Like so much of the far West, distances are vast in Western Canada. After crossing the Border, it took me 3 days to reach Dawson Creek British Columbia. There are huge empty stretches of Wilderness ( 100 miles across ) between the various cities that are strung up the central part of the Province. I passed hundreds of tractor trailers loaded with sawed lumber heading South.
Midway, I stayed with the local Fire Chief at his Airbnb, his remote house was several miles off the main highway . He was a gardener and mentioned that they get a killing frost 12 months a year ! The great fear many of these Northern dwellers is forest fire, they are plagued with occasional raging fires. Vast burned areas scar the forested landscape.
Traveling North, the productive pine forests slowly give way to the scrubby Boreal Forrest. This is the final forest type as you
approach the vast treeless Tundra further North. These endless forests are dotted with pristine lakes, void of cabins or any sign of man, probably the way Maine looked 300 years ago. This is Grizzly country, seldom seen but to be respected.
Prices are very high here, almost $6.00 per gallon gas, food is double too, not sure how the locals make it. I’ve arrived up North early, very few tourists, the way I like it. Alaska here I come!
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