to 332.5 Mud Lake on right

Road on right to South end of Chain
Lake. Boat Launching 1 mile, rough
road. Leaving Cassiar Mountains.

to 357.1 Paved section. Excellent
full width highway, no centrelines
Chain (Boya) Lake picnic site turnoff
on right 14 miles, rough road.

Deep Creek

to 350.9 Horse Ranch Mountain Range
may be seen on the right horizon.
These mountains date back to the Cam-
brian or earlier and are the oldest
in Northern B.C.

Backing Powder Creek

to 355.4 Dease River to the right
French Creek bridge

Pavement ends, to be extended north
in 1973

Twenty-eight Mile Creek.
north to 368.9 Blue River,
Cassiar Mountains may be seen rising
to the south

Road into Wheeler Lake on left, with
good Pike fishing

to 386.6 hardened road surface (oiled)
to 3/0.3 burned off section. Watch
for range horses.

Small settlement on right

Blue River bridge. Caution, ‘single
lane, sharply curved approaches.

to 373.6 Winding Highway suggest 40
mph.

Blue Lake alongside road turnout and
lake access

Mud Creek. Caution, fill, no guard
rails on grade

Pender Hill

Corimier Creek

Caesar Lake on right

British Columbia-Yukon Border. Change
to Yukon Eastern time, 1 hour ahead,
60th Parallel, Welcome to the Yukon
Albert Creek bridge

Major Junction with the Alaska High-
way at Mile 648.9. Watson Lake and
points south to the right, Whitehorse,
Dawson City and Alaska turn left.
Caution, next gas north and westbound
386mi les; east and south 6 miles.

CASSIAR ROAD

Constructior

This name formerly applied to the entire
section north to the Alaska Highway.

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0.7

Major Junction with the Stewart-Wat-
son LaRe Highway at Mile 314.9

Cutoff to Stewart-Watson Lake Highway
to the left one half mile. Rough

8.6

First road in the vast Cassiar area.
1922.
extreme features;
Check at Dease Lake before leaving.

15

to 4.9 Needlepoint Mountain, the out-
Standing peak, seen intermittently
across the valley to the left.

Trail to left leads 4 mile to old
placer gold workings and Quartz Creek
Falls.

Quartz Creek bridge

Entrance sharp left to Laura's North-
ern Lights Cafe, Gulf gas. Open 7 am
to 11 pm closed Thursday

R & S Chevron, gas, propane, major
repairs, towing, 9 am to 6 pm

Airport road to left. Half mile to
flight strip. Regular airline to
southern points. S&J Transportation
Limited 24 hour towing, Avis retals.
Troutline Service. Pacific 66, gas
major repairs. 9 am to 8 pm. Closed
Wednesdays

Cassiar Mine road crossing. Stop. No
turns, watch for ore trucks.

Overhead tramline crossing. Entering
Cassiar. Pop. 1500, Elevation 3500
feet. Cassiar Asbestos Corporation
Limited company town. P.0., R.C.M.P.,
Hospital, Bank, Store, Cafeteria,
Snack Bar, Phone, Liquor Store, local
jade shop, Cinema, Swimming Pool,
Arena, Curling Rink, Cleaners, but NO
accommodation. Daily bus to CP Air
at Watson Lake, also bus to Dease Lake
No camping near townsite. Mine teurs
in summer. Fishing and hunting
licenses through Government agent.
Churches.

TELEGRAPH CREEK ROAD

Built
It is still very isolated and has.
Dangerous in winter.
Radio

communications only.

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Dease Lake. Junction with Stewart-
Watson Lake highway at Mile 241.8
See log of that road for services.
Junction. Right to old Dease Lake,
Reserve and Helicopter landing. Access
to Lake. Turn Left for Telegraph
Creek.

Wye jct. road on left 4 mile to Depart
-ment of Transport weather station.
Emergency radio phone
Dease Lake Industries.
motel seasonal.
Entering Tanzilla Plateau

Tatsho Creek (Eight Mile). Two..
bridges subject to Spring flooding
Sixteen Mile Creek. Camping area

Gas, cafe,