Kitsault & Alice Arm - ghost towns coming back to life

Author: [ xtremepeaks ]  Istvan Hernadi   Contact Author: xtremepeaksMon Apr 05 19:10:02 EDT 2010

The branches on a large cedar tree jerked suddenly. I stopped my bike and pulled out the pepper spray. Less than thirty meters away a grizzly bear was enjoying a good back-scratching on the coarse bark. I had been following him at a respectful distance for two kilometers as I rode the lonely back-road north of Terrace, in search of crumbling, century-old mining towns of this forgotten region of coastal British Columbia. ...

Read the story in Northword magazine, Aug 2010 issue. Alice Arm
Copyright 2009 by Istvan Hernadi


More info and photos at Flickr photo set and trails info on my adventures there: Dolly Varden mine trail. Site Meter




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