page_title: British Columbia Highway 28
section_title: Route details
hierarchical_section_title: British Columbia Highway 28 / Route details
caption_attribution_description: English: Highway 28 passing through Strathcona Provincial Park on Vancouver Island. Summary Highway 28 passing through Strathcona Provincial Park on Vancouver Island.
context_page_description: Highway 28 is an east-west highway on the northern part of Vancouver Island, within the Strathcona Regional District. It is the main link to the northern part of Strathcona Provincial Park and the remote logging communities of Gold River and Tahsis, on the northwest coast of the Island. The highway first opened in 1970. Before the section of Highway 19 from Campbell River to Port Hardy was opened in 1979, Highway 28 acted as the main access to Port Hardy and various other communities on the northern tip of the Island, aided by a system of local logging roads leading from the highway to the various north Island communities.
context_section_description: Highway 28's total length is 99 km (62 mi).  Starting in Gold River at the shore of Muchalat Inlet, Highway 28 follows the Gold and Heber Rivers northeast for 24 km (15 mi) before entering Strathcona Provincial Park.  The highway winds its way east through the park, following the Elk River, for 17 km (11 mi), then hugs Upper Campbell Lake for another 11 km (7 mi) to its junction with the road to Westmin Mines. 37 km later (23 mi), the highway enters the city limits of Campbell River, finally terminating 10 km (6 mi) later at a junction with Highways 19 and 19A, in the northern part of the city.
caption: Highway 28 in Strathcona Park
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