British Columbia Highway 3

E316586

east–west highway highway provincial highway

British Columbia Highway 3 is a major east–west route in southern British Columbia, Canada, forming part of the Crowsnest Highway and connecting numerous Interior and Kootenay communities.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
British Columbia Highway 3 canonical	14
BC Highway 3	2
Highway 3 (Crowsnest Highway)	2
Highway 3 (British Columbia)	1
Highway 3 in British Columbia	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2935349 — 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: British Columbia Highway 3
Context triple: [Castlegar, British Columbia, highwayServedBy, British Columbia Highway 3]

A. British Columbia Highway 4
British Columbia Highway 4 is a major Vancouver Island route that connects inland communities to the Pacific coast, serving as the primary road access to destinations such as Tofino and Ucluelet.
B. British Columbia Highway 13
British Columbia Highway 13 is a short north–south provincial highway in the Fraser Valley region that connects the Canada–US border near Aldergrove to major routes in Langley, British Columbia.
C. British Columbia Highway 99
British Columbia Highway 99 is a major north–south route in British Columbia, Canada, running from the U.S. border through Vancouver and the Sea-to-Sky corridor to Whistler and beyond.
D. Alberta Highway 2
Alberta Highway 2 is a major north–south provincial highway in Alberta, Canada, connecting several key cities and regions and serving as one of the province’s primary transportation corridors.
E. Alberta Highway 4
Alberta Highway 4 is a major north–south highway in southern Alberta, Canada, that serves as the primary route between Lethbridge and the U.S. border at Coutts.
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: British Columbia Highway 3
Target entity description: British Columbia Highway 3 is a major east–west route in southern British Columbia, Canada, forming part of the Crowsnest Highway and connecting numerous Interior and Kootenay communities.

A. British Columbia Highway 4
British Columbia Highway 4 is a major Vancouver Island route that connects inland communities to the Pacific coast, serving as the primary road access to destinations such as Tofino and Ucluelet.
B. British Columbia Highway 13
British Columbia Highway 13 is a short north–south provincial highway in the Fraser Valley region that connects the Canada–US border near Aldergrove to major routes in Langley, British Columbia.
C. British Columbia Highway 99
British Columbia Highway 99 is a major north–south route in British Columbia, Canada, running from the U.S. border through Vancouver and the Sea-to-Sky corridor to Whistler and beyond.
D. Alberta Highway 2
Alberta Highway 2 is a major north–south provincial highway in Alberta, Canada, connecting several key cities and regions and serving as one of the province’s primary transportation corridors.
E. Alberta Highway 4
Alberta Highway 4 is a major north–south highway in southern Alberta, Canada, that serves as the primary route between Lethbridge and the U.S. border at Coutts.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	east–west highway ⓘ highway ⓘ provincial highway ⓘ
category	Crowsnest Highway ⓘ Provincial highways in British Columbia ⓘ
connects	Castlegar, British Columbia ⓘ Cranbrook, British Columbia ⓘ linked to: Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada Creston, British Columbia ⓘ Crowsnest Pass ⓘ Fernie, British Columbia ⓘ Grand Forks, British Columbia ⓘ Hope, British Columbia ⓘ Keremeos, British Columbia ⓘ Osoyoos, British Columbia ⓘ Princeton, British Columbia ⓘ Salmo, British Columbia ⓘ Sparwood, British Columbia ⓘ
connectsTo	British Columbia Highway 21 ⓘ British Columbia Highway 5 ⓘ British Columbia Highway 93 ⓘ British Columbia Highway 95 ⓘ British Columbia Highway 97 ⓘ Trans-Canada Highway ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
crosses	Allison Pass ⓘ Bonanza Pass ⓘ Columbia River ⓘ Kettle River ⓘ Kootenay Pass ⓘ Kootenay River ⓘ Manning Provincial Park ⓘ Salmo–Creston Pass ⓘ
direction	east–west ⓘ
easternTerminus	British Columbia–Alberta border ⓘ
followsValley	Kettle River ⓘ Kootenay River ⓘ Similkameen River ⓘ
highwaySystem	British Columbia provincial highway system ⓘ
locatedIn	British Columbia ⓘ
maintainedBy	British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure ⓘ
namedAfter	Crowsnest Pass ⓘ
partOf	Crowsnest Highway ⓘ
passesThrough	Central Kootenay Regional District ⓘ linked to: Regional District of Central Kootenay E.C. Manning Provincial Park ⓘ linked to: Manning Provincial Park East Kootenay Regional District ⓘ linked to: Regional District of East Kootenay Kootenay Boundary Regional District ⓘ Manning Provincial Park ⓘ Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District ⓘ
region	British Columbia Interior ⓘ Kootenays ⓘ linked to: Kootenay region Southern British Columbia ⓘ linked to: Southwestern British Columbia
routeNumber	3 ⓘ
westernTerminus	Hope, British Columbia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Castlegar, British Columbia → highwayServedBy → British Columbia Highway 3 ⓘ

Manning Park, British Columbia → accessedBy → British Columbia Highway 3 ⓘ

subject linked to: Manning Park, British Columbia (near Canadian border)

British Columbia Highway 97 → formsJunctionWith → British Columbia Highway 3 ⓘ

British Columbia provincial highway system → hasPart → Highway 3 in British Columbia ⓘ