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No trip down the Alaska Highway would be complete without a stop at Watson Lake and its famous "Signpost Forest". Watson Lake was created as a construction camp during the building of the Alaska Highway. In 1942, a simple signpost pointing out the distances to various points along the tote road was damaged by a bulldozer. Private Carl Lindley was ordered to repair the sign, and decided to personalize the job by adding a sign pointing towards his home town, Danville, Illinois, and giving the distance to it. Several other people added directions to their home towns, and the idea has been snowballing ever since. Today there are over 70,000 signs in the "Signpost Forest". The town adds new posts as necessary.
Dorcas had previously carved our message into a cedar shake we had liberated from a construction site. Sign spaces within easy reach were non-existent. I leaned a timber against a post and tacked our sign up at about the 9-foot level. I hope we can find it if we ever go back!
No trip down the Alaska Highway would be complete without a stop at Watson Lake and its famous "Signpost Forest". Watson Lake was created as a construction camp during the building of the Alaska Highway. In 1942, a simple signpost pointing out the distances to various points along the tote road was damaged by a bulldozer. Private Carl Lindley was ordered to repair the sign, and decided to personalize the job by adding a sign pointing towards his home town, Danville, Illinois, and giving the distance to it. Several other people added directions to their home towns, and the idea has been snowballing ever since. Today there are over 70,000 signs in the "Signpost Forest". The town adds new posts as necessary.
Dorcas had previously carved our message into a cedar shake we had liberated from a construction site. Sign spaces within easy reach were non-existent. I leaned a timber against a post and tacked our sign up at about the 9-foot level. I hope we can find it if we ever go back!
We had read about The Northern Lights Centre and thought it might be interesting and fun. It was both. The main feature was a cool 3-D like video animating space travel and Canada's participation in the International Space Station, projected on a domed screen. It was like being at Disney. The second video presentation showcased the beautiful dancing northern lights.
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I would have liked to have seen a picture of Myron climbing the post.
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