The Cassiar Highway

We left Whitehorse, Yukon on Tuesday, August 30th. (Connie's granddaughter's 16th birthday - we gave her a call to wish her happy birthday.) We drove south towards Watson Lake for most of the day until we exited onto the Cassiar Highway where we travelled about 50 miles to stop at Boya Lake Provincial Park. We had a great spot right on the lake. We met a nice couple from Washington there and enjoyed their fire with them. We then drove to Kaniskan Lake provincial park where we stayed next to the couple from Washington again - Carl and Nadia. We then drove to Stewart, B.C. and stayed two nights at the municipal park there. On the way along the Cassiar we saw one black bear and one bull moose. On the side road to Stewart/Hyder, we saw a black bear. And, it was very very wet when we got there.


The next day we drove to Hyder and on to Fish Creek. Just as we got there a big grizzly crossed the road. Our timing was superb. He walked along the stream eating fish and we walked along the boardwalk the whole way watching him. We then drove up the dirt road another 20 miles to Salmon Glacier. The sun came out and we had a great time viewing the glaciers and mountains up this valley. On the way back down, we spotted two bears out near the river. We went out to dinner with the couple we met from Washington and after dinner drove back to Fish Creek where we saw two black bears going down the creek eating their dinner.

We've now driven to Prince George which is where we started this whole trip. We saw a baby moose along the road today. Never did see it's mom. We're headed to Jasper and then to Edmonton. More on the trip in the next blog.