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Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers at Salmon Glacier Granduc Mine Road Hyder, Alaska |
From Stewart, British Columbia, the two RV Gypsies entered Hyder, Alaska. The glacier can be accessed by road from Hyder, Alaska, from early July to late September. The border guards did NOT stop cars or RVs coming into Hyder, only on the way out. The road went past the bear viewing area and became a lousy dirt road. After a bit, there was a very small sign "Welcome to British Columbia", but there was no sign of a border control. After viewing the glacier, the road continued down to a mine, but it was blocked off, so Lee and Karen Duquette returned to Hyder.Salmon Glacier was built to connect Stewart with mining interests to the north. The toe of Salmon Glacier is seen at mile 17.2 and mile 22.9 provides a spectacular view of the glacier along with an improved parking area, pick tables and outhouses.The Salmon Glacier is a glacier located 16 miles north of Stewart, British Columbia, and Hyder, Alaska, just on the Canadian side of the border. The glacier, one of hundreds in the Boundary Ranges, is notable for its major potential as a natural hazard. Summit Lake is located at the northern end of the glacier and every year around mid-July, the lake breaks an ice-dam and then flows under the Salmon Glacier into the Salmon River.This causes the river to rise ABOUT 4 to 5 feet for several days. |
| Below: The two RV Gypsies went on a self-guided driving tour on Salmon Glacier Road. The road was curvy, bumpy, dusty, and extremely narrow in places. Notice the big crack in the windshield in the photos below. | |
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Below: The first views of Salmon Glacier |
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Below: New RV friends of
the two RV Gypsies - Doug and Renee from California |
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Below: Several waterfalls
along the roadway |
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| Below: Another waterfall, but on the other side of the street. The water came out of a pipe under the road and continued down the mountain. | |
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| Below: Mile 22.9 is supposed to provide a spectacular view of the glacier along with an improved parking area, picnic tables and outhouses. However, since it was such a foggy day, the only view the two RV Gypsies got while looking down where the glacier was supposed to be was a big hole full of fog. | |
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Below: Driving back down,
the clouds lifted just a bit and provided a slight view of the glacier. |
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| Below: When the two RV Gypsies saw the view below, they said simultaneously - "WOW! Look at that blue lake." - then they both laughed. | |
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A bear caught and ate a fish then ran up and down the river |
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Hyder Alaska and
Stewart BC form the dividing line between Alaska and Canada. The two RV
Gypsies camped in Stewart and drove across the border to see the bears in
Hyder. You have already seen the bears, now see the campground and the new
RV friends of the two RV Gypsies, then continue the journey of the two RV
Gypsies as they leave Alaska and travel through Canada
again and they encounter MORE BEARS, including a black
bear. There was no security going from BC to Alaska here, but there was
security going from Hyder to BC.
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