North to Alaska and Back
Day 50
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Boya Lake Provincial Park to Iskut, British Columbia
One of our guidebooks says that “words are inadequate to describe the Cassiar Highway.” All I can say is that I have run out of superlatives. I can say the highway has a more intimate feeling to it. The road goes right along the base of mountains or right next to the banks of rivers or lakes. It originally was a combination of logging and mining haul roads. In fact, it still is used for logging as we saw quite a few trucks hauling logs today.
We stopped mid-route at Jade City. Jade City, population of 20 - 30, is really in the middle of nowhere. The only reason to stop there is the Jade Store. Ninety percent of nephrite jade comes from the Cassiar Mountains. The folks at Jade City mine the jade and design jade products.
We drove over two very long and very steep mountains today. To prevent the engine from overheating, we monitored the RPMs, keeping it at 3 or under. The result was that for much of the 2 climbs, we were going at the lightning speed of 20 to 25 MPH.
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15 Apr 2020
Day 50 - Boya Lake to Iskut, BC
August 08, 2017
Day 50
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Boya Lake Provincial Park to Iskut, British Columbia
One of our guidebooks says that “words are inadequate to describe the Cassiar Highway.” All I can say is that I have run out of superlatives. I can say the highway has a more intimate feeling to it. The road goes right along the base of mountains or right next to the banks of rivers or lakes. It originally was a combination of logging and mining haul roads. In fact, it still is used for logging as we saw quite a few trucks hauling logs today.
We stopped mid-route at Jade City. Jade City, population of 20 - 30, is really in the middle of nowhere. The only reason to stop there is the Jade Store. Ninety percent of nephrite jade comes from the Cassiar Mountains. The folks at Jade City mine the jade and design jade products.
We drove over two very long and very steep mountains today. To prevent the engine from overheating, we monitored the RPMs, keeping it at 3 or under. The result was that for much of the 2 climbs, we were going at the lightning speed of 20 to 25 MPH.
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Day 1: Harrisburg, PA to West Branch SP, Ohio
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Day 2: On to Pokagon SP, Indiana
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Days 3 and 4 On to Illinois and Wisconsin
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Days 5, 6 & 7: On to Maple Grove, Mn and Fargo and Minot, North Dakota
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Days 8 & 9 - On to Saskatchewan,
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Day 10 - On to Alberta
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Day 11 - Elk Island National Park
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Days 12 and 13 - On to Dawson Creek, British Columbia
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Day 14 - Alaska Highway to Fort Nelson, BC
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Day 15 - On to Muncho Lake, BC
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Day 16 - On to Watson Lake, Yukon
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Day 17 - On to Whitehorse, Yukon
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Day 18 - Whitehorse, Yukon
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Day 19 - Whitehorse, Yukon
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Day 20: Klondike Hwy to Dawson City
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Day 21: Dawson City
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Day 22: Dawson City
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Day 23: On to Chicken, Alaska!
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Day 24 - On to Kenny Lake
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Day 25: Wrangell-St. Elias NP
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Day 26: Kenny Lake Area
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Day 27: Richardson Hwy to Valdez AK
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Days 28 & 29:Valdez
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Days 30 & 31: On to Anchorage
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Day 32: Katmai National Park
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Day 33: Lake Clark National Park
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Day 34: On to Talkeetna
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Days 35 - 38 Denali National Park
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Days 39, 40 and 41 - Fairbanks AK
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Days 42, 43 & 44 - Bettles, AK
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Days 45 & 46 - Tok to Kluane Lake
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Days 47, 48, 49 - Kluane Lake to Boya Lake
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Day 50 - Boya Lake to Iskut, BC
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Days 51 & 52 - Stewart British Columbia and Hyder Alaska
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Days 53, 54, 55 - Smithers to Jasper Park
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Day 58 - The Icefields Parkway
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Days 56 & 57 - Jasper National Park
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Days 59 and 60 - Banff NP
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Days 61, 62 63 - Banff, Alberta to Minot, North Dakota
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Days 64, 65, 66 - North Dakota to Minnesota
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Day 67 - Duluth, Minnesota
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Days 68, 69,& 70 - To Mackinac Island
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Days 71 thru 78, The Last Chapter!
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