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41-461: The lake is 630 metres in elevation, 208 metres deep at its deepest point, approximately 33.5 km² in area, 21 km (13.0 mi) in length (east to west) and a maximum of 2.2 km (1.4 mi) in width. Mount Mahood is immediately south of the lake and rises to 1,812 m (5,945 ft). There are no written records about First Nations visits to Mahood Lake, but they did use this valley because pictographs can be seen about halfway along

82-707: A 172 km (107 mi) ferry route to Prince Rupert , then passes southeastward for 724 km (450 mi) through to Prince George , before travelling another 268 km (167 mi) eastward through to Tête Jaune Cache . A spur of the Yellowhead Highway, Highway 5 , also known as the Southern Yellowhead Highway, connects the main highway at Tête Jaune Cache midway between the Alberta-British Columbia border and Prince George. The highway continues past Kamloops before following

123-737: A civil engineer. His first work was with the European and North American Railway in New Brunswick. At age 21, he was Chief Engineer of the harbour defences at San Francisco and, the following year, he was engaged by the Collins Overland Telegraph Company to survey the proposed telegraph line from North America to Europe via the Bering Strait and Russia. Mahood died at his sister’s home in Victoria, British Columbia, on February 23, 1901. He

164-727: A concept to people who speak many different languages, pictograms have also been used extensively at the Olympics since the 1964 summer games in Tokyo featured designs by Masaru Katsumi. Later Olympic pictograms have been redesigned for each set of games. Pictographic writing as a modernist poetic technique is credited to Ezra Pound , though French surrealists credit the Pacific Northwest American Indians of Alaska who introduced writing, via totem poles , to North America . Contemporary artist Xu Bing created Book from

205-457: A fraction of an icon can be used to show the respective fraction of that amount. For example, the following table: can be graphed as follows: Key: [REDACTED] = 10 letters As the values are rounded to the nearest 5 letters, the second icon on Tuesday is the left half of the original. Pictograms can often transcend languages in that they can communicate to speakers of a number of tongues and language families equally effectively, even if

246-560: A gold medal from the City of Victoria for being the first to reach that city by motorcar from across the Rockies, Neimeyer and Silverthorne though Washington State, and Gordon and Sims via the Fraser Canyon . Work continued on the cart path upgrades with many sections also built on rail beds without formal permission from Canadian National. Finally, CN and the federal government agreed to a lease of

287-555: A road, and his proposal was endorsed by the Edmonton Automobile and Good Road Association (forerunner of today's Alberta Motor Association ) and became that organizations main object of advocacy for the next fifteen years. Despite the E.A.& G.R.A.'s lobbying efforts the successor railway (the Canadian National) would not give up the right-of-way. Therefore, a different route to Jasper was assembled from old cart path, with

328-420: A variety of pictograms was used to indicate facilities available at or near each station. Pictograms remain in common use today, serving as pictorial, representational signs, instructions, or statistical diagrams. Because of their graphical nature and fairly realistic style, they are widely used to indicate public toilets, or places such as airports and train stations. Because they are a concise way to communicate

369-624: Is 2,960 km (1,840 mi). The main Yellowhead Highway has been designated as Highway 16 for its entire length since 1977. Prior to this, only the Alberta and British Columbia portions of the highway were designated with this number. The Manitoba portion from the Trans-Canada Highway 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Portage la Prairie to the Saskatchewan border was designated as PTH 4 (redesignated PTH 16 in 1977), while

410-655: Is Deception Creek on the lake's north shore which has a 50 m (164 ft) high waterfall, Deception Falls. The outflow from Mahood Lake is the Mahood River . It is only 7 km (4.3 mi) long and drops over Sylvia Falls and Goodwin Falls before flowing into the Clearwater River. The only road access to Mahood Lake goes to the west end from either Little Fort on the Yellowhead Highway #5 or 100 Mile House on

451-680: Is a writing system which uses pictograms. Some pictograms, such as hazard pictograms , may be elements of formal languages . In the field of prehistoric art , the term "pictograph" has a different definition, and specifically refers to art painted on rock surfaces. Pictographs are contrasted with petroglyphs , which are carved or incised. Early written symbols were based on pictograms (pictures which resemble what they signify) and ideograms (symbols which represent ideas). Ancient Sumerian, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations began to adapt such symbols to represent concepts, developing them into logographic writing systems . Pictograms are still in use as

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492-468: Is remembered in and near Wells Gray Park by Mahood Lake, Mahood River, Mahood Mountain, Mahood Falls, and the community of Mahood Falls. In 1939, long-time settlers at Canim Lake, Benjie and Florence McNeil, built Mahood Lake Lodge at the west end of the lake. It was a log structure with dining room and lounge on the main floor and 13 guest rooms upstairs. For the next 20 years, the Lodge attracted celebrities for

533-575: The Cariboo Highway #97. Mahood Lake Campground has 37 campsites and is operated by the Wells Gray Park concessionaire. It has a sandy beach and a boat launching ramp. The Mahood Lake Road ends 5 km (3.1 mi) past the campground at Deception Point which is one of only three private properties within Wells Gray Park. There are four hiking trails near Mahood Lake Campground: Canim and Mahood Falls, Canim River, Whale Lake and Deception Falls. At

574-709: The Coquihalla Highway to Hope . Unlike Highway 16, route 5 is not branded as being part of the Trans-Canada system and retains the original Yellowhead signage (whereas Highway 16 uses the Trans-Canada Highway logo). The highway enters Alberta through the Rocky Mountains near Jasper , 100 km (62 mi) from Tête Jaune Cache, passes through Edmonton 366 km (227 mi) further east, and travels another 250 km (160 mi) before entering Saskatchewan at Lloydminster . The highest point on

615-565: The GHS system . Pictograms have been popularized in use on the Internet and in software , better known as " icons " displayed on a computer screen in order to help user navigate a computer system or mobile device. Yellowhead Highway The Yellowhead Highway ( French : Route Yellowhead ) is a major interprovincial highway in Western Canada that runs from Winnipeg to Graham Island off

656-697: The Americas before Colonization . One example of many is the Rock art of the Chumash people , part of the Native American history of California . In 2011, UNESCO's World Heritage List added " Petroglyph Complexes of the Mongolian Altai, Mongolia" to celebrate the importance of the pictograms engraved in rocks. Some scientists in the field of neuropsychiatry and neuropsychology, such as Mario Christian Meyer , are studying

697-462: The Ground, a universal language made up of pictograms collected from around the world. A Book from the Ground chat program has been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally. In statistics, pictograms are charts in which icons represent numbers to make it more interesting and easier to understand. A key is often included to indicate what each icon represents. All icons must be of the same size, but

738-516: The Saskatchewan portion (which was redesignated as Highway 16 in 1976) had two numbers designated. From the Manitoba border to Saskatoon , the highway was designated as Highway 14 while the portion from Saskatoon to Lloydminster and the Alberta border was designated as Highway 5 . Prior to the opening of the Yellowhead Highway, Highways 5 and 14 both ran the width of Saskatchewan;

779-765: The Trans-Canada Highway System Association and a submission was made to Prime Minister Mackenzie King to advocate for the construction of the highway. The Association was renamed the Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway Association (TCYHA) in 2000 to better reflect its roots. The iconic Yellowhead Highway signage seen along the highways is trademarked to the TCYHA. The Yellowhead Highway was officially opened in Western Canada in 1970; in 1978 all four Western Provinces agreed to use #16 for

820-506: The Yellowhead Highway remains unnumbered between Winnipeg and PTH 16, although it shares the roadway with PTH 1. While the beginnings of the Yellowhead Highway can be traced back to 1819 when Iroquois Metis Pierre Bostonais , nicknamed Tête Jaune/Yellow Head, was engaged by the Hudson's Bay Company to guide them westward through the Rocky Mountains, the impetus for the building of

861-797: The best route for the new railway. The expeditions of Smith, Mahood and a third surveyor, Joseph Hunter , all visited what is now Wells Gray Park. When the more southern Kicking Horse Pass was chosen instead in 1881, all of these meticulously examined routes across the Canadian Cordilleran were abandoned. Only three place names in the Park recognize those 10 wasted years of surveys: Mahood River & Lake, Marcus Falls, and Murtle River & Lake (Murtle refers to Joseph Hunter's birthplace in Scotland). Born in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, in 1843, Mahood trained as

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902-460: The club paying for some sections to be built themselves. The E.A.& G.R.A. offered a $ 100 prize to the first motorists to reach Jasper from Edmonton. The prize was claimed by stunt driver Charley Neimeyer and mechanic Frank Silverthorne in an Overland in June 1922 just beating out George Gordon and J.E. Sims in a Ford by a few days. Both parties continued all the way to the coast and each also received

943-496: The coast of British Columbia via Saskatoon and Edmonton . It stretches across the four western Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta , Saskatchewan , and Manitoba and is part of the Trans-Canada Highway system and the larger National Highway System , but should not be confused with the more southerly, originally-designated Trans-Canada Highway. The highway was officially opened in 1970. Beginning in 1990,

984-535: The east end of Mahood Lake, there is a trail along the Mahood River past Sylvia and Goodwin Falls to the Clearwater River. Refer to Exploring Wells Gray Park for detailed descriptions and starting points. Pictographs A pictogram (also pictogramme , pictograph , or simply picto ) is a graphical symbol that conveys meaning through its visual resemblance to a physical object. Pictograms are used in systems of writing and visual communication. A pictography

1025-473: The excellent fishing in Mahood Lake and even earned a recommendation from Duncan Hines , the travel writer. The McNeils sold the Lodge in 1959 and moved to 100 Mile House where their seven children could attend school instead of relying on a correspondence education program. The Lodge burned to the ground in 1962. Mahood Lake Campground, operated by B.C. Parks, is now on the site of the Lodge. This deep valley

1066-530: The green and white Trans-Canada logo is used to designate the roadway. The highway is named for the Yellowhead Pass , the route chosen to cross the Canadian Rockies . The pass and the highway are named after a fur trader and explorer named Pierre Bostonais. He had yellow streaks in his hair, and was nicknamed " Tête Jaune " (Yellowhead). Almost the entire length of the highway is numbered as 16, except for

1107-540: The hardest I have had on the surveys, and we were in constant danger." His journey coincided with that of James Adam Mahood, who had been chosen by the C.P.R. in 1871 to head another survey party heading west to the Chilcotin . By chance, on September 17, 1872, the two expeditions met near the mouth of Mahood Lake. Smith and Mahood spent a day together comparing their notes and sketches. Between 1872 and 1881, about 20 survey parties fanned out across British Columbia to determine

1148-657: The highway began in 1921 when a group from Edmonton formed to advocate for a driveable road from Edmonton to Jasper. Much of the Yellowhead Highway between Edmonton and BC Interior is built on former railway lines. In the early 1900s, both the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) built lines leading to the Yellowhead Pass. In 1917 the Canadian government compelled

1189-567: The highway travels 273 km (170 mi) before meeting the main Trans-Canada Highway near Portage la Prairie , Manitoba, where it ends its Highway 16 designation. It then overlaps the TCH into Winnipeg as an unnumbered highway. Officially, the eastern end of the Yellowhead Highway is at the corner of Portage Avenue and Main Street in Winnipeg. The total length of the Yellowhead Highway, including ferries,

1230-527: The highway, at 1,163.9 m (3,819 ft), is Obed Summit near Obed, Alberta . The highway travels southeast for 282 km (175 mi) to Saskatoon , passing through North Battleford about halfway in between. From Saskatoon, the Yellowhead Highway continues its southeastern journey through the province for 329 km (204 mi) to Yorkton . The highway continues for another 90 km (56 mi) from Yorkton and enters Manitoba 16 km (9.9 mi) northwest of Russell . Within Manitoba,

1271-525: The highway. In 1986, the Yellowhead Highway received the designation of a Trans Canada Highway with Highway #5 in BC, from Tête Jaune to Hope, remaining named just the Yellowhead Highway. The Highway 5 in British Columbia used to be designated as part of the Yellowhead Highway only between Tête Jaune Cache and Kamloops, with Highway 5 south of Kamloops being signed with the standard BC highway shield. In

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1312-441: The languages and cultures are completely different. This is why road signs and similar pictographic material are often applied as global standards expected to be understood by nearly all. A standard set of pictograms was defined in the international standard ISO 7001 : Public Information Symbols . Other common sets of pictographs are the laundry symbols used on clothing tags and the chemical hazard symbols as standardized by

1353-514: The main medium of written communication in some non-literate cultures in Africa, the Americas, and Oceania. Pictograms are often used as simple, pictorial, representational symbols by most contemporary cultures. Pictograms can be considered an art form, or can be considered a written language and are designated as such in Pre-Columbian art , Native American art , Ancient Mesopotamia and Painting in

1394-535: The major Pacific railway terminus being at the head of Bute Inlet , a fjord which penetrates the Coast Mountains some 225 km north of Vancouver. While examining his favoured route eastward from the inlet in September 1872, he spent a grueling few days traversing Mahood Lake's rugged northern shore. His diary contains a gripping account of the hazards along this route and a declaration that "These last two days were

1435-451: The respective eastern and western portions of these highways retain their original designations. Prior to the highway retaining the number 16 designation, a very small section of the highway along Idylwyld Drive in Saskatoon was not designated with a number, as Highway 14 redirected on to 22 Street and Highway 5 would redirect on to Idylwyld Drive from 23 Street. Currently,

1476-535: The right-of-way backdated to 1923. In 1966, the provincial government received title to the entire stretch of abandoned rails. As of 1976 there were 71 miles (114 km) of the Edmonton-to-Jasper section of the highway on former railway grades. In 1936 the advocacy around the highway was formalized with the formation of the Yellowhead Highway Association which later, in 1947, was reformed as

1517-603: The section in Manitoba that is concurrent with Trans-Canada Highway 1. The highway number "16" is also the number given to a branch of the Trans-Canada in New Brunswick ; Route 16 . However, the numeric designation is strictly coincidental, and New Brunswick Route 16 is not part of the Yellowhead. In the west, the highway begins at Masset, British Columbia , on Haida Gwaii , heading south along Graham Island for 101 km (63 mi) to Skidegate . It then connects via

1558-464: The south shore. The Mahood Lake area was the centre of considerable attention between 1872 and 1874 when three separate groups of Canadian Pacific Railway surveyors passed along its shores. Their objective was to find a feasible route for the railway from Yellowhead Pass in the Rocky Mountains westward to the Pacific Ocean. Marcus Smith, the head of British Columbia surveys, was a strong advocate for

1599-458: The symbolic meaning of indigenous pictographs and petroglyphs, aiming to create new ways of communication between native people and modern scientists to safeguard and valorize their cultural diversity. An early modern example of the extensive use of pictograms may be seen in the map in the London suburban timetables of the London and North Eastern Railway, 1936–1947, designed by George Dow , in which

1640-513: The two railways to share one line between Red Pass Junction and Lobstick, and portions of both railways were abandoned. Rails pulled from the abandoned sections were sent to France during the Great War. The CNoR was nationalized in 1918, and in 1919 the GTPR was nationalized as well. One of the engineers working on the crew that pulled up the rails was Fred Driscol. He had the idea to convert the rail bed into

1681-505: Was carved by glaciers, but there are remnants of lava flows north of the east end of the lake and along the Canim River upstream. The Canim River is the major inflow. It is 8 km (5.0 mi) long, draining Canim Lake, and most of this distance is through a rugged gorge carved in lava. The river drops 142 m (466 ft) between the lakes, partly accounted for by two waterfalls, Canim Falls and Mahood Falls . The other major inflow

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