--- title: "Highway 26 road conditions to Wells and Barkerville" description: "Highway 26 from Prince George to Wells and Barkerville: closures, accidents, roadwork and highway cameras, live from DriveBC." url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/26/ markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/26.md site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia generated: 2026-11-06T05:39:58.216Z --- # Highway 26 road conditions to Wells and Barkerville Barkerville Highway, from Prince George to Wells and Barkerville: closures, incidents and roadwork from DriveBC. Updated 4 min ago DriveBC reports no closures on Highway 26 right now. Also in effect: 2 roadwork. Conditions change fast. DriveBC is the official source: [drivebc.ca](https://www.drivebc.ca/), or [1-800-550-4997](tel:+18005504997). [Events](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/26/#events) [Cameras](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/26/#cameras) [Town forecasts](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/26/#towns) ## DriveBC events on Highway 26 ### Roadwork and maintenance (2) - Roadwork Road construction at Barkerville Highway, 54km East of Quesnel 111 km from Prince George · updated Oct 21, 2:13 p.m. **DriveBC details** Road construction at Barkerville Highway, 54km East of Quesnel. Starting 8:00 AM PDT on Wednesday July 15, 2026 until 5:00 PM MST on Monday November 30, 2026. Single lane alternating traffic. Watch for traffic control. Culvert replacement. Work takes place 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. - Roadwork Road construction from Barkerville Highway, Wells Visitor Information Centre to Pooley Street and in Wells 119 km from Prince George · updated Oct 14, 9:01 a.m. **DriveBC details** Road construction from Barkerville Highway, Wells Visitor Information Centre to At Pooley Street and In Wells. Starting Tue Oct 13 until Mon Nov 30. From 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM PDT, every day. Single lane alternating traffic. Watch for traffic control. ### Planned, not started yet (1) - Roadwork Starts Nov 16, 8:00 a.m. Utility work from Barkerville Highway, at Quesnel Canyon Road to Fanslau Road 102 km from Prince George · updated Oct 28, 4:09 p.m. **DriveBC details** Utility work from Barkerville Highway, At Quesnel Canyon Road to At Fanslau Road. Starting 8:00 AM MST on Monday November 16, 2026 until 4:00 PM MST on Monday November 30, 2026. From 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM MST, weekdays. Single lane alternating traffic. Watch for traffic control. [DriveBC map](https://www.drivebc.ca/) [DriveBC delays](https://www.drivebc.ca/delays) [DriveBC advisories](https://www.drivebc.ca/advisories) [City street closures](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/road-closures/) Source: [DriveBC road events (BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit)](https://www.drivebc.ca/). 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[Province of BC](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/driving-and-cycling/traveller-information/seasonal/winter-driving) ### Other highways out of Prince George - [Highway 16 west to Vanderhoof, Burns Lake, Smithers, Terrace and Prince Rupert](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/16-west/) - [Highway 16 east to McBride, Tête Jaune Cache and Jasper](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/16-east/) - [Highway 97 north to Mackenzie junction, Pine Pass, Chetwynd and Dawson Creek](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/97-north/) - [Highway 97 south to Quesnel, Williams Lake, 100 Mile House and Cache Creek](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/97-south/) - [Highway 27 to Fort St. James](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/27/) - [Highway 39 to Mackenzie](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/39/) Distances are straight-line from the centre of Prince George. Events, cameras and road weather are DriveBC’s own data, refreshed every 10 to 15 minutes; we add nothing to them. ## More in Getting around [See all in Getting around](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/browse/#getting-around) - [Getting around Bus, airport, trains, roads](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/getting-around/) - [Next bus Live arrivals](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/tools/next-bus/) - [Bus routes Schedules and stops](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/bus-routes/) - [Road closures City streets closed now and soon](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/road-closures/) - [Snow day and closures School closures, bus cancellations, plow priorities](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/snow-day/) - [Gas prices City averages, stations, propane](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/fuel/) ## Data Machine-readable data behind this page, from the free PG Pulse API (https://princegeorgepulse.ca/developers/). ### Events, cameras, road weather and passes Source: [DriveBC road events, highway cameras and road weather stations (BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit); high elevation forecasts by Environment and Climate Change Canada](https://www.drivebc.ca/). Licence: Open Government Licence – British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/policy-standards/data-policies/open-data/open-government-licence-bc); forecasts: Environment and Climate Change Canada Data Servers End-use Licence (https://eccc-msc.github.io/open-data/licence/readme_en/). Updated 2026-11-06T05:35:57.437Z. JSON: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/api/v1/highways/26 - **id**: 26 - **name**: Highway 26 - **highway**: 26 - **alias**: Barkerville Highway - **to**: Wells and Barkerville - **bbox**: -122.55,52.9,-121.45,53.2 - **page**: - **cameras**: _none_ - **roadWeather**: _none_ - **passes**: _none_ #### counts - **closures**: 0 - **major**: 0 - **incidents**: 0 - **construction**: 2 - **conditions**: 0 - **upcoming**: 1 - **total**: 3 #### events | id | kind | type | subtypes | severity | headline | summary | description | closed | updated | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | drivebc.ca/RIDE-101704 | construction | CONSTRUCTION | ROAD_MAINTENANCE | MINOR | CONSTRUCTION | Road construction at Barkerville Highway, 54km East of Quesnel | Road construction at Barkerville Highway, 54km East of Quesnel. Starting 8:00 AM PDT on Wednesday July 15, 2026 until 5:00 PM MST on Monday November 30, 2026. … | false | 2026-10-21T14:13:56-07:00 | | drivebc.ca/RIDE-103631 | construction | CONSTRUCTION | ROAD_CONSTRUCTION | MINOR | CONSTRUCTION | Road construction from Barkerville Highway, Wells Visitor Information Centre to Pooley Street and in Wells | Road construction from Barkerville Highway, Wells Visitor Information Centre to At Pooley Street and In Wells. Starting Tue Oct 13 until Mon Nov 30. From 7:00 … | false | 2026-10-14T09:01:36-07:00 | | drivebc.ca/RIDE-104587 | construction | CONSTRUCTION | ROAD_MAINTENANCE | MINOR | CONSTRUCTION | Utility work from Barkerville Highway, at Quesnel Canyon Road to Fanslau Road | Utility work from Barkerville Highway, At Quesnel Canyon Road to At Fanslau Road. Starting 8:00 AM MST on Monday November 16, 2026 until 4:00 PM MST on Monday … | false | 2026-10-28T16:09:48-07:00 | _Nested fields (roads) are in the JSON version._ --- Markdown version of https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/26/. Guide for AI agents: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/llms.txt. Free API: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/developers/