Live cameras in Squamish, Canada

Squamish sits at the head of Howe Sound, about an hour's drive north of Vancouver on the Sea to Sky Highway. The district had about 23,800 residents at the 2021 census and has grown quickly as people move here for the mountains. The Squamish Nation, whose name the town carries, has lived around the sound and its rivers for thousands of years. Above town rises the Stawamus Chief, a granite monolith with hundreds of climbing routes and a steep hiking trail to its three summits. Squamish is now known as an outdoor capital: mountain biking, bouldering, and kiteboarding on the Squamish Spit, where afternoon winds funnel up the sound in summer.

The DriveBC traffic cameras listed under Squamish follow Highway 99, the Sea to Sky Highway, which runs through town on its way from West Vancouver to Whistler and Pemberton. The route is scenic but exposed to rockfall, heavy rain and winter snow, so drivers watch these views before ski weekends and during storms. Still images update every few minutes.

Squamish keeps British Columbia's new year-round time of UTC minus seven, which ended the November clock change from 2026. December mornings stay dark until after nine, and on clear summer evenings the Chief catches the light well after nine. Squamish ranks among the wettest towns in Canada, with more than 2,200 millimeters of rain a year, so low cloud and wet pavement are common in the images from October to March. Friday afternoons northbound and Sunday evenings southbound are the heaviest traffic times, especially in ski season.

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In winter, bald eagles gather along the Squamish River near Brackendale to feed on spawning salmon, one of the largest such gatherings in North America. The Sea to Sky Gondola, just south of town beside Shannon Falls, lifts visitors to viewpoints over Howe Sound.

Sources: Squamish, British Columbia - Wikipedia · B.C.'s new time zone (Pacific time) - Province of British Columbia · DriveBC.