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Kiskatinaw River Bridge

Alaska Hwy Mile Zero

Continued down the Alaska Hwy ( Rt 97BC – Rt 2 AB). Took a detour along a portion of the original ( 1942) hwy and drove across the Kiskatinaw River Bridge, the original, and only remaining, timber bridge on the hwy.  It is also the only curved bridge (curving 9° along a 540′ length) on the hwy.  This part of Alberta, and perhaps the rest as well, is a beehive of petrochemical activity – many drilling camps and most of the traffic consists of support vehicles for the oil and gas fields. Ft St John, which when we passed through it in 2003 was a sleepy town of perhaps 5000 is now a rip roaring gas town of 50,000.

We stopped in Dawson Creek, BC to take a picture at the signpost commemorating mile zero of the Alaska Hwy and then drove on to Grand Prairie, AB where we camped at the very nice Rotary Club Campground.

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8/10

Muncho Lake

Folded Mountain

Another cloudy day; continued south along the Alaska Hwy, with spotty rain. Stopped at Muncho Lake which was a pretty bluegreen even with the overcast skies. A little further on we passed Folded Mountain which is a beautiful example of the tortured upheaval caused by the collision between the North American and Pacific plates that gave rise to the Rocky Mountains. We passed several large herds of Stone Sheep browsing along the road and at times they blocked the road, but they were fun to watch.

Camped at Buchkinghorse River Wayside Provincial Park, BC (~120 mi NW Ft St Johns) via Rt 97

Stone Sheep Ewe and lamb

Yum Salty Gravel!

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