Category Archives: Canada

Canada 6 – Visa problems for Alaska after driving ‘The Top of the World Highway’. Returning for wildlife in Vancouver and wintering on Vancouver Island.

August 24th – January 20th 2015 –  It’s back to Bonanza Gold Campground at Dawson City for a few days, before we set out along The Top of the World Highway for Alaska.  We share our Dempster Highway journey with … Continue reading

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Canada 5 – A road less travelled……The Dempster Highway to Inuvik in the Western Arctic.

14th – 23rd August –  We have had to make a decision between driving the Dempster Highway in Canada, or the Dalton Highway in Alaska and we have decided on the famous Dempster, a road less travelled, stretching 736 km … Continue reading

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Canada 4 – Returning to Canada from Alaska and north to Dawson City in the Yukon where we prepare for the Dempster Highway.

8th – 14th August – Leaving Alaska, we are back in Canada, continuing north from Meziadin Junction on the Cassiar Highway.   Bell 2 Lodge (so named because it’s the second bridge across the Bell Irving River) has  colourful cottage … Continue reading

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Canada 3 – Following the Cariboo Wagon Road on the Gold Rush Trail in beautiful British Columbia.

27th – 31st July – We are back amongst the mountains, forested hillsides, blue lakes and tumbling rivers, steep sided canyons and fields full of wild flowers as we head north towards Prince George.  No wonder car number plates here … Continue reading

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Canada 2 – Visits to Vancouver and Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

14th – 26th July –  Leaving behind Alberta’s amazing Banff and Jasper National Parks, we slowly make our way towards Vancouver, passing through the edge of the Thompson Icefield  and following the enormous Thompson River.  Just north of Kamloops and … Continue reading

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Canada 1 – Alberta’s spectacular Banff and Jasper National Parks.

7th July – Leaving the US from Idaho and entering British Columbia in Canada today but no need we discover, to stop at the border on the American side to be stamped out of their country, as on the Canadian … Continue reading

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