I can't help but wonder if people will wonder what all the fuss was about after they've actually driven the Cassiar Highway.
The Cassiar has three of B.C.'s best provincial park campgrounds on it: Meziadin Lake, Kinaskan Lake and Boya Lake.
It also has numerous wonderful recreation sites, one of our favourite being Morchuea Lake (not recommended for low-slung vehicles).
South of Iskut and/or Kinaskan Lake, the Cassiar is a good two lane highway with paint lines and shoulders. As with any highway in the north, there may be some road repairs in some locations. Mother Nature doesn't treat our infrastructure well up here. Usually this time of year, the majority of the repair work is complete though.
Iskut to Dease Lake it is an easy drive too although the highway becomes more variable in width. There's often not any paint lines but just stay to the right when there's on oncoming vehicle or if someone wants to pass :B
North of Dease Lake the Cassiar Hwy is being upgraded more and more each year. From the Alaska Highway to Dease Lake it is only a few hours ... that was how long it took me last year while driving the F-250 pulling a 23' flat deck trailer heavily loaded with our household goods. In my car the previous year, the same section took a couple of hours only. No damage either trip.
The Cassiar Highway follows the coastal mountains of B.C. so offers some wonderful scenery. Plenty of wildlife. Definitely worth the trip if you haven't done it before.
This picture from between Meziadin Junction and Kinaskan Lake in June 2008
This picture north of Iskut in 2010
This approaching Good Hope Lake, between Dease Lake and Boya Lake in 2009
Images from the whole Cassiar Highway on my website at
http://suethomas.ca/CassiarHwy.html and
http://suethomas.ca/CassiarHwyNorth.html
