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Arrive in DAWSON CREEK (pop. 11,500) late and leave early: except
for a small museum next to the town's eye-catching red grain hopper, and
the obligatory photograph of the cairn marking Mile Zero of the Alaska
Hwy, there's almost nothing to do here for most casual visitors except
eat and sleep. Contact the infocentre at the museum, 900 Alaska Ave (daily
9am-6pm, longer hours in summer; tel 782-9595, dctourin@pris.bc.ca ),
for details of the motels - there are several, mostly concentrated on
the Alaska Hwy northeast of town. One of the nicer places is the Trail
Inn , 1748 Alaska Ave (tel 782-8595 or 1-800/663-2749, www.trailinn.com
; $60-80), with views of countryside rather than tarmac. None of the
local campsites and RV parks are places you'd want to linger, but the
most attractive is the Mile 0 RV Park and Campground (tel 782-2590;
$10-15; May to mid-Sept), about a kilometre west of the town centre at
the junction of Hwy 97 North and Hwy 97 South opposite 20th Street on
the Alaska Hwy.
For something to eat , call at the excellent Alaska Café on 10th Street,
an attractive old wooden building completely at odds with the rest of
the town. The food and ambience are good - though prices aren't the
cheapest - and the bar's not bad either.
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