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Dragon Lake. Camp and picnic site.
North Seaskinnish Creek

Jct. Stewart to right

Jct. Stewart to right

North Seaskinnish Creek again.

Jet. Stewart to left

Kiteen River bridge

Cranberry River bridge

Wedeene Logging, Borden Lake Camp on
left. Emergency First Aid and
Ambulance.

Jet. Stewart to right

And/or 95.9 Junction triangle. Stewart
left, Kitwanga right.

Large creek. Mileposts now are from
Morsley log dump on the Nass River.
Truck crossing, caution

Jct, Stewart left, Hazelton right.
Overlooking the Nass River for the
next mile on left.

Road left to Nass River

Leaving Colcel. private road, enter-
ing B.C.F.S. Nass River Forest Road.
Use at own risk.

Moore Creek

to 135.2 following along Nass River.
To left.

Yass River bridge. Viewpoint and
plaque on north end. Opened by the
British Columbia Forest Service

July 8th, 1972 This is one of the
major bridges on the journey North.
Jct. Stewart to right. Dome airstrip
left, Nass River Road Construction
Camp. The road north is being rebuilt
to highway standards. Delays may be
encountered.

Access to horseshoe shaped bend of
Meziadin River on left

South end of Meziadin Lake to left
Access to Lake. Light boats may be
carried down to water. Excellent
fishing.

Hanna Creek. Salmon may be seen spawn-
ing the Autumn.

Major Junction with the Stewart-Watsor
Lake Highway. Stewart left 3” miles.
Watson Lake right 365 miles. This
Junction is at !filepost 37.8 of Ste-
wart-Watson Lake Highway. The Log
starts at Stewart.

STEWART-HYDER ROAD

Stewart, B.C., for description see
Stewart-Watson Lake Hiphwav Loy

Head of Portland Canal, a long salt-
water ftord, which forms the boundarv
between B.C. and Alaska. The end is

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filled with silt from the Bear River
and retreated glaciers.

Deep Sea docks on left. Road is cut
out of cliffs here at the head of the
"Canal".

Entering Hyder Alaska, pop. 75. Canadzé
Customs 2 to 5 pm Mon.-Fri. U.S.
Customs open 3 hours afternoons Mon.
Sat. Curio shops, cafe, inn, 3 bars
open 24 hours 7 days/week. Hyder
holds North American record for bars
per population.

Downtown Hyder

Leaving Hyder roaa continues approx.
15 miles to Premier, B.C., Customs
and Granduc Mines’ private road con-
tines another 13 miles. Note, no
private vehicles beyond Premier except
by previous arrangement and in convoy:
Copper is produced by the Granduc
Mine via a ten mile service tunnel
under the Leduc Glacier.

STEWART-WATSON. LAKE HIGHWAY

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Stewart, b.U., pop. 2UU9 in the area.
Complete facilities. Two garages:

nell open 8 am to 9 pm (19 pm Sunneyd
Esso 9 am to 8 pm-both minor repairs.
Twice weekly bus service to Terrace
and further connections. Cold and
silver was discovered in 196 and the
Stewart-Hyder area boomed. Tie fab-
ulously rich Premier mine made Ste-
wart famous in 1919. xxcellent hunt-
ing and fishing out of this area.
bear River bridge.

Bitter Creel tridge

Bear River bridge

Water Falls seen to the right

Rufus Creek

Cullen Creek

Najor slide area. Watch for rock.
pee ay ee the Bear River to the
right

To 29.5 The uiaiway winds throurh

the mapnificent Bear Pass. No fewer
than 10 spectacular ice falls and
glaciers may be seen as close as one
quarter mile to the right. Do not
roll rocks into the Corge on the right
as highway crews are working below.
Surprise Creek

Najor junction. Terrace-Stewart road
to right. Watson Lake, Yukon,
straieht ahead.

to 43.3 lake to left.

‘Nount Bell-Irving mav be seen to the
left.