BC Highway 26
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BC Highway 26 is a provincial highway in British Columbia that runs east from Quesnel into the Cariboo region, serving historic gold rush communities including Barkerville.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| BC Highway 26 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11304611 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BC Highway 26 Context triple: [Barkerville, accessRoad, BC Highway 26]
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A.
British Columbia Highway 22
British Columbia Highway 22 is a provincial highway in southeastern British Columbia that runs through the West Kootenay region, connecting communities such as Castlegar to the Canada–U.S. border.
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Chilcotin Highway (Highway 20)
Chilcotin Highway (Highway 20) is a remote east–west route in British Columbia, Canada, connecting Williams Lake to Bella Coola across the Chilcotin Plateau and Coast Mountains.
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C.
Cassiar Highway
The Cassiar Highway is a remote scenic route in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, that provides an alternative connection between the Yellowhead Highway and the Alaska Highway through rugged wilderness.
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D.
British Columbia Highway 17
British Columbia Highway 17 is a major provincial highway in British Columbia that serves as a key connector between the Tsawwassen ferry terminal, the Lower Mainland, and Vancouver Island via its mainland and Vancouver Island segments.
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E.
British Columbia Highway 7B
British Columbia Highway 7B is a short provincial highway in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia that serves as a connector route through the Maple Ridge area.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BC Highway 26 Target entity description: BC Highway 26 is a provincial highway in British Columbia that runs east from Quesnel into the Cariboo region, serving historic gold rush communities including Barkerville.
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A.
British Columbia Highway 22
British Columbia Highway 22 is a provincial highway in southeastern British Columbia that runs through the West Kootenay region, connecting communities such as Castlegar to the Canada–U.S. border.
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B.
Chilcotin Highway (Highway 20)
Chilcotin Highway (Highway 20) is a remote east–west route in British Columbia, Canada, connecting Williams Lake to Bella Coola across the Chilcotin Plateau and Coast Mountains.
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C.
Cassiar Highway
The Cassiar Highway is a remote scenic route in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, that provides an alternative connection between the Yellowhead Highway and the Alaska Highway through rugged wilderness.
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D.
British Columbia Highway 17
British Columbia Highway 17 is a major provincial highway in British Columbia that serves as a key connector between the Tsawwassen ferry terminal, the Lower Mainland, and Vancouver Island via its mainland and Vancouver Island segments.
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E.
British Columbia Highway 7B
British Columbia Highway 7B is a short provincial highway in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia that serves as a connector route through the Maple Ridge area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
highway in British Columbia
ⓘ
provincial highway ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Barkerville Highway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gold Rush Trail (segment) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Cariboo region transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
Provincial highways in British Columbia ⓘ |
| connects |
Barkerville
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quesnel NERFINISHED ⓘ Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo | BC Highway 97 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| directionA | West ⓘ |
| directionB | East ⓘ |
| easternTerminus | Barkerville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAccessTo | Bowron Lake Provincial Park (via connecting roads) ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | follows route associated with Cariboo Gold Rush ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | provincial ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British Columbia
ⓘ
Cariboo Regional District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cariboo Road corridor (historic route) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Cottonwood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ historic Cariboo gold rush communities ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
access to historic sites
ⓘ
tourism route ⓘ |
| province | British Columbia ⓘ |
| regionServed | Cariboo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadType | two-lane highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 26 ⓘ |
| runsFrom | Quesnel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runsTo | Barkerville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves |
Barkerville Historic Town
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cariboo goldfields area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surface | paved ⓘ |
| terminusAreaFeature | Barkerville Historic Town & Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| westernTerminus | Quesnel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: BC Highway 26 Description of subject: BC Highway 26 is a provincial highway in British Columbia that runs east from Quesnel into the Cariboo region, serving historic gold rush communities including Barkerville.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.