Additionally, the ones that are open are very inconsistent with their hours. There are very few gas stations along the road and many close for the season. Make sure to stop and fill up your fuel tank before you start the drive South. The road is also one of the only driving routes to Southern Alaska through BC. It’s also known as HWY-37 and is very easy to miss if you don’t know to look for it. Teslin Lake in the YukonĪfter a bit more of the Alaska Highway we finally came to our turn off for the Stewart-Cassiar Highway.

We continued our early morning trek and decided to stop and take a short rest when the sun finally decided to show itself. Some of the Abandoned Vehicles at Johnsons Crossing We didn’t have time to take the route, as it is not maintained and about 300 miles long, but it’s something else we definitely have added to our wish list. What made it really neat was the fact that there was all this old equipment left behing along the roadway. It was used in the WWII era to build a now abandoned oil pipeline. It was the beginning of a partially abandoned road called the Canol Road. We ran into this rest area at Johnsons Crossing that we thought was pretty cool. We left Whitehorse and continued South East along the Alaska Highway. It’s also a good idea to check road conditions before you go, because they change rather quickly. The Cassiar Highway does have some food and gas stations along the way, but they are very limited in the winter and can be pretty pricey. We try to shop at grocery stores as often as possible to keep food cost down while we travel. Because we needed a pet friendly place to stay we chose the Westmark Hotel in Whitehorse. Our stay in Whitehorse was relatively uneventful, but it gave us a chance to stop at a grocery store and stock up on food for the next few days. We stopped at Lake Kluane again to enjoy the majestic view While we normally strive to avoid doubling back along the same route, I must say we didn’t mind this time considering just how beautiful the drive was. With limited driving routes in and out of Alaska our trip leaving Tok to Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory repeated a small part of our trip along the Alaskan highway. If you find yourself in Tok, try the Beaver Fever Cafe. We opted to stop in at a cafe owned by the same people who run the Mooseberry Inn B&B that we stayed at and were pleased with the result.

Before we left though we had to make a stop and pick up some snacks. We left Tok, AK early in the morning with the hopes of beating some bad weather coming our way. It was an amazing 1863 mile trip over a period 5 days that took us from Tok, Alaksa through the entirety of British Columbia and ending in beautiful Vancouver BC. We didn’t want to take the Alaskan Highway all the way back trough the Eastern Side of the Rockies and repeat our trip North so we decided to take the Cassiar Highway along the western Rockies and through BC instead. After touring the majority of Alaska, it was time for us to take our road trip South and back to the lower 48 states.

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