Adventure Guide Alaska HighwayHunter Publishing, Inc, 2006 - 496 páginas The most detailed, up-to-date guide to traveling the highway, from BC through the Yukon and Alaska to Prudhoe Bay. Fairbanks, Anchorage, Dawson City, Skagway, Denali National Park, Valdez--these are just some of the destinations covered. Also included are details on alternate highways, such as the Stewart-Cassiar, the Yellowhead, Top-of-the-World, the Richardson and Glenn Highways. The authors talk about where to find wildlife and how to get the best photos; they share their knowledge about the most coveted camping areas; they tell you which historic sites you should take in. An entire chapter is dedicated to the Alaska Marine Highway, a ferry service that serves as a lifeline to Alaska's coastal towns. 30+ maps, color photos. |
Índice
Prince Rupert | 240 |
The StewartCassiar Highway | 245 |
StewartHyder | 249 |
The Cassiar continued | 252 |
The Cassiar continued | 261 |
ROADS TO SKAGWAY | 263 |
The Tagish Road | 264 |
Skagway | 266 |
PRACTICALITIES | 61 |
Tourist Information | 62 |
Shopping | 63 |
Photography | 65 |
Accommodations | 67 |
Transportation | 71 |
Getting Off the Road | 74 |
Health | 81 |
One Highway Two Countries | 83 |
Recommended Outfitters | 86 |
The Beauty of the Wild | 87 |
THE HISTORY OF THE HIGHWAY | 89 |
APPROACHES TO THE HIGHWAY | 97 |
The Eastern Approach | 120 |
On to the Parks | 126 |
THE ALASKA HIGHWAY | 147 |
Dawson Creek to Fort St John | 150 |
Fort St John | 152 |
Fort St John to Fort Nelson | 153 |
Fort Nelson | 155 |
Fort Nelson to Muncho Lake | 157 |
Muncho Lake | 160 |
Muncho Lake to Watson Lake | 162 |
Watson Lake | 165 |
Watson Lake to Teslin | 167 |
Teslin | 168 |
Teslin to Whitehorse | 170 |
Whitehorse | 171 |
Whitehorse to Haines Junction | 183 |
Haines Junction | 187 |
Kluane National Park | 188 |
Kluane Park to the Alaska Border | 192 |
Alaska Border to Tok | 198 |
Tok | 202 |
Tok to Delta Junction | 207 |
Delta Junction | 208 |
Delta Junction to Fairbanks | 211 |
Fairbanks | 213 |
THE YELLOWHEAD STEWARTCASSIAR HIGHWAYS | 233 |
THE HAINES HIGHWAY | 285 |
TatshenshiniAlsek Wilderness | 286 |
Haines | 288 |
DAWSON CITY THE DEMSTER HIGHWAY TO INUVIK | 299 |
Eastern Roads to Dawson City | 300 |
The Western Road to Dawson City | 308 |
Dawson City | 313 |
The Dempster Highway | 321 |
Inuvik | 325 |
TOK CUTOFF TO ANCHORAGE | 329 |
Palmer | 334 |
Chugach State Park | 336 |
THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY TO VALDEZ | 337 |
The Richardson Highway | 340 |
The Edgerton Highway McCarthy Road | 342 |
The Richardson continued | 347 |
Valdez | 349 |
NORTH FROM FAIRBANKS | 365 |
The Dalton Highway | 366 |
The Steese Highway | 369 |
The Elliott Highway | 372 |
The Dalton Highway | 373 |
DENALI PARK THE GEORGE PARKS HIGHWAY | 381 |
The Denali Outskirts | 384 |
Denali National Park | 387 |
The George Parks Highway to the Glenn Highway Junction | 400 |
ANCHORAGE | 409 |
SOUTH OF ANCHORAGE | 427 |
Whittier Prince William Sound | 434 |
Farther Down the Kenai | 439 |
Seward | 441 |
The Sterling Highway | 451 |
Homer | 459 |
THE ALASKA MARINE HIGHWAY | 471 |
Ferry Technicalities | 474 |
APPENDIX | 479 |
INDEX | 483 |
Términos y frases comunes
Alaska Highway Anchorage animals Arctic Banff bear birds boat cabins camp Campground campsites Canada canoe Canyon caribou Dawson City Delta Junction Dempster Highway Denali dogs downtown drive Eagle Fairbanks feet ferry fish forest George Parks Highway Glacier gold rush Haines Haines Highway head hike Hot Springs Info Centre Junction kayak Kenai Klondike Kluane Lake land Lodge look Mile miners moose mountain museum musk ox Nenana nice pipeline pretty Prices Prince Prince William Sound Provincial Park restaurant Richardson Highway River road route RV Park salmon scenery Seward Seward Highway ship Skagway spot stay Stewart-Cassiar Highways Stikine stop summer tent There's thing Tlingit tour town trail trailhead trip Valdez views village Visitors Center walk watch Watson Lake whales Whitehorse wildlife winter Yellowhead Yukon
Pasajes populares
Página 45 - ... shot up near by; something rolled and tumbled like an earthquake beneath us. The whole crew were half suffocated as they were tossed helter-skelter into the white curdling cream of the squall. Squall, whale, and harpoon had all blended together; and the whale, merely grazed by the iron, escaped.
Página 32 - Again, remember that bothering animals is against state law, punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.