Republic of Alberta, Part III

[notyoueither]

Let me put it this way. You do not get to that sliver of BC East of the Rockies without going through Alberta. Might be why they sometimes grumble about 'breaking off' and joining Alberta.

[Ben Kenobi]

Sonny, that gray ain't the Alaska Highway.

Read the tiny black lettering that says

"Mile Zero"

Near Dawson Creek.

[notyoueither]

Right. And you can drive from Montana to Alaska without traversing Alberta.

OK. Sonny...

[Asher]

Originally posted by obiwan18
Sonny, that gray ain't the Alaska Highway.

Read the tiny black lettering that says

"Mile Zero"

Near Dawson Creek.

But there's no major highway from Dawson Creek down to the US. That major highway is through Alberta.

[Ben Kenobi]

You can get to Dawson Creek in BC.

Here's what you do.

Drive to Vancouver,

Take Highway 99 all the way to PG, my hometown.

There is another Highway called the John Hart Highway that connects Prince George with Dawson Creek.

No need to touch Alberta.

[The Mad Monk]

Originally posted by obiwan18
Mad Monk:

Read the entire article.

Yes, 1977, but you denied something like this ever happened.

IF you don't like the source, find a better one that does verify your claim. Good luck.

Where precisly did I deny it? The way Che phrased it, it came off as some kind of environmental disaster that left nearly half the Island sterile.

[notyoueither]

Sure. If you want to drive with a mountain goat as your navigator over goat trails for a thousand miles.

If you want to get to Dawson Creek quickly, you'll head North to Edmoton, then vector towards Dawson Creek. 365 days of the year. Might be why Northern Alberta derived most of the benefit of building it. We could get there.

[Ben Kenobi]

A source to confirm

http://home.gci.net/~mbaston/highway.html

[Asher]

Originally posted by obiwan18
A source to confirm

http://home.gci.net/~mbaston/highway.html

This is why they prefer the "straight and narrow" route through Alberta:


Who would want to drive that?

[Ben Kenobi]

Sure. If you want to drive with a mountain goat as your navigator over goat trails for a thousand miles.

If you want to get to Dawson Creek quickly, you'll head North to Edmoton, then vector towards Dawson Creek. 365 days of the year. Might be why Northern Alberta derived most of the benefit of building it. We could get there.

Have you driven the route, NYE?

[Ben Kenobi]

http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/bchighways/maps/bcmaps.htm

For an actual map, not a poor ariel picture of the river, not the highway.

See the highway between PG in the centre of BC to Dawson creek in the East.

Granted the route may not be as flat as the Albertan route, but that's what happens when you have to cross the Rockies.

Most people driving the Alaska Highway are looking for an experience they will remember, not a walk in the park.

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by Asher


This is why they prefer the "straight and narrow" route through Alberta:


Who would want to drive that?

What's the matter? You can't drive in a straight line?

[Asher]

The main concern of the route is for semis, nobody really cares how tourists get there.

And the semis don't take rinky-dink BC small highways through the rockies...

[Asher]

Originally posted by Tingkai
What's the matter? You can't drive in a straight line?

You see them mountains, Tingkai? You know, the ones the road is heading towards?

Also take note of how thin the road is.

[The Mad Monk]

Asher, I hate to say it, but that really curly line is a river.