Pacific Highway Live Cam

Situated at the Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Truck Crossing, heading from Canada to the USA (Southbound traffic)

What You're Watching

This camera provides a live view of Pacific Highway. History Early Origins and Road Construction Indigenous Trails and Fur Trade Routes Before European settlement, the route now known as the Pacific Highway in Surrey followed ancient Indigenous portage and trading paths along the Nicomekl and Serpentine River valleys. Coast Salish peoples navigated these lowland corridors in dugout canoes, linking seasonal camps and salmon runs. During the la.

Best Times to Watch

Time / PeriodWhat to expect
Early mornings 6–9am localQuietest — best light on water; surfers and fishermen active
Midday (11am–2pm) in seasonPeak beach activity; clearest water visibility in sunlight
SunsetGolden light — often most visually dramatic period
Storm / approaching weatherCheck wave size and conditions before visiting

Quick Facts

History & Context

History

Early Origins and Road Construction Indigenous Trails and Fur Trade Routes Before European settlement, the route now known as the Pacific Highway in Surrey followed ancient Indigenous portage and trading paths along the Nicomekl and Serpentine River valleys. Coast Salish peoples navigated these lowland corridors in dugout canoes, linking seasonal camps and salmon runs. During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, as Hudson’s Bay Company brigades and independent fur traders ventured northward from Fort Langley, these trails were gradually widened into packhorse roads. By 1849, small logging camps used segments of this alignment to haul cedar and fir logs to rivers for downstream rafting toward the emerging settlement at New Westminster.

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