Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - We left Watson Lake promptly at 9:30 and on our drive to Teslin, we saw our first caribou…what a beautiful animal. We stopped at the Continental Divide which divides 2 of the largest drainage systems in North America (water draining west from this point continue northwest to the Bering Sea, water draining to the east continue northward and empty into the Arctic Ocean), for a quick break. We went over the Nisutlin Bay Bridge, longest water span on the Alaska Highway at 1,917 feet and arrived in Teslin around 1:30. Situated on the confluence of the Nisutlin River and Teslin Lake, Teslin began as a trading post in 1903. Teslin has one of the largest Native populations in Yukon Territory and Teslin Lake is famous for its lake trout fishing.
We set up, went to the restaurant there for lunch. Then went to the wildlife museum…beautifully done, the gallery and gift shop. We bought a few things, an owl made out of Bison horn, a hand painted caribou ornament and yes another pin for my vest. We then got Kula and went for a long nice walk by the river and under the bridge. Later that afternoon, Jack, one of our fellow travelers asked us if we wanted to join him for a drive to the top of a nearby mountain that overlooks the lake, the bridge, the valley and town of Teslin. View was amazing. We came back to the motorhome and ended the night watching a DVD on Alaska that we brought with us.
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