With the Cassiar Highway behind us we were now headed south. From Watson Lake, Yukon Territory we’d be heading to the start (end) of the ALCAN at Dawson Creek, British Columbia over the course of about a week. Beautiful rivers, majestic mountains and quite a bit of wildlife were on tap for this segment of our loop around British Columbia.
After our day of bear viewing in Hyder we headed back to the Cassiar Highway and continued north toward the Yukon. Once you make it to the northern part of the Cassiar Highway you are really starting to get away from it all. Eventually even the paint on the road is left behind. There are just enough gas stations to keep you going, and the road is paved for the entire length, as far as highways go, the Cassiar is our speed. There are a few provincial parks along the way, but we passed those by preferring the less developed, less crowded and free BC Recreation Sites instead. We were the only ones at Morchuea Lake when we pulled in, and had the camp and the lake all to ourselves.
We pulled out of Smithers after picking up the last of our supplies intended to last us the length of the Stewart-Cassiar Highway. At about 545 miles we planned on spending about a week on this portion of our Grand Loop road trip tour of British Columbia. Mountains, forests and lakes were a given, throw in a couple scenic glaciers and maybe a few bears, and you have all the ingredients of a good adventure. The Stewart-Cassiar did not disappoint.
