At the turnoff from the Nass one finds the remains of a huge, recent volcanic eruption from around 1700. It’s now known as the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park. The park is sacred ground protected by the local indigenous population. Approximately 2000 people were buried in their villages as lava flowed down the Nass River valley. In places the lava is 40 feet thick.
Map showing 71-mile Portland Canal…the border between Canada and USA Map of Stewart, BC and its relation to Hyder, Ak and the Salmon Glacier The first town one comes to after last chapter’s shrinking Bear glacier, is Stewart, BC. It...
Destination: Salmon Glacier I’ve wanted to return to the Salmon Glacier ever since we explored that area in 2010. The flowers were spectacular, the wildlife visible, the weather fine and the glacier, impressive. So, when we carved out 3 weeks...
Along the Dempster In the last blog post I left us parked in a gravel pit just short of the Yukon/NWT boundary. We’d attempted a walk on the muskeg, but gave up and walked the road back to the camper…where...
Dawson City to the Arctic Circle Welcome to Dawson City Coming from the south one passes the Dempster Highway turn-off before reaching Dawson City. Don’t turn there! Continue to Dawson for two important information centers. A big official one with...
View from the Dempster Highway In 2010 we had been close to the Arctic Circle and had seen how gorgeous the fall colors on the tundra could be. Now the final section of the Yukon’s Dempster Highway has been extended...
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