Drove today from Sikanni Chief to Tetsa River. Very heavily forested area in bright sunshine and a bit cool. We passed through Fort Nelson which was the original Mile Zero as the highway branched here to the north. We drove one portion on the way to Fort Nelson that was very straight and had 132 curves engineered out of the highway near Adsette Creek. And just before Fort Nelson a sulphur gas pipeline crossed the highway overhead. Three rivers flow into Fort Nelson: the Muskwa, the Prophet and the Sikanni Chief and they in turn flow into the Liard which flows into the Mackenzie and then into the Arctic Ocean. Fort Nelson was linked to the outside in 1942 by the Alaska Highway. Before that the only means of transportation was those rivers.
The highway turns west and climbs to the highest point on the Alaska Highway at Summit Lake which is just west of Tetsa River where we spent the night. Gail was a terrific host and Ben makes magnificent bread: notably sourdough rye with caraway seeds. Once again, the only tent in the campground.