On the Road on the Highway of Tears
The Highway of Tears is a 724 km stretch of Yellowhead Highway 16 in British Columbia where quite a few (mostly Indigenous) women have disappeared or been found murdered. The Highway of Tears , part of a , nationwide crisis regarding missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The national government launched a national investigation into these cases.
Twenty-three First Nations (indigenous people's groups) border Highway 16. The regions are characterized by poverty, and until 2017 there was no accurate public transportation, many locals were forced to travel by hitchhiking.
The exact number of women who have disappeared or been murdered along Highway 16 is disputed.