In listening to the news reports, there was a tanker spill at Frasier Lake and another fire; that air quality between the smell and the smoke, they were asking people to stay away, so when I left Hyder/Seward, I took a detour to Prince Rupert at the western end of the TransCanada highway#16 to buy some more time. Highway 16, also known as the Yellowhead Highway, has the lowest grade of any highway that crosses the Rocky Mountains and the Coast Range. It follows the route of the Hudson Bay Company fur traders in the early 1800s.
North Pacific Cannery National Historic Site – It was established in 1889 and is the oldest remaining salmon cannery on the West Coast of North America and ran continuously for almost a 100 years.
This train ran across the front of the cannery. Note there are no guard rails or anything blocking the rails and train from the public! Nope, we're not in California anymore.
Heading east toward Frasier Lake, there are a lot of emergency vehicles … fire trucks, water transport, EMT …. heading “back.” I hope that means the oil spill and fire are contained.
Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.
Vanderhoof is the geographical center of BC.
I don’t know why I take it personally, but I get embarrassed when an RV is holding up a line of vehicles and won’t let them pass even after ample opportunity, or if someone in front of me is holding up the line and the cars behind me think it is me. If I’m the cause, and the car behind me can’t safely pass, I pull over, even if it is only one vehicle. There is a trend of inconsiderate (younger generation?) RVers that give the RV population a bad name, not just by blocking traffic, but by being inconsiderate and thoughtless in general; leaving trash, abusing parking privileges, and a host of other offenses. It reflects badly. OK, that rant is over.
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