Friday, August 26, 2016

Skagway Alaska to Atlin BC

We have traveled 6,462 miles and are leaving Alaska today.....it's 58 degrees but cloudy



 Recycling Plant 


 US Customs


 William Moore Bridge


 above the cloud bank...has dropped to 48 degrees


White Pass....3,292 feet


 Back in "moon-scape" country


 Canada Border Services at Fraser...2,400 feet


 Train in from Whitehorse


 Red Bldg is the last water tower remaining from the 
WP&YR railway's steam locomotive era


 Average annual snowfall at Fraser is 24 feet


Fall is coming





Highway parallels with Tutshi Lake


 BC-YT border


We follow the Tutshi Lake to Carcross


Venus Mill built in 1908 to serve the Venus mines


 magnificent view of Windy Arm and Bove Island


Nares Bridge crosses the narrows between Lake Bennett and Nares Lake


Atlin-Tagish-Carcross Scenic Loop


 Popular side loop build in 1942


Six-mile bridge on Tagish Road


 Tagish Lake


Atlin Road...no cell service


Little Atlin Lake


Fireweed starting to turn


58-miles of Chip and Seal


Finished in 2015....before.....gravel


Sometime called the Shangria-la of the North


 YT-BC border


 Atlin Lake is 85 miles long


Surrounded by spectacular mountains


Town of Atlin BC


 Penthouse Site at Norseman Adventures Park and Marina


Comes with your float plane to watch


Taking hunters into the wilderness....Moose season is starting


 Atlin Lake covers 307 square miles


 It is the largest natural lake in BC


Looking at the town of Atlin


Captain and Saddi enjoying HH


 Penthouse is on a peninsula...hope the wind doesn't come up


With our garden of wild flowers

Two nights in Atlin.....no cell service.....but it is beautiful....SO GLAD we came!!!!!








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