Highway 17 (Patricia Bay Highway)

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Highway 17 (Patricia Bay Highway) is a major north–south arterial route on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, connecting Victoria to the Swartz Bay ferry terminal and serving several nearby communities and First Nations.

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Highway 17 (Patricia Bay Highway) canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arterial road
highway
alsoKnownAs Pat Bay Highway
arterialType major arterial route
category Provincial highways in British Columbia
Roads in Greater Victoria
connects Swartz Bay ferry terminal
Victoria
country Canada
function connects Victoria to ferry services to mainland British Columbia
hasAccessTo Victoria International Airport via connecting roads
hasFerryConnection Swartz Bay – Tsawwassen ferry route
hasJunctionWith Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) in Victoria
hasSpeedLimit lower urban speed limits near Victoria
typically 80 km/h on rural sections
laneConfiguration divided highway for most of its length
locatedIn British Columbia
locatedInMunicipality District of Central Saanich
linked to: Central Saanich

District of North Saanich
District of Saanich
locatedInRegion southern Vancouver Island
locatedOn Vancouver Island
maintainedBy British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
namedAfter Patricia Bay
northernTerminus Swartz Bay ferry terminal
partOf British Columbia Highway 17
passesNear Sidney
passesThrough Saanich Peninsula
primaryUse access to BC Ferries at Swartz Bay
regional commuter traffic
regionServed Capital Regional District
routeDirection north–south
servesCommunity Central Saanich
North Saanich
Saanich
servesFirstNation Tsartlip First Nation
Tsawout First Nation
Tseycum First Nation
southernTerminus Victoria
transportRole key link between Vancouver Island and mainland ferry network
usedFor commercial freight movement to and from ferries
tourist access to Vancouver Island destinations

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Tsawout First Nation hasPrimaryAccessRoute Highway 17 (Patricia Bay Highway)
Sidney, British Columbia hasHighwayConnection Highway 17 (Patricia Bay Highway)
subject linked to: Sidney
Sidney, British Columbia isServedBy Highway 17 (Patricia Bay Highway)
Swartz Bay terminal adjacentTo Highway 17 (Patricia Bay Highway)
Town of Sidney hasTransportationLink Highway 17 (Patricia Bay Highway)
Swartz Bay ferry terminal roadAccessVia Highway 17 (Patricia Bay Highway)