Watson Lake to Telgraph Creek

Left watson lake this AM but not before nailing Kanab Utah to a post.
The sign forest was started during the building of the alcan highway
See signpostforest.com
http://www.yukoninfo.com/watson/signpostforest.htm
I feel like I have marked this post... woof woof! mine !woof!

Drove the first leg of the cassiar.
Passed two eggs who were going north: a Casita 17 and a Scamp 13. We exchanged headlights.
Also some bicyclist as show in the video below which also shows a typical stretch of the Cassair.

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The first 20 miles in from the alcan is under construction with chip seal fills where the road buckled last winter.
I have come to the conclusion that most of the hard black dirt roads in BC are smoother than many of the chipseal roads.... especially if they have buckled.
A note about signs. The BC road dept does a good job of monitoring the highway and if they find a bump or pothole of any significance they put a "caution" sign at the spot.... just off the road on the ground. They are not the most visible because they are small and come up on you fast and you have to remember that these cautions are not about something ahead. Instead they mean to tell you that there is something bad gonna happen right there! So slow way down "before" you get tot he warning sign.


The Jade City stop had about 20 RVs parked along a wide spot. look up Jade City, BC
It is an interesting place as they have a jewelry shop and cut stone inside (jade and other rocks) and outside they have large cutting saws which is fun to watch.

Had a lot of wildlife along the way but no keeper photographs.
A moose too far away and a bear out of focus

Very long drive to get to this great place I landed at today...
Telegraph Creek on the Stikine River (steh-KEEN)
Some pretty severe very narrow dirt climbs and descents at 20% grade!

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This is one of about three 20% grades into Telegraph Creek and its the worst one.
The hill is short and very rutted.
I was a little concerned about bouncing so I drove extra slow.

I will stay here for two days and see if I can spot a mountain goat to photograph...
Also the Native Bands are netting sockeye on the Stikine and I want to watch that too

Telegraph Creek is not much. I guess you would say the "town" is down on the river and consists of a boat ramp, a church, an old RCMP house, and the Stikine Riversong Lodge (which has a gas pump and a cafe).
There are many older buildings on the hill above the river.
The surrounding area is an Indian reservation though they don't call it a reservation and I'm still not sure about correct way to describe certain bands of first nations peoples.
Picture and link to the Riversong below.

The Stikine Riversong

I had emailed the owner, Dan Pakula, a month or so ago and knew there was wifi here.
Also Dan agreed to have a sitdown and give me some first hand history of the Song and TC.
So I went in and introduced myself and we decided to get together later.
He told me I could just boondock at the end of the street.
Pictures below.

St Aidans

Camped at the end of the road





A neighboring RV... probably a full timer.