Water’s Edge Campground Dease Lake, BC, Canada
Mileage: 47,790
We stayed at Boya Lake for a while this morning to enjoy our breakfast and discuss our options.
We had the company of this gray jay. I am quite sure he was looking for breakfast too!
We made our way south on the Cassiar Highway. The Cassiar Mountains were picturesque, swathed in thick stands of spruce with rocky, ragged peaks. All along the road were sparkling rivers, lakes, ponds, and creeks.
We stopped at Jade City. This store actually operates a jade mine. There are several mines here in the mountains. Each year they mine 1,000,000 pounds of jade. It comes out of the ground in big huge boulders. Then the jade is cut and polished for statues or jewelry.
Old truck.
While we were riding today, we saw lots of signs warning of moose but we saw no sign of actual moose at all.
Once we had driven through the mountain range, the road followed the contours of Dease Lake. This large beautiful lake is about 35 miles long. It was mirror still and glittering like a jewel in the sunlight.
We stopped for the night at the Water’s Edge Campground. We have a lakeside spot. We hiked down the steep bank to the water’s edge…such a pretty place.
We found these moose tracks by a small pond.
We walked along the gravel beach and sat on big rocks for a while…just taking it in. As we were returning there stood a moose in the lake. She was about 100 yards away. She saw us and walked back into the woods.
We could see where she had crossed the rocks…she left a wet path behind. That’s as close as I need to get to a real moose!
The sky is a little hazier on the other side of the lake. This is the result of a nearby wildfire. We had planned to take Telegraph Creek Road tomorrow, another gravel road side trip. The road is closed and the town there has been evacuated. We read online that the fire has destroyed homes and businesses in Telegraph Creek.
Another reminder that the wilderness up here is nothing to be taken lightly…it can be dangerous…even in the summertime.
Our evening spot. We haven’t gotten to watch a sunset in a long time. The sun is going down earlier now.
