Northern B.C. Road Trip

Hello, friends! This summer, our family of five will be heading out on a two week long road trip from Surrey, B.C. north to Prince George and then taking the Great Northern Circle Route up to Watson Lake, Yukon and continuing down on the northwest taking in Telegraph Creek and Hyder, Alaska. This trip is over 4500 km in length and will be our longest road trip as a family.

{This was mapped on google maps but if you have a more user-friendly recommendation for tracking distances and times, I'd love to hear it!}

Before we get too far into our planning, I'd love to ask you for our feedback!  The awesome this about this blog is that almost 70% of my readers are from B.C. (with Alberta and Ontario coming in next).  You know this province and I'd love your tips on where to stay and what to see. Our goal is nature.  We want to see the beauty of this province and explore it with family-friendly hikes and activities.  

This is the tentative schedule and I'd love to hear your feedback on where to stay (hotel or camping), what hikes to do, and of course, any great places to eat! Also, most places are just one night but if you think we need longer, please indicate that as well.  Finally if there is a "must see" town that we missed, let me know.  We are open to adding days in the Yukon (Whitehorse and Kluane National Park which Gary and I have already done) but don't want to push our kids too far in regards to long drives as they need to move, move, move. Thank you in advance.

Day 1 and 2: Quesnel with day trip to Barkerville 
*Day 1 is driving up to Quesnel which is our longest drive*

Day 3: Hudson's Hope

Day 4: Fort St. John

Day 5: Fort Nelson

Day 6: Liard Hotsprings

Day 7: Watson Lake

Day 8 and 9: Dease Lake (with day trip to Telegraph Creek)

{Tweeting with Tourism Northern BC convinced us to do the side trip to Telegraph Creek}

Day 10: Stewart (with day trip to Hyder, Alaska)

Day 11 and 12: Smithers

Day 13: Prince George

Day 14 and 15: Williams Lake

Day 16: Surrey (Home sweet home!)

The shortest trip is just over an hour and the longer days are up to eight hours of travel.  Gary and I did do this route with an additional section through Alaska almost eleven years ago.  Our highlights in B.C. were Liard Hotsprings and Boya Lake Provincial Park so we will be sure to stop there.

I'm looking forward to your feedback and then sharing our journey with you!

Love,
Louise
#ChapmansTravelNorthernBC (also taking hashtag recommendations!)