24 August 2018. Nass Road, BC
We had been told about a little side trip to Nass Valley near the south end of the Cassier. We decided to try it out as our last “touristing” before we seriously started the drive home. The side trip starts on Nass Forest Service Road – narrow, winding, dirt, 40 miles. Lots of trees just starting to turn fall colors. We actually startled a mountain lion on the road (as well as a small black bear). It was a fairly peaceful drive. There were plenty of side roads that were probably used for hunting, but we did not have time to explore them.
At the end of the dirt road was a First Nation area (Nisga’s). There were also lava beds from volcanic action (Canada’s most recent eruption in 1750). We stopped at the town of Gitwinksihlkw and saw a modern (i.e., metal and not wooden) fish wheel at work and played a bit on their suspension bridge.
The road south was still windy, but paved and with views of wooded lakes as we headed down to find how the fires were burning along the highways home.
