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Dawson Creek
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Arrive in
DAWSON CREEK
(pop. 11,500) late and leave early: except for a small museum next to the town's eye-catching red grain hopper, and the obligatory photograph of the cairn marking
Mile Zero
of the Alaska Hwy, there's almost nothing to do here for most casual visitors except eat and sleep. Contact the
infocentre
at the museum, 900 Alaska Ave (daily 9am-6pm, longer hours in summer; tel 782-9595,
dctourin@pris.bc.ca
), for details of the
motels
- there are several, mostly concentrated on the Alaska Hwy northeast of town. One of the nicer places is the
Trail Inn
, 1748 Alaska Ave (tel 782-8595 or 1-800/663-2749,
www.trailinn.com
; $60-80), with views of countryside rather than tarmac. None of the local
campsites
and RV parks are places you'd want to linger, but the most attractive is the
Mile 0 RV Park and Campground
(tel 782-2590; $10-15; May to mid-Sept), about a kilometre west of the town centre at the junction of Hwy 97 North and Hwy 97 South opposite 20th Street on the Alaska Hwy.
For something to
eat
, call at the excellent
Alaska CafAŠ
on 10th Street, an attractive old wooden building completely at odds with the rest of the town. The food and ambience are good - though prices aren't the cheapest - and the bar's not bad either. Other useful information
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