Alberta Highway 33

Kinuso
Location
Country	Swan Hills
Highway system
Provincial highways in Alberta
← Hwy 32 → Hwy 35

Alberta Provincial Highway No. 33, commonly referred to as Highway 33 and officially named Grizzly Trail, is a north–south highway in west–central Alberta, Canada.

Highway 33 begins at

Highway 33 follows the original Klondike Trail, which was advertised by Edmonton merchants as the shortest route to the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, from the Athabasca River at Pruden's Crossing, near Fort Assiniboine, through present-day Swan Hills and along the Swan River to north to present-day Kinuso. The trail followed a very difficult and dangerous route and by 1901-02 use of the trail declined, soon after it was abandoned altogether in favour of other routes to the Peace River area.^[3][4]

Highway 33 originally started as short highway that connected Highway 43, 7 km (4 mi) south of Onoway, to Alberta Beach.^[5] In the 1970s, Highway 33 was extended north to Barrhead from Gunn, resulting in an 8 km (5 mi) gap between Alberta Beach and Gunn.^[6] Highway 18, which ran between Barrhead and Swan Hills, was renumbered to Highway 33 and the highway was extended north to Kinuso.^[7] In c. 1985, the original section to Alberta Beach became part of Highway 633.^[8][9] Highway 33 in Alberta is officially known as "Grizzly Trail" as after Fort Assinaboine, it passes directly through the middle of the primary habitat of the Swan Hills grizzly bear^[10][11]

Points of Interest

Approximately 1/2 way along Highway 33, following it 111km from either end will place you at or near the geographical center of Alberta.^[12]

Major intersections

From south to north:

specialized municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Onoway ; former eastern terminus
	−10.6	−6.6	Hwy 633 west – Darwell	Former Hwy 634
	Alberta Beach	−8.1	−5.0		Former western terminus
	8 km (5 mi) gap
	​	0.0	0.0	Grande Prairie	East of Gunn
	Rich Valley	13.5	8.4
	Birch Cove	25.8	16.0
Hwy 651 east – Legal
	30.0	18.6	Crosses the Pembina River
	31.9	19.8	Hwy 654 west	South end of Hwy 654 concurrency
	38.3	23.8	Hwy 654 east – Manola	North end of Hwy 654 concurrency
	Mayerthorpe	South end of Hwy 18 concurrency
	​	48.0	29.8	Westlock	Hwy 33 branches west; north end of Hwy 18 concurrency
	Camp Creek	66.9	41.6
	​	79.7	49.5	Tiger Lilly
↑ / ↓	​	82.3	51.1	Crosses the Athabasca River
Hwy 661 east – Dapp	Hwy 33 branches northwest
	​	91.1	56.6	Hwy 658 west – Goose Lake, Blue Ridge
Whitecourt	Hwy 33 branches north
	​	218.6	135.8	Kinuso
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Concurrency terminus

Photos

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  Highway 33 north of

  Swan Hills
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  Junction sign on Highway 43

References