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There's a moose loose with the goose, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

There's a moose loose with the goose

A travel blog entry by jennykelly

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... ;d been. We got to the Yukon after lunch, we were  out of Brithsih Columbia now.   Air Force Lodge in Watson Lake, was the most reasonably priced accommodation in the district. It was newly renovated and hostel styled, but without a kitchen. ...

Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada

A travel blog entry by nocknock

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... coffee shop to stretch our legs.  It was only around 11:00 a.m., so we had some time to kill.  We arrived in Watson Lake, where we are spending two nights at the Downtown RV Park, at about noon. Watson Lake is our first stop in the Yukon ...

Runnin the AlCan, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Runnin the AlCan

A travel blog entry by danny_bettyjean

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... and streams that are teaming with wildlife. Moose, deer, porcupine, bision, black bear and to top it off, just before getting to Watson Lake our first grizzly, though a yearling, it still charged and bit the car behind us. As I was shooting pics from ...

Special edition Sign Post Watson Lake, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Special edition Sign Post Watson Lake

A travel blog entry by sepp

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Ihr habt sicher schon alle vom Schilderwald in Watson Lake gehoert, oder Photos gesehen. Das Ganze begann mit einem Soldaten der am Bau des Alcan ziemliches Heimweh verspuehrte, was man ihm nicht veruebeln kann, der war ja nicht freiwillig hier :-), und ...

A DAY ON THE CASSIAR, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

A DAY ON THE CASSIAR

A travel blog entry by javagold

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... South – North through British Columbia. Pete led the way on a road that had some great mountain top vista views and wonderful lake side rides.  The Cassiar is 360 miles and we probably saw less than 40 cars the whole day.  It's like we ...

Day 57, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Day 57

A travel blog entry by longwayup

Day 57: Dawson to Watson Total - ...

Liard River, British Columbia, Canada, Liard River, Canada travel blog

Liard River, British Columbia, Canada

A travel blog entry by nocknock

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... .  Their pea soup and homemade bread were tasty.  The scenery was gorgeous, despite the spotty rain showers.  Muncho Lake was especially beautiful.  Here, we pulled off and took a short nap until others from our caravan pulled in the ...

Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada

A travel blog entry by nocknock

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... left Skagway after filling up the fuel tank and returned to the Alaska Highway to visit Baby Nugget RV Park, YT, west of Watson Lake, for one night. We traveled on stretches of highway that we have driven earlier during our journey.  The ...

Welcome to the Yukon, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Welcome to the Yukon

A travel blog entry by jms79

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... long. Work began in March 1942 and was completed an incredible 8 months later. Outside the Tourist Information centre is the Watson lake Signpost Forest. There are hundreds of posts in the ground, with different signs people from around the world have ...

Toad River to Watson Lake, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Toad River to Watson Lake

A travel blog entry by ranlo

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... ; This is such a magically beautiful place and is definitely a MUST SEE spot!   The drive from Laird Hot Springs to Watson Lake was certainly the area to see lots of animals!!! First was a buffalo with her calf, then our first herd of buffalo ...

Afternoon of Animals, Watson lake, Canada travel blog

Afternoon of Animals

A travel blog entry by jstephensca

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I will let the pictures speak for themselves. It was a day of beauty, animals, great roads . . This is why I am so attracted to this part of the world. Distance Travelled; 900 ...

Skagway to the Cassiar Highway, Junction 37, Canada travel blog

Skagway to the Cassiar Highway

A travel blog entry by 2jgstl

... our route north on the South Klondike Highway, back up to the Alaska Highway, and now southeast on the Alaska Highway. We decided to spend the night at the junction with the Cassiar Highway (YT and BC Highway 37) just 14 miles west of Watson Lake. ...

Baby Nugget R Park, Northern Beaver Post, Canada travel blog

Baby Nugget R Park

A travel blog entry by rayandchrista

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Leaving Skagway we had to drive up White pass 20 miles and travel on a road that had a lot of repairs and patch's so our wash job on the truck and trailer did not last long. We had to back track on some of the roads we came up on. When we arrived at our ...

Watson Lake, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Watson Lake

A travel blog entry by sepp

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So da bin ich wieder, habe mich durch die Rockies durchgeradelt die letzten Tage. Da muesst ihr mal hin. Super Landschaft, Berge und so. Das schoene an den Bergen ist, irgendwann gehts bestimmt wieder runter, eine behruhigende Gewissheit wenn du dich den ...

Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada

A travel blog entry by nocknock

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Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada - Day 2 It felt great to sleep in this morning. Today was not a travel day, there wasn't anything scheduled until 2:00, and there really wasn’t anything left to see in this dying town. I awoke at 10 a.m. and Art was ...

First Day Out, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

First Day Out

A travel blog entry by ggmoffatt

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... that this 40 year dream has started!! A beautiful day and fall leaves were fantastic. Sunny and warm all the way to Watson Lake. Visited Yukon's fist Geocache hide just before Watson Lake. Had Champagne and steak for dinner and celebrated first day on ...

Sikanni Chief to Laird Hot Springs via Alaska Hwy., Liard Hotsprings, Canada travel blog

Sikanni Chief to Laird Hot Springs via Alaska Hwy.

A travel blog entry by scoonpooh

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Long drive in store for today. Due to our RV misbehaving, we could only do half of today's drive. This meant that today we had to do today's drive and half of yesterday's. And on the Alaska Highway. Since the RV was already hooked to the truck, ...

Whitehorse to Watson Lake, Yukon, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Whitehorse to Watson Lake, Yukon

A travel blog entry by scoonpooh

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... is the third straight day of travel out of 8 until we get a rest day in Edmonton. We traveled from Whitehorse to just outside Watson Lake, Yukon in a campground called Baby Nugget. We stayed here on the way to Alaska and thought it made a good base for ...

Alaska03, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Alaska03

A travel blog entry by guruzers

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Day 54, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Day 54

A travel blog entry by longwayup

Day 54: Dawson Creek to Watson Lake Total - ...

watson lake, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

watson lake

A travel blog entry by moko

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... où des maringouins gros comme le poing nous attendaient (Y en a un qui m'a piqué drette entre les 2 yeux), ce fut l'arrivée à Watson Lake où il n'y a rien à voir si ce n'est une forêt d'affiches que les gens de partout amènent et laissent sur des ...

Campground Serices LTD, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Campground Serices LTD

A travel blog entry by rayandchrista

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On to Watson Lake Yukon we saw alot of wildlife. Watson lake is famous for th sign post forest. It started back in 1942 when the Alaska Highway was built by the Army. Check it out. Also our caravan mounted a sign with all our names. Our name is located in ...

Laird Hot Springs to Watson Lake via Alaska Hwy., Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Laird Hot Springs to Watson Lake via Alaska Hwy.

A travel blog entry by scoonpooh

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... with the rest of the trip. Only about a 2 and a half hour drive from Laird Hot Springs to just outside the town of Watson Lake. Since it was a short drive, Pooh and I decided to take another dip in the springs. Our campground was across the highway from ...

World's best Cinnemon Buns??, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

World's best Cinnemon Buns??

A travel blog entry by ffoutofoffice

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... zum Campground noch einen Schwarzbären herumlaufen, was am Abend schon ein komisches Gefühl hervorrief. Tagsdarauf gings zuerst nach Watson Lake, dass bekannt ist für den Sign Post Forest. Sehr ulkige Sachen diese Idee... Leider haben vergessen ein ...

We Are In the Yukon!, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

We Are In the Yukon!

A travel blog entry by pat-don-alaska

... were beyond the electric power grid at Muncho Lake? Well we started to see electric power poles and lines about 5 miles out of Watson Lake (where we are spending the night) so we have good power once again. There are several minor activities planned for ...

Ft. Nelson to Watson Lake, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Ft. Nelson to Watson Lake

A travel blog entry by ecschultz

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... per person for day use. I got to Watson Lake and found the Air Force Lodge. It's the oldest still standing building in Watson Lake and was built in 1942 as barracks for the air force that supplied workers on the Alcan. It's been totally restored ...

Thoughts and Fortunate Equipment Failures, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Thoughts and Fortunate Equipment Failures

A travel blog entry by davidrman

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... map pocket the tank bag provides right in front of me as I ride. I had planned to continue on down the Cassier Highway at Watson Lake, but the equipment problems made me stop for the night. It turns out that it's a good thing both of those things failed ...

Und es geht weiter / And it goes on, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Und es geht weiter / And it goes on

A travel blog entry by pajas

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... 3 days of travel along the mostly (especially aliong the sidetrip to Steward) very pretty highway 37 across mostly untouched wilderness I reach Watson Lake. A bit outside of town I tried to access a forest but failed as I got stuck in the mudd and needed ...

Yukon Today, Day 12, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Yukon Today, Day 12

A travel blog entry by techride

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The road between Watson Lake and Fort Nelson is chip and seal with more chip than seal. about as smooth as #2 grit sandpaper the bike ride was about a 2.1 on the richtor scale. We saw a lot of wildlife along the road about 40 Bison, 6 or 8 mt,goats, ...

Northern Rockies . . . Moose, Bears, Vistas, Watson Lake, Canada travel blog

Northern Rockies . . . Moose, Bears, Vistas

A travel blog entry by davidrman

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I've uploaded a couple of riding videos, linked below. I can't begin to describe how beautiful today's ride was. The weather was perfect, in the 60s and 70s, the scenery was spectacular, and I saw more wildlife than I've ever seen outside a zoo . . . a ...

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