Dawson Creek - The Start of the Alcan Highway

We left Prince George at 7:40AM. When we drove through Pine Pass, we got our first glimpse of the Canadian Rockies. Next we saw Azouzetta Lake. On our way through Pine Valley, we were stopped for a dynamite blast related to road construction. We even got a photo of the blast.
Next we went to Chetwynd, the chainsaw carving capital of the world. The artists compete every June. Some of the carvings were very beautiful and quite amazing. It was recommended that we take Hwy 29 to the Alcan Hwy, instead of Hwy 97. The route was very beautiful along lakes and rivers with some steep windy grades. We joined up with the Alcan Hwy at Fort St. John, where we dropped the trailer at a campground for the night, and drove about 50 miles South to Dawson Creek – the start of the Alcan Hwy. We got a photo of the 0.0 marker for the start of the highway and visited the Alaskan Highway Museum. On our way back to St. John, we took a portion of the Old Alaska Hwy across the original curved wooden Kiskatinaw Bridge, which is an engineering wonder.

We will be headed up the Alcan Hwy tomorrow.