Stewart, BC; Hyder, Alaska

We drove into Stewart and Hyder for the day. Stewart is a resource based (ore and timber) community – really not much to see. The neighbouring town is Hyder, Alaska – also known as the friendliest ghost town in Alaska. So friendly that there isn’t a US customs check-point, you simply drive through.

There is a fish creek at the National Park in Hyder with a viewing platform/walkway to watch bears feed on spawning salmon – unfortunately we had just missed the bears but hung around for an hour or so hoping for another appearance.

Since no bears showed up, we drove to our next destinations – Bear and Salmon Glaciers.

We drove up to the summit to get a better view of Salmon Glacier which is quite spectacular. The park ranger told us that there is a short hike that goes up beyond the parking lot for a better view plus it’s a beautiful hike with the wild flowers and something the kids would enjoy doing. It was indeed a beautiful hike despite it being buggy at certain points.

Back to the fish creek again – and we just missed seeing a bear – guess it’s not meant to be.

We headed back to Stewart and went through the immigration check point for Canada. We found the 2 grocery stores in Stewart and it was quite depressing – not much was green and alive. We had lunch at a neat little place called the Toaster Museum – it’s a small eatery and a museum with old toasters and other kitchen gadgets. In the restaurant is a signed photo of Robin Williams who was there quite a while back for the filming of the movie Insomia.