Grande Cache, Alta. to Ft. Nelson, B.C. via Dawson Creek and the start of the Alaska Highway (Huzzah!)
Distance: 477 miles / 768 km
Time: 8h15m
Miner’s Memorial in Grande Cache, Alta. Lots of mining in the woods here, I found.
The road north towards Dawson Creek.
Railway station clock in Dawson Creek railway museum. I love the precision implied by the sign stating how far off the clock is from standard time.
Wildlife to expect…
Milepost Zero on the Alaska Highway. “Mile.” Ha. It was built by Americans. It is still the equivalent of a drive more than halfway across the lower 48 states from here to Fairbanks, and it is only in Fairbanks where I will start the most challenging part of the drive.
A wooden bridge in a curve on the Alaska Highway Route. A new bridge has now bypassed this route but the bridge remains.
Standing on a wooden curved bridge…
…over this.
The road and the forest go on forever. There is now smoke in the air.
And on… and on… Eventually to Fort Nelson.
A Viking’s Walkabout: | Prologue | Day 01 Calif. to Az. | Day 02 Az. to N.M. | Day 03 N.M. to Colo. | Day 04 Colo. | Day 05 Colo., Kan., Neb. | Day 06 Part 1 Neb. | Day 6 Part 2 Neb. to S.D. | Day 07 S.D., Wy., Mont. | Day 08 Mont. to Alta. | Day 09 Alta. (Banff) | Day 10 Alta. (Grande Cache) | Day 11 Alta. to B.C. | Day 12 B.C. to Yukon | Day 13 Yukon | Day 14 Yukon to Alaska | Day 15 Alaska (Coldfoot) | Day 16 Part 1 Alaska (Atigun Pass) | Day 16 Part 2 Alaska (Deadhorse) | Day 17 Alaska (Prudhoe Bay) | Day 18 Alaska (Fairbanks) | Day 19 Alaska (Anchorage) | Day 20 Alaska (Anchorage) | Day 21 Alaska (Tok) | Day 22 Alaska to Yukon | Day 23 Yukon | Day 24 Yukon to B.C. | Day 25 B.C. (Prince Rupert) | Day 26 B.C. (Prince George) | Day 27 B.C. (Vancouver) | Day 28 B.C. to Wash. | Day 29 Wash. to Or. | Day 30 Or. | Day 31 Or. to Calif. | Day 32 Calif. |