--- title: "Highway 27 road conditions to Fort St. James | PG Pulse" description: "Highway 27 from Prince George to Fort St. James: closures, accidents, roadwork and highway cameras, live from DriveBC." url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/27/ markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/27.md site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia generated: 2026-11-06T05:39:37.527Z --- # Highway 27 road conditions to Fort St. James Stuart Lake Highway, from Prince George to Fort St. James: closures, incidents and roadwork from DriveBC, with highway cameras and road weather along the way. Updated 4 min ago DriveBC reports no closures on Highway 27 right now. Also in effect: 1 incident. 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/27/#events) [Cameras](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/27/#cameras) [Road weather](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/27/#road-weather) [Town forecasts](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/27/#towns) ## DriveBC events on Highway 27 ### Incidents (1) - Incident Geotechnical investigation from Highway 27 N, in Fort Street James and at Tachie Road to 10km Northeast of Fort Street James 112 km from Prince George · updated Nov 3, 11:48 a.m. **DriveBC details** Geotechnical investigation from Highway 27 N, In Fort Street James and At Tachie Road to 10km Northeast of Fort Street James. Closed at the 1.7 kilometer mark. Detour in Effect using the Takla Road to Teardrop Forest Service Road. ### Planned, not started yet (1) - Roadwork Starts Nov 27, 6:55 p.m. Special event from Stuart Drive W, in Fort Street James to Fort Street James 115 km from Prince George · updated Oct 26, 9:40 a.m. **DriveBC details** Special event from Stuart Drive W, In Fort Street James to In Fort Street James. Starting 6:55 PM MST on Friday November 27, 2026 until 8:00 PM MST on Friday November 27, 2026. Watch for traffic control. Santa Clause Parade. [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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Images are DriveBC’s, refreshed every few minutes; tap one for the full view and replay. - [![DriveBC camera: Highway 27 about 32 km south of Fort St. James, looking north.](https://www.drivebc.ca/images/226.jpg?t=1793943289)](https://www.drivebc.ca/cameras/226) Stuart Lake Highway 100 km from Prince George · image delayed [Looking N](https://www.drivebc.ca/cameras/226) [Looking S](https://www.drivebc.ca/cameras/805) - [![DriveBC camera: Highway 27 about 12 km south of Fort St. James at Spencer Pit, looking north.](https://www.drivebc.ca/images/989.jpg?t=1793943289)](https://www.drivebc.ca/cameras/989) Spencer Pit 110 km from Prince George [Looking N](https://www.drivebc.ca/cameras/989) [Looking S](https://www.drivebc.ca/cameras/990) - [![DriveBC camera: Highway 27 at Hill Street/Greenview Drive in Fort St. James, looking north.](https://www.drivebc.ca/images/804.jpg?t=1793943289)](https://www.drivebc.ca/cameras/804) Fort St. James 114 km from Prince George [Looking N](https://www.drivebc.ca/cameras/804) [Looking S](https://www.drivebc.ca/cameras/807) Source: [DriveBC highway cameras (BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit)](https://www.drivebc.ca/cameras). ## Forecast along the way Forecasts read 21 min ago Environment Canada’s forecast for the towns on this route, nearest to Prince George first. - ### [Vanderhoof](https://weather.gc.ca/en/location/index.html?coords=54.020,-124.000) 83 km Issued Nov 5, 4:00 p.m. Source: [Environment and Climate Change Canada city page forecasts](https://weather.gc.ca/). ## Road weather stations Readings from the Ministry of Transportation and Transit’s stations beside the highway, nearest to Prince George first. | Station | Air | Road | Pavement | Reading | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Spencer Pit Northeast side of Hwy 27 at Spencer Pit | 8 °C | 3 °C | Dry | Nov 5, 10:00 p.m. | Source: [DriveBC road weather stations (BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit)](https://www.drivebc.ca/). ## Before you drive **Winter tires:** Signed highways need winter tires or chains on board October 1 to April 30; some highways outside mountain passes or high-snowfall areas end March 31. [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 26 to Wells and Barkerville](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/26/) - [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/27 - **id**: 27 - **name**: Highway 27 - **highway**: 27 - **alias**: Stuart Lake Highway - **to**: Fort St. James - **bbox**: -124.45,53.95,-123.95,54.6 - **page**: - **passes**: _none_ #### counts - **closures**: 0 - **major**: 0 - **incidents**: 1 - **construction**: 0 - **conditions**: 0 - **upcoming**: 1 - **total**: 2 #### events | id | kind | type | subtypes | severity | headline | summary | description | closed | updated | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | drivebc.ca/RIDE-102731 | incident | INCIDENT | ROAD_MAINTENANCE | MINOR | INCIDENT | Geotechnical investigation from Highway 27 N, in Fort Street James and at Tachie Road to 10km Northeast of Fort Street James | Geotechnical investigation from Highway 27 N, In Fort Street James and At Tachie Road to 10km Northeast of Fort Street James. Closed at the 1.7 kilometer mark.… | false | 2026-11-03T11:48:25-07:00 | | drivebc.ca/RIDE-104336 | construction | CONSTRUCTION | PLANNED_EVENT | MINOR | CONSTRUCTION | Special event from Stuart Drive W, in Fort Street James to Fort Street James | Special event from Stuart Drive W, In Fort Street James to In Fort Street James. Starting 6:55 PM MST on Friday November 27, 2026 until 8:00 PM MST on Friday N… | false | 2026-10-26T09:40:42-07:00 | _Nested fields (roads) are in the JSON version._ #### cameras | group | name | km | lat | lng | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 226 | Stuart Lake Highway | 100 | 54.18322 | -124.20621 | | 989 | Spencer Pit | 110 | 54.3456 | -124.27644 | | 804 | Fort St. James | 114 | 54.43436 | -124.254959 | _Nested fields (views) are in the JSON version._ #### roadWeather | id | name | location | lat | lng | elevationM | airC | roadC | pavement | snowCm | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 478830 | Spencer Pit | Northeast side of Hwy 27 at Spencer Pit | 54.3456 | -124.27644 | 727 | 8 | 3 | Dry | 0 | --- Markdown version of https://princegeorgepulse.ca/highways/27/. Guide for AI agents: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/llms.txt. Free API: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/developers/