TRIP DAY –19
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DAILY
MILES - 88
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TOTAL
MILES - 3109
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7/3 – We have reached the
zero mile marker for the Alcan Highway (now called the Alaska Highway) in
Dawson Creek, British Columbia. The road stretches 1422 miles and was built in
just 9 months during World War II. At
this point we are still almost 1200 miles from the Alaska border. We will spend the next 8 or 9 days traveling
through British Columbia and the Yukon Territory in Canada before reaching
Alaska.
Today we visited the Dawson Creek Visitor Centre which contains the Mile 0 Cairn, Railway Station Museum and the Alcan Highway artifacts and film. We then checked into the Mile 0 RV Park which is next door to the Mile 0 Park where the Walter Wright Pioneer Village is located. The afternoon was spent wandering the Pioneer Village which was really excellent.
Today we visited the Dawson Creek Visitor Centre which contains the Mile 0 Cairn, Railway Station Museum and the Alcan Highway artifacts and film. We then checked into the Mile 0 RV Park which is next door to the Mile 0 Park where the Walter Wright Pioneer Village is located. The afternoon was spent wandering the Pioneer Village which was really excellent.
Our BEAR sighting count is now 4 - 2 young grizzlies, 2 black bears
Our MOOSE count is 2 – both road kill
We also have seen prairie dogs,
marmots, wild horses, bison, multiple whitetail deer, mule deer, a coyote,
mountain goats, and a fox.
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| Walter Wright Pioneer Village |
