Dry-camping at Meziadin Lake Provincial Park and fighting gnats. Gene decided they were vampire gnats... Yes, we were being eaten alive. The park was beautiful - on a lake with mountains down to the shoreline.
Our motorhomes from a lower row. Tiered campsites gave everyone a beautiful view.
Cloudy and rainy day on the Meziadin Lake.
Campsites and boats along lake.
Not far from the campground were the towns (???) of Stewart, British Columbia and Hyder, Alaska. Grizzlies catching salmon in the rivers and glacier-watching are the main tourist attractions. Unfortunately, our day was also graced with rain, but that didn't stop us from having a great time and enjoying the views. Stewart is considered a "modern" community since it has electricity, water, two grocery stores, a hardware store, one bank and one gas station (no internet, no cell phone or WIFI).
Hyder is only 2.3 miles from Stewart and the road through town goes nowhere. There is no U.S. Border Guards for Hyder but you have to have a passport to get back into Canada. Hyder is the only city in the US that uses the Canadian Dollar instead of U.S. Money (no U.S. banks). Only the Post Office in Hyder takes U.S. funds.
The Salmon River fed by glaciers, rain and snows. This area is listed in the Guiness World Book of Records as having the largest snowfall of 1104 inches or 92 feet in 1972.
Driving along Bear Creek Canyon with fog and clouds.
Bear Glacier is within a couple hundred yards of the highway. You can see the glacier calving even in the summer.
Old Shop in Hyder, Alaska
Water Falls from the mountains. Lush plants and trees thrive in the moist moderate climate.
10,000 people in 1917 to just around 800 today.
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