The Agnew Family aboard the "Dog House"

This morning after settling into the passenger side of the truck I remember that I was going to “practice” driving some more. So I drove the 122 km to Dease Lake. It was a scenic drive and I got to drive on a 16 km section of gravel — a little scarey in places. The trip took a little longer than expected but we made it, and I even parked the trailer. Ok... so it was a pull through site and the guy from the campground guided me into it ... but still I did it.

We stopped at Dease Lake as we wanted to drive to Telegraph Creek and did not want to pull the trailers (the guide book indicated that the road was not suitable for large trailers). The road from Dease Lake to Telegraph Creek is 112 km and gravel. Ed drove. The first 80 km is a windy, hilly road through trees, not a lot of great scenery. The remainder of the road was a bit more challenging and a lot more scenic – the road was narrow on the edge of a canyon climbing and descending the canyon. One of the canyons we passed is known as the Canadian Grand Canyon (Stikine Canyon). We could only see a bit of the canyon but it did look spectacular. One of the videos the previous night was on the Stikine Canyon. Telegraph Creek has a population of about 350. People apparently live there “to get away from it all”. Now the town does have electricity and telephone, but you certainly won’t get unexpected company for supper.

The valley formed by the Stikine river before it reaches the Canyon



Ravens glide in the air currents


An interesting hill top


The one end of the "Canadian Grand Canyon" to the right (slightly distorted as I used a fisheye lens to get it all


A view to the other side of the road, both sides drop off about 400 feet, ... some ditches.


Same river, after the Canyon



Getting away from it all.... the village of Telegraph Creek