The B.C. Ministry of Transportation has made available a spectacular piece of history.
It's a three-minute-and-38-second time-lapse video of driving from Victoria to Duncan in April 1966.
"You see, every few years we send a vehicle on the road outfitted with a camera and special instruments. In addition to checking the road for smoothness, rutting, cracking, potholes and other issues, the camera is set up to automatically take a photo every 10 metres. The vehicle then drives our highways, and we end up with a fairly comprehensive reference of what our roads are like"
Sit back and enjoy the ride:
For comparison sake, I found a similar trip (going the other direction), this time with video shot in 2007.
Spot the differences:
