EXPLORING THE OUTER REACHES

  June 27  2018

Today we left Whitehorse to meander our way south.  We are taking the Stewart-Cassier Highway and although its not the best for travelling with an RV we have enjoyed the thought of going somewhere we have not been before.  The first part of the highway is just ok with some rough spots and then some VERY rough spots.  A bit of rock & roll  LOL   The second part of the highway is pretty good for a secondary highway.
Came across this very old original Alaska Hwy bridge in Otter Creek

This is one of the better parts of the Stewart Cassiar Hwy

We then arrived at Jade City which has its own TV show which shows them mining Jade

 This picture of the jade boulders does not show the real color but it was pretty incredible and they had these rocks everywhere

Our first night was spent in Iskut, which is a very very small village but the place we stopped at for the night was a totally unexpected jewel in the middle of nowhere called Mountain Shadow which is a very appropriate name. Its on the edge of Iskut Lake and in the shadow of the mountains and was an incredibly well maintained RV park with amazing views and a quiet, relaxing place to be.

June 29 & 30
Next stop for the night was Mezadin Lake Provincial Park which is really pretty and the only downside was there were a lot of mosquitoes  This is the most bugs we have encountered on the trip.  I don't mind too much cause as a rule mosquitoes don't like me much and if I'm near Brian I don't have to worry cause they love him.

For a day trip we drove into Stewart, B.C. and to Hyder, Alaska (they are neighbors) and the scenery on the drive was incredible - tons of waterfalls and beautiful mountains and even a glacier or 2 or 3.

This is Bear Glacier which is right on the side of the highway on the way to Steward B.C. & Hyder Alaska

Stewart, B.C. is a very small town on the coast at the end of the longest fjiord in B C  One main street and they were getting ready to celebrate Canada day

Both these cars were parked on main street and are 1957 Chevy's but the one below is special because my mom & dad 1st car was a 1957 chevy station wagon just like this except ours if I remember correctly was yellow and was a 4 door

  

 This building was built in 1908 by a German financier as a base for Canadian northeastern Railway in Stewart and was named The Empress Hotel  Initial cost for the hotel was $100,000 and now is for sale  Anyone interested??????

Hyder  Alaska is a interesting little ramshackle town with interesting residents.  Population 60 and only spent a very short time cause not much to see but had to go there as it borders Stewart B.C  No U S customs going in but Canadian customs coming out as one road in and same road out