Coal River BC to Teslin Yukon

After Coal River the Alaska Hwy turns northward toward Yukon Territory. The road crosses the border of British Columbia and Yukon several times before arriving at the next sizable town: Watson Lake.  Watson Lake is a trade center for southeast Yukon.  The little town of about 1500 is at the junction of a couple major highways, and sees lots of traffic.

A neat tourist attraction in Watson Lake is the "Sign Forest". The idea was started by a GI during construction in WW II...he put the name of his hometown on a piece of wood and posted the sign pointing in the direction of his home. Since then thousands of visitors have added their own signs, and now the forest contains some 75,000 signs.

From there we continued on to Yukon Motel and RV, our campsite in Teslin, Yukon.

This little town of about 450 residents sees lots of travelers.  They have fuel, a restaurant, motel rooms, the RV park, gift shop and wildlife museum. It sets right at the end of Nisutlin River Bridge on Nisutlin Bay.

Noisy ravens welcomed us...they are the province bird and images of them are found on locally made souveniers.