Pappy's Western Canada Adventure, September 2021

[Pappy]

Just pictures.

South Canol Road.


Canol Rd, MacMillian River bridge #1.


Lake fall color. Canol Rd.


Dragon Lake. Canol Rd.


Pond. Canol Rd.


Fall color. Canol Rd.


North end of Quiet Lake. Canol Rd.


Fall color. Canol Rd.


Camp on Dragon Lake. Canol Rd.

 

[Pappy]

Page 2.

Fall color. Dempster Hwy.


More fall color. Dempster Hwy.


Camp at Tombstone Mountain Terr. Park campground.


Along the Dempster Hwy.


Foggy valley. Dempster Hwy.


Posing at the Arctic Circle sign. Dempster Hwy.


River side camp. Dempster Hwy.


Another foggy valley. Dempster Hwy.

 

[Pappy]

Page 3. Truck graveyard on the Canol Rd.

 

[Pappy]

Page 4.

Hyder was closed. You cross in, you can't get out.


Camp off Top of the World Hwy.


At the "car wash" in Eagle Plains. Ten Loonies to power wash the mud off.




Looking at the closed Canada-Alaska border on the Top of the World Hwy.

 

[Etoimos]

Wonderful photos you have posted. Are this current images, as in taken within the past few days/weeks? Just trying to get an idea of when fall colors are up there. I researching the Canol Rd for my trip up there next year. Did you do both the south and north sections of the road? If you could only do one section, which would you do?

 

[Pappy]

Wonderful photos you have posted. Are this current images, as in taken within the past few days/weeks? Just trying to get an idea of when fall colors are up there. I researching the Canol Rd for my trip up there next year. Did you do both the south and north sections of the road? If you could only do one section, which would you do?

I was on the Canol Rd from Sept 5-8th. I did it from Johnson's Crossing to MacMillian Pass and back to Ross River. I would absolutely do the south Canol. The north Canol is not as remote as the overlanding chamber of commerce promotes. Yes, it's a long way up, and back, but ... lots of traffic from both workers and natives. I would still check the north Canol off the bucket list. But, I've done it, and probably would not do it again.

 

[DVD]

Great photos and thanks for sharing. The photo of Hyder reminded me of a friend who does "Iron Butt" motorcycling, and that was one of his destinations.

 

[Etoimos]

I was on the Canol Rd from Sept 5-8th. I did it from Johnson's Crossing to MacMillian Pass and back to Ross River. I would absolutely do the south Canol. The north Canol is not as remote as the overlanding chamber of commerce promotes. Yes, it's a long way up, and back, but ... lots of traffic from both workers and natives. I would still check the north Canol off the bucket list. But, I've done it, and probably would not do it again.

Thanks for the additional info. I was thinking about taking Hwy 4 (Robert Campbell Highway) from Watson Lake to Ross River. Then running the north Canol Rd and back down to take Hwy 4 west to Carmacks. Now I'm wondering if I should just run the Alaska Highway from Watson Lake to Johnson's Crossing and then up the south Canol Rd and out Hwy 4 to Carmacks instead. It is less dirt that way, but it sounds like the north Canol Rd might not be worth the near extra day and extra tank of gas it will cost us (we have 30 days to go from Colorado to Tuk and back using as much dirt as possible).

 

[devero4]

Love this!!!!!

 

[Bentetres]

Thank for sharing! wonderful photos and looks like an Awesome trip!

 

[Expendable]

Wow, gorgeous landscapes! Thank you for sharing. That truck graveyard, is that privately owned?

 

[Pappy]

Wow, gorgeous landscapes! Thank you for sharing. That truck graveyard, is that privately owned?

It's a government heritage site. No harvesting allowed.

 

[Expendable]

It's a government heritage site. No harvesting allowed.

ahh, all those classic trucks just sitting. it would have been nice to get them back on the road.