CowboyPirate Wrote:Love to hear about the do and don'ts from anyone who has attempeted this.
I should note that with Buckwheat and his wheelchair and Cookie and her MS the pace light and fun - not me just speeding to the next fishing hole
Do's:
Take a sign from your home town. Stop at Watson Lake and post your sign at the Watson Lake Signpost forest.
https://yukoninfo.com/watson-lake-signpost-forest/
Stop and check out the Yukon River gorge at Miles Canyon (Whitehorse).
Read the poem: The Cremation of Sam McGee
Then spend a night in Whitehorse and visit some of Sam's old stomping grounds.
If you continue on the Alcan towards Alaska, stop at Sheep Mountain on Kluane Lake.
Drive across the Liard River.
Take a dip in the Liard Hot Springs.
Banff / Jasper -- absolutely, do NOT miss driving through Banff and Jasper (Ice Fields Parkway)!
Stop and see the Athabasca Glacier and the Columbia Icefield -- the beginnings of rivers that flow to the Pacific Ocean (Fraser and Columbia River), Atlantic Ocean / Hudson Bay (Saskatchewan River), and the Arctic Ocean (Athabasca River --> McKenzie River).
Stop and see Sunwapta Falls.
Stop and see Athabasca Falls.
Take the Jasper SkyTram.
Play golf at Fairmont Banff Springs golf course.
Enjoy the views at Lake Loiuse.
Get a root beer float in Vanderhoof.
Check out the Fulton River spawning channels on Babine Lake (depending on timing of Sockeye salmon run).
Stop in Houston and inquire about fishing. Lot's of guide services here.
Stop at Telkwa, and drive over the bridge at the confluence of the Bulkley and Telkwa river -- see if any salmon are running.
Stop and watch the First Nations people dip-net salmon from the Bulkley River at Witset Canyon.
Pull the RV into the Ksan Campground RV park for a night at the confluence of the Bulkley and Skeena River.
Stop at a local farmer's market / flea market and buy some fresh fruit or vegetables, a trinket, or souvenir.
Don't:
Hurry.
Try to include Alaska and Canada in the same trip. There's too much to see in Canada. Make Alaska it's own trip.