BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
- May 2009 -
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| British Columbia is
Canada's most westerly - and 3rd largest- province. BC stretches 813 miles
from its southern border with the USA to the northern boundary with the
Yukon Territory. It is bounded on the east by Alberta and on the west by
the Pacific Ocean. Population about 4,113,487 - area: 364,764 square miles
- Capital is Victoria. |
1a: Entering British Columbia
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1b: Scenery in British Columbia |
1c: Thousand Trails Campground
and Cultus Lake |
1d: Capilano Suspension Bridge
- Stella Cabeca's nightmare |
1e: Grouse Mountain |
1f: City of Vancouver - the
largest city in BC |
1g: Hells Gate |
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2: Cache Creek, BC and Brookside
Campsite RV Park |
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3a: Hixon BC and Canyon Creek Campground
RV Park |
3b: Hixon Falls |
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4: Chetwynd BC, chainsaw carving
sculpture capital of the world
and Caron Creek R.V. Park |
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5: Dawson
Creek - Mile 0 of the Alaskan Highway |
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6a: Skianni
River |
6b: Summit Lake and Muncho Lake |
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7a: Liard
River Hot Springs - a fantastic experience |
7b: Wildlife
in British Columbia |
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| The Yukon
Territory |
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1. Watson
Lake (gateway to the Yukon) & the Sign Post Forest -
May 31, 2009
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2. Teslin - the Continental
Divide - beautiful scenery - Johnson's Crossing and a FOX
in the campground - June 1, 2009 |
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3. Whitehorse
- Miles Canyon - the Robert Lowe Suspension Bridge - and more |
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4. Lake Kluane, the Haines
Junction monument - a wild coyote and more |
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5. Bumps and Gunk on the Alaska Highway |
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| NOTE: The
two RV Gypsies were in Alaska - June 5 through August
20 - (you can see these photos by choosing the Alaska button at the top
of this page - but for now, please continue on with the Canada journey) |
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August 20, 2009 -
The two RV Gypsies left Alaska and camped in Stewart, British Columbia
- which is on the borderline of Hyder, Alaska where they got up close
and personal with grizzly bears. |
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Stewart - British
Columbia, Canada - campground and RV friends |
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BRITISH COLUMBIA,
CANADA |
driving through
British Columbia - Smithers, Vanderhoof , and
Prince George |
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McBride -August 23 & 24,
2009 |
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Mount Terry Fox |
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Robson Valley |
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ALBERTA,
CANADA & The Icefield Parkway |
| Alberta is bounded to the west by British
Columbia, to the south by Montana-USA, to the east by Saskatchewan and to
the north by the Northwest Territories. Population about 3,290,350. Capital
is Edmonton. Fantastic Scenery everywhere - the best scenery the
two RV Gypsies have ever seen! |
Entering Jasper & the Icefield
Parkway - August 25, 2009 |
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Wildlife in Jasper & the Icefield
Parkway - black bear, white goats, elk, fox & more |
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Traveling the Icefield Parkway
from Jasper to Banff - beautiful lakes, Columbia Icefield, Athabasca Glacier
and more. Some of the best scenery ever. |
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Mt. Christie, Mt. Fryatt, Mt. Edith
Vacell, Mt. Hardisky, Pyramid Mount, and Brussels Peak. - mountains
on the Icefield Parkway - beautiful scenery |
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Jasper Tramway |
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Sunwapta Falls |
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Honeymoon Lake |
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Athabasca Falls |
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Horseshoe Lake |
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Banff |
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Hoodoos & tunnel mountain |
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Lake Louise
- one of the most famous glacial lakes in the Canadian Rockies |
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Wildlife in Banff |
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BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
August 28, 2009
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The City of Radium Hot Springs |
A very unique house as seen on the
Travel Channel - AMAZING |
Fort Steele - British Columbia
- an old western town |