Travel Planner - Tourism Dawson Creek
Travel Planner - Tourism Dawson Creek
Travel Planner - Tourism Dawson Creek
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Mile ‘O’ Alaska Highway<br />
<strong>Dawson</strong> <strong>Creek</strong><br />
British Columbia Canada<br />
• Downtown Historic Walking Tour (1 hour)<br />
Available at the Station Museum, Visitor Centre, Art<br />
Gallery and Alaska Highway House the complimentary<br />
copy of this brochure is packed with archival photos,<br />
interpretations of the city’s mural projects and a narrative<br />
that corresponds to exterior wall mounted historic photos<br />
recounting the history behind <strong>Dawson</strong> <strong>Creek</strong>. The tour<br />
has proved very popular and the brochure has become a<br />
well-liked souvenir.<br />
• Walter Wright Pioneer Village & Walking Tour<br />
( 1 /2 - 1 hour)<br />
At Mile 1 of the Alaska Highway, on the left side north<br />
bound, Pioneer Village has original <strong>Dawson</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> and<br />
area frontier buildings; historic artifacts, antique vehicles,<br />
and an exquisite northern horticultural display.<br />
With plenty of large vehicle parking right at the front<br />
door, a complimentary walking tour brochure available at<br />
the desk and entrance by donation, this local attraction<br />
is a time sensitive and very low cost activity that will<br />
enhance any day of a tour. Entrance is by donation.<br />
Summer Hours:10am-5pm Daily<br />
And There’s More!<br />
• Original Alaska Highway & Kiskatinaw Bridge<br />
( 1 /2 hour)<br />
An unlikely spot for a sensational historical attraction is a<br />
right turn off the Alaska Highway 32km/20m north of<br />
<strong>Dawson</strong> <strong>Creek</strong>.<br />
FREE<br />
Brochure<br />
Self-Guided Walking Tour<br />
Downtown Mural<br />
Walter Wright Pioneer Village<br />
Kiskatinaw Bridge<br />
Sewell Game Farm<br />
Escort notes, driving directions and route signage<br />
photos are included on the CD under the file named:<br />
Original Alaska Highway & Kiskatinaw Bridge Escort<br />
Notes and Driver Info.<br />
• Sewell Valley Game Farm<br />
(2 hour tour and/or 1 hour meal)<br />
Just a 1 /2 hour drive from the city through spectacular<br />
rural vistas, the game farm offers a tour that puts you<br />
nose-to-nose with some of the earth’s most fascinating<br />
wild creatures! Visit with muscox, elk, long horned<br />
sheep, buffalo, deer and many more!<br />
Add a treat to this fantastic excursion by booking<br />
your group an on-site wild game lunch or dinner with<br />
all the homemade fixins’: an experience everyone<br />
will remember!<br />
By Reservation Only:<br />
Contact: Del Sewell<br />
Phone: 250-759-4542<br />
Tour Only: $6 per person CDN (taxes inc)<br />
Tour & Wild Game Meal: $32 per person CDN (taxes inc)<br />
• Chances Gaming Centre<br />
(400 Highway 2)<br />
With plenty of large vehicle parking, slots, bingo, offtrack<br />
betting, big screen events, group catering and near<br />
to most <strong>Dawson</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> hotels is CHANCES, our local<br />
casino.<br />
You will travel on a 6m/10km loop that is a section of<br />
original Alaska Highway road bed leading to a 1942<br />
engineering marvel: the Kiskatinaw Bridge.<br />
At 531 feet long with a 9 degree curve, the structure<br />
is one of North America’s oldest and longest curved bridges<br />
and is the single remaining bridge on the Alaska Highway<br />
still in use. Let your group travel part of the original<br />
Alaska Highway and see a WWII engineering feat:<br />
priceless!<br />
Walter Wright Pioneer Village<br />
Chances Gaming Centre<br />
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