08/25/19 - Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada

Heading on to Watson Lake. Watson Lake was an important point during construction of the Alaska Highway in 1942. The airport was one of the major refueling stops along the Northwest Staging Route.

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Watson Lake Sign Post Forest was started by a homesick GI in 1942. A commanding officer asked him to repair the erect the directional signposts. While completing the job, he added a sign that indicated the direction and mileage to his hometown of Danville, Illinois. Others followed suit. They say there are over 77,000 signs. No, we did not add a sign.

The Watson Lake Visitor Center is right beside the sign post forest inside the Rec Center. There is area information and displays. They gave us a paper showing the services and attractions between Watson Lake and Fort Nelson. She told us that we should see a lot of animals along this way, especially bison.

We stopped at Allen's Lookout for the evening. This is a large gravel parking area.

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