public transportation, which forced many locals to resort to hitchhiking as a form of transit. Twenty-three First Nations border Highway 16. The Highway of Tears refers to a section of Yellowhead Highway 16, from Prince Rupert on the northwest coast of British Columbia to the central interior city of Prince George, British Columbia. Warning sign on the section of British Columbia Highway 16 known as the "Highway of Tears," located 31.4 km north of Smithers. ![]()
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