Mon te ▁Creek ▁Highway . ▁ ▁The ▁highway ▁follows ▁Highway ▁ 1 ▁for ▁ ▁west ▁to ▁Cache ▁Creek . ▁As ▁it ▁travel s ▁west ward , ▁High ways ▁ 1 ▁and ▁ 9 7 ▁parallel ▁the ▁Thompson ▁River , ▁passing ▁through ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Kam lo ops , ▁where ▁the ▁route ▁shares ▁a ▁ ▁wrong - way ▁conc urrency ▁with ▁Highway ▁ 5 ▁( signed ▁as ▁ 9 7 ▁North ▁and ▁ 5 ▁South ▁and ▁vice ▁vers a ) ▁and ▁intersect s ▁Highway ▁ 5 A . ▁ ▁Car ib oo ▁Highway ▁ ▁The ▁Car ib oo ▁Highway ▁section ▁of ▁Highway ▁ 9 7 , ▁between ▁Cache ▁Creek ▁and ▁Prince ▁George , ▁is ▁ ▁in ▁length ▁and ▁named ▁for ▁the ▁Car ib oo ▁region , ▁through ▁which ▁it ▁travel s . ▁Much ▁of ▁its ▁length ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁Qu es nel ▁follows ▁approximately ▁the ▁route ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁Car ib oo ▁W agon ▁Road , ▁which ▁was ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Queen ' s ▁Highway . ▁The ▁Car ib oo ▁W agon ▁Road ' s ▁lower ▁st ret ches ▁between ▁Y ale ▁and ▁Cache ▁Creek ▁were ▁sever ed ▁in ▁many ▁places ▁by ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Pacific ▁Railway ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s . ▁That ▁section , ▁now ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Trans - Can ada , ▁was ▁re built ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s , ▁when ▁the ▁name ▁Car ib oo ▁Highway ▁was ▁first ▁applied ▁to ▁the ▁route , ▁a ▁design ation ▁which ▁ran ▁from ▁Y