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On leaving the kids, we drove north in Montana, through
Kalispell and into British Columbia. We camped that night at Premier Lake
Provincial Park shown here at sunset.
Because of the approaching National Day, the 1st of
July, many Canadian Parks were full or nearly so which caused us to modify our
route to stay away from the most popular parks. That is the explanation
for our zig zag trail, first north and then south west. The results of
this were positive. We found places to stay and we saw some great scenery.
This is along the Columbia River near Golden (City of Opportunity).
After turning southwest we drove through Canada's Glacier National Park.
More beautiful mountains.
After a nice shopping experience at the Canada's
Superstore in Kamloops, we turned north and ran up to Highway 16, the Yellow
Head Highway. We camped at Purden Lake, near Prince George and then at
Seely Lake (as seen in 1997)
towards
the western end of the highway. We didn't take many pictures along this
part of the trip because the weather wasn't great and we have lots of good
pictures from there from our trip of four years ago. Just west of Seely
Lake we turned north on the Cassiar highway. On a rainy day we stopped
early and spent the night in Hyder, Alaska near the Bear and Salmon
Glaciers. This was the Salmon Glacier in 1997
The Cassiar is an empty highway that runs north on the
east side of a high mountain range. There are numerous small lakes
along the road and we brought the canoe, in part, to go canoeing on these
lakes. Unfortunately for us, the weather didn't cooperate. It was
very windy and cold. As is true of many of the northern roads, the Cassiar
sticks to the river valleys, only leaving when the surveyors found an easy path
over to the next river.
At the end of the Cassiar we turned west onto the
Alaska Highway. We spent two days in Whitehorse, the Capitol of the Yukon
Territory and last place we would see with a large assortment of stores and
supplies until we returned to Whitehorse a week and a half later. While
there we went saw a First Nations show called the Raven's Tale (the Raven is the
one who brought light into the world). This was a variety show with some
singing, dancing, and a comedian. These pictures are from that show.
The guy in the dark blue coat was some celebrity called up from the
audience. Local MP, TV personality, or what we never figured out but
the locals were happy to see him.
The last easy leg of the north bound trip took us up the Klondike Highway to Dawson City.
The journey continues on page four.