A couple of trips to the north.

[GordJ]

It was suggested that I post a trip report on my trip to the Arctic Circle and I have decided to post one on our trip to Dawson City last year with the LC and one for this years trip to Inuvik with the LX.

We went to Dawson City last year with our '08 LC and 25 or 27 foot trailer. The model number is 27 but the paperwork says 25. From Vancouver we stopped at Barkerville which is a BC iconic re-creation of the old gold mining town and shouldn't be missed. It is about 45 minutes off the highway so I would park the trailer in Quesnel and make a day trip of it.

We then went to the Terrace area because we wanted to see Prince Rupert as well as the lava fields and native villages all the way out to Kincolith and the Pacific. The lava fields alone are amazing.

The municipal campground in Terrace is amazing. It is in a park on an island entering town.

A great hub for exploring the area.
We then went up to Dease Lake on the Stewart-Cassiar highway and took a day trip out to Telegraph Creek, which is named so because they were going to build a telegraph line across the Aleutians to Asia but by the time they got to Telegraph Creek a Trans Oceanic cable was completed. Curses ,foiled again. We had lunch in the "cafe" and talked with Fanny, the operator, for an hour and a half.

Then we went to Whitehorse and took side trips to Atlin, which I had visited for work 20 years ago, and down to Skagway.

 

[GordJ]

Then we went up to Dawson City which is a pretty cool place in itself.

The municipal campground across the Yukon river on a free ferry. Don't stay in the industrial private places on the Dawson side.
On the way back home we made side trips to Mayo (where they have an actual iron lung),

Keno where the two bars and mining museum were occupied by about 8 residents in total and we took this picture of my dog,

And took some amazing pictures

and Faro where we met this native artist

and a non-native artist who painted this picture for us.

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We travelled home on the Alaska Highway where we saw bison, caribou, sheep (or goats, not sure) and too many bears and deer to mention.

This was in the '08 LC with no mods except air bags. We had no issues at all and got home with 200, 000 miles on the clock.

 

[Taco2Cruiser]

So awesome! Thanks so much for sharing.

 

[mcgaskins]

Very nice - thank you for sharing!

 

[Docboy]

Nice pics, thanks for sharing.

 

[Reccymech]

 

[Sandroad]

How did the LC do on the ALCAN? Is the highway rough on suspensions and did you have to worry much about range between gas stations?