Make Dawson Creek your home for a few days and explore the area! Within a two hour
driving radius, you can hunt for dinosaurs, view chainsaw carvings, experience nature at
its best, see exotic and local species of wild animals, visit natural bird sanctuaries, learn our
history or tour one of the largest earth-filled dams in the world. Get your camera ready!
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Excursion 1: Rural Roads, Historic
Haunts & Colorful Critters
Time: leave 2pm - return by 9pm
Features: Historic Trestle, Museum, Bird
Sanctuary, Heritage Hotel and Pub, Game Farm
Before you start out, make reservations at
Sewell Game Farm for dinner and a tour
Your Itinerary:
… Drive
southeast on Highway 2, turn right off
Highway 2 at Road 215 (1km east of Wal-
Mart), left at
Road 206 (becomes Road 213).
Turn left on to Carling Road. Take a photo of
the restored 1930 train trestle (after the train
tracks that cross the road and on your right).
… Continue
east to Pouce Coupe. Visit the town
museum located in the 1930 railway station
building on 49th avenue. A stop further down
the street at the Hart Hotel will show you
charming 1928 period style decor and hand
carved life-sized statues.
… Leave Pouce Coupe and travel north
on
Highway 2 for (2km/1.2m), turn right at
the Rolla/Spirit River Road sign, travel
(4.4km/2.8m), watch for the road sign with the
binoculars, turn left to the parking lot for
McQueen's Slough. Stroll the boardwalk and
trails and view over 100 species of bird life.
… Exit from McQueen's Slough by turning left
(
north), stop at the historic Rolla Pub and view
heritage photos of the area.
… Continue
north for (26km/16m) to Rylette
Road (Road 226), turn right for Sewell Game
Farm. Go (2.4km/1.4m) for an exciting end to
your day.
Excursion 2: Outdoor Art,
Antiquity & Architecture
Time: leave 10am - return by 6pm
Features: Chainsaw Carvings, Dinosaur
Museum, Dams, Original Alaska Highway &
Historic Curved Bridge
Your Itinerary:
… Drive
Highway 97 South to the community of
Chetwynd (100km/60m). Take a walking
tour through the community and view 60 +
original chainsaw carvings.
… Leave Chetwynd, drive
Highway 29 to Hudson's
Hope (22km/14m). Stop at the museum, a
former Hudson's Bay Company store that is
chock-full of phenomenal dinosaur bones,
skeletons, tracks, and fossils. You can also
explore the rich Fur Trade, Pioneer and First
Nations histories.
A short jaunt will take you to the W.A.C.
Bennett Dam and Williston Lake. Take an
underground tour of the dam, watch a video on
its construction and peruse the interpretive
centre. Have a meal at the Look-Out cafe or
pack a lunch and picnic at the site by the lake.
Photo: J.F. Bergeron/Enviro Foto
Photo: J.F. Bergeron/Enviro Foto
Sewell Game Farm
Kinuseo Falls
Kinuseo Falls
Trips
Trips
Historic Hart Hotel
Historic Hart Hotel