Do the Stewart/Cassiar highway to or from AK?
We are making the Alaska adventure happen during 2015 for about five months. We plan to cross the US/Canada border somewhere close to early May or later and will be in no hurry. We will head north to...
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We have stopped in both directions in the past and except for the bears at Fish Creek, not much difference. I am not much on bear watching, unless it is a Redfield 6X scope. My wife likes to take a few photos of them so we go out to the viewing platforms. One trip we stayed in Stewart at the Bear River Campground (name something like that) and it was real nice. They don't allow tents or soft sided popups. (known as meals on wheels for the bears) LOL.
On our previous visits we had a lot of rain to contend with so in 2009 we decided to stay at the provincial park at the junction of Hwy 37 (the Cassiar, the Dease Lake, the Stewart Cassiar or what ever you wish to call it) and the turn off Hwy 37A, going into Stewart and on to Hyder.
Mezeadin Lake Provincial park in one of the three provincial parks on the Cassiar Hwy and all three are just outstanding and in some of the most beautiful locations in North America. Boya Lake PP, on the north end is our favorite but the other two, Meziadin and Kinaskin are close runners up.
So we stayed at Meziadin Lake PP and then drove into Stewart and Hyder from there. The weather is much nicer at Meziadin Lake PP most of the time. The coastal region of Stewart Hyder is much like SE Alaska where the sunshine arrives in liquid form.
The lower sites on the lake shore, we like the ones about one terrace up from there on the hillside.
Great campground to walk around in, host on property, just well run and peaceful.
There is no longer fuel at the Meziadin Junction so fill up at the south end at Kitwanga.
The old, now closed, Lodge gas station at Meziadin Junction on the Cassiar Hwy.
The next station north is at Bell II lodge, a real nice place that caters to European heliskiers in the winter time.
Bell II Lodge
There is fuel in Stewart, but the station operates on a daytime schedule only, so check when they are open, if you plan to buy fuel.
Do stop at the Bus and have lunch, the fish and chips are the best every. The meals are cooked one at a time so it can make for a lengthy lunch but so worth it.
The bus, is about one street west of the main drag in Hyder, that leads out to the bear platforms. The guy in blue at the table is my BIL and then my wife and me standing. The zip lock bags hanging around are to keep flies away, I was told.
On our previous visits we had a lot of rain to contend with so in 2009 we decided to stay at the provincial park at the junction of Hwy 37 (the Cassiar, the Dease Lake, the Stewart Cassiar or what ever you wish to call it) and the turn off Hwy 37A, going into Stewart and on to Hyder.
Mezeadin Lake Provincial park in one of the three provincial parks on the Cassiar Hwy and all three are just outstanding and in some of the most beautiful locations in North America. Boya Lake PP, on the north end is our favorite but the other two, Meziadin and Kinaskin are close runners up.
So we stayed at Meziadin Lake PP and then drove into Stewart and Hyder from there. The weather is much nicer at Meziadin Lake PP most of the time. The coastal region of Stewart Hyder is much like SE Alaska where the sunshine arrives in liquid form.
The lower sites on the lake shore, we like the ones about one terrace up from there on the hillside.
Great campground to walk around in, host on property, just well run and peaceful.
There is no longer fuel at the Meziadin Junction so fill up at the south end at Kitwanga.
The old, now closed, Lodge gas station at Meziadin Junction on the Cassiar Hwy.
The next station north is at Bell II lodge, a real nice place that caters to European heliskiers in the winter time.
Bell II Lodge
There is fuel in Stewart, but the station operates on a daytime schedule only, so check when they are open, if you plan to buy fuel.
Do stop at the Bus and have lunch, the fish and chips are the best every. The meals are cooked one at a time so it can make for a lengthy lunch but so worth it.
The bus, is about one street west of the main drag in Hyder, that leads out to the bear platforms. The guy in blue at the table is my BIL and then my wife and me standing. The zip lock bags hanging around are to keep flies away, I was told.
