Mile 0, Dawson Creek, BC to Mile 300 Triple G Hideaway Campground, Fort Nelson, BC. 300 miles on the Alaska Highway.
Our first day on the Alaska Highway – Mile 0, Dawson Creek, BC to Mile 300, Fort Nelson, BC. The highway was endlessly straight with rolling hills and a few curves now and then. The forest was on both sides as far as you could see.
The Alaska Highway starts at Mile 0 in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada and ends at Mile 1520 in Fairbanks, Alaska.The Alaska Highway (also known as the Alaska-Canadian Highway, or ALCAN Highway) was constructed during World War II to connect the contigious United States to Alaska across Canada. In February, 1942, President Roosevelt dispatched the Army Corps of Engineers to build the highway to Alaska and the Army Corps of Engineers did it in just eight months and 12 days.
In Taylor, BC, a replica of the canoe used by Alexander Mackenzie, his crew of 8 and a dog for travel through the region in May of 1793 on quest for the Northern Passage.
