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GLACIER HIGHWAY – AND – SALMON GLACIER Self Guided Auto Tour www.districtofstewart.com INTRODUCTION 37 To The Alaska Table of Contents Highway & Yukon 37A Meziadin 01 Table of Contents 02 General Map Junction 03 Map of Stewart INTRODUCTION 04 Auto Tour Map 04 Auto Tour Instructions Hyder Stewart 05 About Stewart and Hyder 37 06 Did You Know? 06 Other Recreational Opportunities in Stewart/Hyder Area GENERAL 07 Highway #37 INFOrmatiON 07 Highway #37A 07 Granduc and the Salmon Glacier Highway Cranberry Junction 09 Stop 01 Stewart, BC 10 Stop 02 Hyder, BC 11 Stop 03 Hyder, Alaska 12 Stop 04 Tongass National Forest Bdy. 12 Stop 05 Moose Pond 13 Stop 06 Fish Creek Wildlife Viewing Area 37 14 Stop 07 Titan Trail THE STOPS 14 Stop 08 Riverside Mine 15 Stop 09 Nine Mile ALONG THE WAY 16 Stop 10 Premier Border Crossing (Silver Heights) 16 Stop 11 Indian Mines Viewpoint 17 Stop 12 Premier Mines Viewpoint 18 Stop 13 Toe of Salmon Glacier 18 Stop 14 Summit Viewpoint Kitwanga 19 Points of Interest on Highway 37A from Stewart to the Meziadin To Smithers Junction. 0 km to 38.20 km 19 Points of Interest on Highway 37A and Prince OthER POINts from Stewart to the Meziadin George OF INTEREST Junction. 46.80 km to 63.80 km 16 21 Safety Tips 21 Bear Safety Essentials 21 Forest Fires SAFETY & 21 Services in Stewart/Hyder EMErgENCIES 22 Photo Credits Terrace A co-operative project between the District of Stewart, Recreation Sites and Trails BC, Northern Development Initiative Trust, Northern BC Tourism Association and United States Forest Service. Prince Rupert To Kitimat 16 To Haida 37 Gwaii Granduc r !. ie Mine 0 2.5 5 10 lac n G do ren Be I c e f i e l Kilometersd Summit I c e f i e l d Lake A m e I c e f i e l d Divide r (!41 Lake i S a l m c o n I c e f i e l d a G n l a c E i C e MT r DILWORTH r MT e BAYARD Long e E Lake k I c e f i e l d ier Glac ary Bound Monitor T Lake ex (!31 as E G lacier MT E BUNTING CANTU MTN (!11 T e (!21 x a s E C !. Premier r Mine MT SHORTY Stewart BC. e Clements STEVENSON (!01 Lake e E Government Services k ORE MTN 1 - Municipal Office/Fire Hall Bridge Out G ¥A73 B 2 - Provincial Government Building/Courthouse Sluice Box Ninemile i (!9 r (Ruins) t 3 - Royal Canadian Mounted Police t e S 6 e e k 4 - Environment Canada Weather Office r e MT v C r a E 5 - Stewart General Hospital/Ambulance Service Glacier Highway (37A) WELKER i Bear River Bridge l (!8 Riverside 6 - Municipal Landfill Mine R m !. Mountain o View r G E ducation l a c i e r n a C 7 - Bear Valley School Davis St. r e e e k Churches 19th Ave R !(7 B 8 - Saint Mark’s Church i Dyke Road. (!6 ALASKA 9 - Charity Baptist Church v B a r n Glacier e e 10 - St. Felix Church y Drive (!5 BRITISH COLUMBIA G r u l c Recreation (!4 h 15th Ave (!1 STEWART -11 Border Town Recycling Yukon Dr. TONGASS Eagle Drive 12 - Ball Field Conway St. NATIONAL FOREST C a m b r ia 13th Ave Cresc I c e f i e l d 13 - Ball Field Copper Marmot Dr. E HYDER (!3 (!2 14 - “Soucie’s” Ball Field 12th Ave E MT MT MAGEE 15 - Tennis Court Raven St. 11th Ave P o r t l a n d C a n a l RAINEY 16 - Ian McLeod Memorial Playground 12 10th Ave 17 - Memorial Park 5 7 8 9th Ave Main St. 10 Tourism Services Railway St. 11 8th Ave 13 Auto Tour Instructions 1 3 -18 Visitor 2 7th Ave Information 20 19 9 As you drive the Salmon Glacier (Granduc) Road, you will see numbered Centre 6th Ave King St. 15 markers with the Salmon Glacier Self Guided Auto Tour logo along the 16 Airport 19 - Rainey Vancouver St. Victoria St. Columbia St. Brightwell St. 5th Ave route. Match the number on the sign post with the numbered paragraphs Creek 14 17 4th Ave 4 18 Campground in the brochure to discover the history and nature of the Stewart/Hyder 3rd Ave 20 - Sani-Dump Dyke Road. area. Approximate distances of each point of interest are provided, starting Bear 2nd Ave River from the Tourist Information Center in Stewart. CAUTION: The road beyond the Summit Viewpoint <-- To Hyder (Stop 14) is not maintained and may be closed due to Portland active mining. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! Canal - 04 - GENERAL INFORMATION About Stewart and Hyder The communities of Stewart, British By 1910, Stewart boasted a large discovery of high-grade ore at Premier restaurants, motels, gas stations, Columbia and Hyder, Alaska are sawmill, telegraph office, electrical in 1918 led to the development of one bakeries, and museums. The town’s located at the head of the 90 mile plant, telephone exchange, churches, of the richest mineral deposits in B.C. colourful history is now chronicled in long Portland Canal. They are hotels, regular shipping services and Although not all mining properties the Stewart Historical Museum, as surrounded by the majestic coastal all the modern conveniences of the developed over the years have been well as a number of restored heritage range of mountains and the Cambria larger southern towns. Stewart and as successful as the Silbak Premier, buildings that are marked by historic Ice Fields. These ice fields, with their Hyder (then known as Portland City) collectively the various mines have signage. various glaciers, provide some of were joined by a two mile long “road” made the Stewart/Hyder area one of North America’s most breathtaking on pilings across the tide flats. The the major gold-silver districts in this The Stewart/Hyder area offers an scenery. area now boasted close to 10,000 part of North America. excellent range of outdoor recreational people. Much of the population still opportunities from fishing, hiking, The Native term for the head of the resided in tents but many buildings Nowadays, Stewart has a population wildlife viewing and sightseeing from Portland Canal is “Skam-A-Kounst”, were being constructed along the of approximately 500, with all the land and water. variously interpreted as “Safe House” waterfront. These buildings, like the amenities of a larger town, including or “Strong House”; possibly it may road, all stood on pilings above the have formed a place of retreat for water. Remains of these structures, the Nisga’a as the fierce Haida raided the pilings, are still visible on both the D id You Know? their villages when inter-tribal wars Stewart and Hyder tide flats. broke out. Stewart is “Canada’s most northerly, ice-free port” Mineral exploration and development Mt. Rainey is the highest mountain in Canada, rising from the sea to 5,700 feet Before European settlers arrived which has taken place in the in the area, First Nations from the surrounding mountains and valleys The Portland Canal is the fourth longest fjord in the world nearby Nass Valley would travel to since the early years of the 20th the area to hunt. However, the First century, has been the mainstay of Salmon Glacier is the world’s largest road accessible glacier Nations population remained nomadic both communities. At one time there Stewart and Hyder had a population of 10,000 in the 1920’s and did not permanently settle in were more than 150 properties being Stewart. worked in both Alaska and BC. The There are 72 snow avalanche paths between Meziadin Junction and Stewart Kermode bears are often seen in the area Stewart has six major motion pictures to its credit including; • Bear Island, starring Donald Sutherland, Lloyd Bridges and Vanessa Redgrave (1979) • The Thing, starring Kurt Russell (1982) • Iceman, starring Timothy Hutton and John Lone (1984) • Leaving Normal, starring Meg Tilley, Christine Lahti and Barbara Russell (1992) • Insomnia, starring Robin Williams, Al Pacino and Hilary Swank (2002) • Eight Below, starring Paul Walker (2005) • Please visit the Museum for more information regarding these films Other recreational opportunities In the Stewart/Hyder area Trails Titan Trail (USFS) United Empire Trail (RSTBC) Sluice Box (RSTBC) American Creek (RSTBC) Ore Mountain (RSTBC) Rainey Creek (Dist. of Stewart) The RSTBC maintains a small campground at Clements Lake, 13 km North of Stewart, on Highway 37A. There are also a number of privately operated campgrounds in both communities. Check locally for details and for the new Recreational Opportunites in Stewart, BC / Hyder, Alaska map. - 06 - Highway #37 Highway 37, also know as the Stewart Cassiar Highway, is one of the main routes to and from the Yukon and Alaska. The turnoff to Highway 37A or the Glacier Highway is located at Meziadin Junction, 156km (97 miles) from the southern junction of Highway 37 and Highway 16 in Kitwanga, BC. For more information visit www.stewartcassiarhighway.com. Highway #37A The Glacier Highway is a 65km (40 mile) paved drive, running southwest to Stewart and the head of the Portland Canal. This route takes you past over 20 glacier formations overlooking the highway including Bear Glacier, a must see for every visitor. Wildlife is abundant in the region with bears, moose, fox, porcupine and mountain goats all frequenting the area. Granduc and the Salmon Glacier Road The Granduc (Salmon Glacier) Road In 1964, Newmont began it’s was completed in 1965, from the development and it was decided a Premier area, to the Granduc Mine 17 km (11 mile) tunnel had to be site located 40 km (25 miles) north- driven under the mountain ridges northwest of Stewart.
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