Prince Rupert to Burns Lake, BC Part 2 (7/18/2017)

Tuesday, July 18, 2017 (continued)
A detour on BC-62 into Old Hazelton, BC.

'Ksan Historical Village with the clan houses in a line facing the river
as was the tradition of the Gitxsan First Nations people (KSS)

'Ksan Historical Village clan house used as a studio, and totems

Fireweed clan house

Frog clan house

An animal carving with a killer whale fin
(distinguished by a hole in the dorsal fin) (KSS)

'Ksan Historical Village view of Bulkley River, below the canyon

St Peter's Anglican Church (1889) in Old Hazelton

War Memorial

Hudson Bay Company Factor's House (1921, in Craftsman style)

SS Hazelton paddlewheeler (1900, operated 1901-1912,
then used as clubhouse of Prince Rupert Yacht Club)

SS Hazelton sternwheel (KSS)

Humbolt Steam Donkey (1900s),
a steam-powered winch used to haul logs

Cunningham House (c. 1910 as the mess house for riverboats)

Fire Bell (1910) at the Municipal Office (c. 1931)

We continued on BC-62.

Logging truck

Probably a Odocoileus hemionus/Mule deer

We had seen another deer, perhaps a lynx, and a couple of black bears today.

Totems in Kispiox, another First Nations village

United Church of Canada (established
1895, church built 1949) in Kispiox, BC

Back to Yellowhead Highway/TC-16 E.

Moricetown Canyon and Falls, with fish ladders (KSS)

A detour on Lake Kathlyn Loop Road and Glacier Gulch Road to Twin Falls recreation Site.

A view into the sun of Twin Falls, with a robust twin and weaker twin

Back to Yellowhead Highway.TC-16.

The 2 m/7' Alpenhorn Man (2016, by Joerg Jung,
replacing a 1973 version called Alpine Al) in Smithers, BC

Smithers, BC is known for its Alpine-themed Main Street

World's largest fly fishing rod (1990,
at 18.3 m/60') in Houston, BC
(a Roadside America attraction)

Houston, BC is the Steelhead Fishing Capital of Canada. The fly on the line of the world's largest fly fishing rod is supposed to be a 53 cm/21" fluorescent "Skykomish Sunrise."

Steelhead Fountain (1992, by Frank Eberman)

We arrived in Burns Lake, BC to stay at the First Nations-owned Key-oh Lodge.

Key-oh Lodge (2017)

Key-oh Lodge room

In checking the internet and speaking with the hotel staff and other visitors, we determined that the wildfires in central British Columbia were going to prevent us from continuing with our planned itinerary.
In Prince George we were supposed to take Highway 97, and that was closed. Our next hotel stop was in 100 Mile House, an area that had to evacuate. Farther east, Highway 5 could take us south, but that was closed all around Kamloops. We were not going to take any gravel side roads, so the only other option was to continue on Yellowhead Highway/TC-16 east into Alberta.
We had planned on going to Vancouver via Whistler, then to Bellingham and Seattle, WA. From there we would head home through Idaho and Montana, North Dakota, etc.
Although we would miss seeing Jan & Kirby again, and miss some new territory for us, we decided that if we had to go that far east, we might as well head home.
We had to cancel seven hotel reservations, and make some new ones. And we had to deliver the sad news to Jan & Kirby.