Watson Lake to FREE Mukluk Campground
The sign post forest covers almost an entire block now. I did find a sign from St. Joseph, Mi. and Lakeland, Fl. close to were my parents lived. Also on the back side of the "forest" found some Escapees (SKP) RV Club signs (Special Kind of People), including Mexican Connection, and Lincolnland, Chapter 46.
The town of Watson Lake came into its own when an airport was constructed here in conjunction with the construction of the Alaska Highway. The town started as an accommodations and supply center. The town today remains as the center for transportation, communication and distribution.
Western (wild) Blue Flax
The sign post forest first began in 1942, by a homesick U.S. Army G.I. from Danville, IL when he erected a sign pointing the way to Danville and stating the mileage to his hometown. Others followed and as they say, the rest is history.
Arctic Lupines above
Depiction of several eras of life in and around Watson Lake. Sits outside the Northern Lights Center where the myth and science of the northern lights are explored in audio and laser technology about the aurora borealis.
Lower Liard Valley
The road seen is part of the original
Alcan Highway.
Cassiar Mountain Range
Young Creek
We are parked at the Continental Divide area where the waters draining west into the Yukon River continue northwest for 2,300 miles to the Bering Sea; and the waters that drain to the east move northward eventually emptying into the Beafort Sea otherwise known as the Arctic Ocean, a journey of 2,650 miles away.
Nisutlin Bay Bridge is the longest water span on the Alaska Highway. Teslin Lake is 86 miles long and approximately 2 miles wide, straddling the BC-YT border.
Camping here is FREE at Mukluk Annies. Free if you purchase a dinner. Don had Ribs and Baked Salmon and I had Baked Salmon. Also included is an after dinner boat ride on the Teslin Lake, free RV washing (which is definitely needed after today's dusty drive), free water and dump.
Close up of Teslin Lake from its sandy shores.
Calypso Fairy Slipper
Common Bearberry, Kinnikinnick
Our promised free boat ride on Mukluk Chuck's houseboat.
Teslin Lake evening shadows
The seagulls know that Chuck is going to come
by every night and they come to snatch the
bread he always has on board for them.
Arctic Lupines above
Depiction of several eras of life in and around Watson Lake. Sits outside the Northern Lights Center where the myth and science of the northern lights are explored in audio and laser technology about the aurora borealis.
Lower Liard Valley
The road seen is part of the original
Alcan Highway.
Cassiar Mountain Range
Young Creek
We are parked at the Continental Divide area where the waters draining west into the Yukon River continue northwest for 2,300 miles to the Bering Sea; and the waters that drain to the east move northward eventually emptying into the Beafort Sea otherwise known as the Arctic Ocean, a journey of 2,650 miles away.
Nisutlin Bay Bridge is the longest water span on the Alaska Highway. Teslin Lake is 86 miles long and approximately 2 miles wide, straddling the BC-YT border.
Camping here is FREE at Mukluk Annies. Free if you purchase a dinner. Don had Ribs and Baked Salmon and I had Baked Salmon. Also included is an after dinner boat ride on the Teslin Lake, free RV washing (which is definitely needed after today's dusty drive), free water and dump.
Close up of Teslin Lake from its sandy shores.
Calypso Fairy Slipper
Common Bearberry, Kinnikinnick
Our promised free boat ride on Mukluk Chuck's houseboat.
Teslin Lake evening shadows
The seagulls know that Chuck is going to come
by every night and they come to snatch the
bread he always has on board for them.
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