Watson Lake, Canada Travel Blogs

Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada
Jul 13, 2009 (9 photos)

... 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 ...

Special edition Sign Post Watson Lake
Jun 5, 2008 (60 photos)

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 ...

Liard River, British Columbia, Canada
Jul 12, 2009 (19 photos)

... .  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
Aug 29, 2009 (4 photos)

... 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 weather ...

Toad River to Watson Lake
May 20, 2009 (9 photos)

... ; 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
Jul 22, 2008 (41 photos)

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 Km

Baby Nugget R Park
Aug 23, 2008 (4 photos)

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
Jun 4, 2008 (51 photos)

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
Jul 14, 2009 (16 photos)

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 nowhere ...

Sikanni Chief to Laird Hot Springs via Alaska Hwy.
Jun 13, 2008 (24 photos)

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, packing-up ...

Whitehorse to Watson Lake, Yukon
Jul 19, 2008 (7 photos)

... 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 one ...

Alaska03
Sep 12, 2003 (2 photos)

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Jul 17, 2007 (3 photos)

... mais 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 arbres. Très ...

Campground Serices LTD
Jul 17, 2008 (10 photos)

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.
Jun 14, 2008 (22 photos)

... it was their birthday today - it was 110 years old today; so they had birthday cake. The main reason people come to Watson Lake was just behind the center - the Signpost Forest. Back during the construction of the highway, this guy from Illinois posted up ...

VALDEZ TO TOK TO WATSON LAKE
Jul 21, 2009 (5 photos)

... I'm told!!) We plan on leaving here in the morning and head south backtracking some through Jasper National Park and turning west at Lake Louise toward Golden going south on 95. We'll cross the border in Idaho and head to Coeur d' Alene. These plans are ...

We Are In the Yukon!
Jun 23, 2005

... 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 this ...

Ft. Nelson to Watson Lake
Jun 9, 2007 (4 photos)

... 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 and ...

Und es geht weiter / And it goes on
Jun 16, 2008 (5 photos)

... 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 a ...

Watson Lake Marker for Map
Jul 7, 2007

A marker only for the map.

Fort Nelson, BC to Liard Hot Springs
Jul 9, 2008 (14 photos)

... internet. Heck, they are on satelitte phones as is. Tomorrow night, we will be staying in the old air force barracks in Watson Lake, Yukon territory. The following night is at Dawson Peaks Resort, this is another place in the Sue Henry book, Dead North ...

Liard Hot Springs resort to Watson Lake, Yukon
Jul 10, 2008 (10 photos)

July 9, 2008 Vacation Day 8 Liard Hot Springs Lodge, BC to Watson Lake, Yukon Territory Alaska Highway   Today was a not a bad day despite being a little on the cool side. In fact, the people at the lodge were wondering what happened to the July ...

Watson Lake and Sign Post Forest
Aug 10, 2008 (12 photos)

... for road conditions.  We started out with sun in Whitehorse and ran into clouds as we moved east.  Finally as we neared Watson Lake the skies cleared once again and we are actually warm for the first time in a long while.  We stopped to ...

Last Night in the Yukon, We think
Aug 23, 2009 (10 photos)

... our hitch. Sure enough, it had broken a weld on our bumpy ride between Tok and Lake Kluane. Luckily, we made it to Watson Lake. The repairman came right away and checked things out and could have finished the job on the spot at our campsite, but unlike ...

Watson Lake
May 18, 2009 (2 photos)

... a lobby that smelled like sour milk, Watson Lake was really only as impressive as its main (read as only) attraction,  the inimitable sign forest.  My mom tells me there is a really great visitor center in Watson Lake, and I hope she's right.

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Sep 23, 2007

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Day 47 Watson Lake Yukon
Jun 24, 2008

... fast flowing rivers interspersed with lakes, of different colours, from grey/brown to green/blue. Often it is easy to recognise the Canada we know from the picture books. We struck rain as we approached the final leg of our journey and are now in an RV ...

The Big Push
Jul 3, 2008 (4 photos)

... Anyway,  Canadians, you're great. The ride was very, very, very long but awesome.  The ALCAN between Ft. Nelson and Watson Lake was unbelievable.  In a nut shell, mountains (big ones), lakes (big ones), rivers (big ones), two moose, five ...

Still Going.
Aug 12, 2008

... didn't have to stop and we made ok time.  Crossing the border was fast, but i imagine that getting back out of Canada will be a little slower. Upon crossing the border, we unloaded and took some pics, then we quickly got back on the road. Not ...

Nov 18, 2009
Nov 17, 2009 (2 photos)