The return to the United States from Canada at International Falls, Minnesota, brought me through the Lake of the Woods, a very scenic drive close to the Great Lakes. I camped a few nights at Voyageurs National Park, a park dedicated to the life of French and Indian fur traders of two hundred years ago. […]
In last week’s post, I chronicled my trip on the Alaskan Marine Highway System, a “highway” on the waters of the Inside Passage. This week, I write about my experiences on the Alaskan Highway. The “Alaskan Highway,” like Route 66, today comprises a series of numbered land roads–British Columbia 97, Yukon 1, and Alaska 2– […]
This post is titled “The Road to Alaska…on the Alaska Marine Highway System.” However bizarre this may appear, the name of the ferry service reflects the course through the Inside Passage and its use, for all intents and purposes, as a Marine Highway. And all along, I thought it was just a poor man’s cruise! […]