After a long drive on the Alaska Highway, It sure is nice to have a warm bath at the Lliard Hotsprings. A couple of random photos from our journey in August 2013.
After a long drive on the Alaska Highway, It sure is nice to have a warm bath at the Lliard Hotsprings. A couple of random photos from our journey in August 2013.
Toad River, northern British Columbia. It is a small gas station with a unique collection of baseball caps….nothing else.
Random photos from a journey through Watson Lake, British Columbia – August 2013.
Muncho Lake, part of the Muncho Lake Provincial Park is located at kilometre 681 (mile 423) of the Alaska Highway in northern British Columbia, Canada.
The distinctly jade green colored lake, tinted green by minerals is about 12 km (7.5 mi) long and between 1 and 6 km wide, and is home to lake trout, arctic grayling, bull trout and whitefish. Muncho Lake is surrounded by Terminal Mountain Range to the west and the Sentinel Mountain Range to the east. The tallest mountains reach heights of more than 2,000 m (6,600 ft), and lake level is at an elevation of 820 m (2,690 ft). Many of the mountains were formed by folded layers of limestone and have broad alluvial fans created by powerful floods.
We camped at Strawberry Flats campground, August 4th 2013, and during the night, the northern lights put on a show !.
Teslin is a small village located in the Yukon Territory at historical Mile 804 (Km. 1244) on the Alaska Highway, approximately halfway between Watson Lake and Whitehorse. During the Gold Rush of 1898 Teslin was a busy place as a stopover on the Canadian route to the Klondike, and the Hudson Bay Co. established a trading post for the villagers and those traveling the Klondike trail. In 2013, Teslin had a population of approximately 450 people, and facilities include an airport, museum, RCMP Detachment, school, community centre, health unit, post office, motels, restaurants, and a general store.
We passed through on August 5th, 2013.
Kluane National Park and Reserve (est 1972) in the southwest corner of the Yukon Territory is 150 km west of Whitehorse. The nearest community, and the location of the Visitors Centre is Haines Junction, 32km south.
The Park covers an area of nearly 22,000 square kilometers of high mountains, icefields, glasciers, crystal clear lakes and spectacular wildlife (ground squirrels, caribou, moose, grizzly and black bears, Dall sheep and mountain goats), and includes Mount Logan (5959 m/19,545 ft) Canada’s highest peak.
Our visit to the Kluane National Park Visitor Centre in Haines Junction (August 6th, 2013) coincided with a VIP visit by the Governor General of Canada David Johnston and Yukon Commissioner Douglas George Phillips (talking to my kids).
We camped at the Kathleen Lake Campground, and the next morning headed off to hike the King’s Throne Trail.
The King’s Throne hiking trail is a 15km hike with an elevation gain of 1250m (4101 ft).
If you have not yet driven on the Alaska Highway – I highly recommend it !!
If you have driven the Alaska Highway, at least the part between Fort Nelson and Muncho Lake Provincial Park in northern British Columbia, you would have passed Tetsa River at Mile 358 or Kilometre 558.
There isn’t a whole lot to do here – except fill up on gas, and spend a whole lot of money on cinnamon buns and gas…
We drove down this road August 25, 2013 as part of a road trip extending from Whitehorse to Yellowknife. All photos on this page taken with a Nikon D700 and Nikon 17-35mm lens.