On this date in 1962, British Columbia premier W.A.C. Bennett pulled off a deeply Canadian passive-aggressive move. He snuck in early and opened the Trans-Canada Highway near Revelstoke, weeks before the feds' planned national ceremony at Rogers Pass. Bennett called it BC Highway No. 1 and never mentioned Canada, quietly upstaging Ottawa out of pure provincial pride (and spite). 🚗 What's your favourite stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway? Photo: Bennett opening Keenleyside Dam in 1969.