"We just happened upon Hyder" Hyder by arkryger

Hyder Travel Guide: 29 reviews and 72 photos

North to Alaska

After our last Parent's Week-end at USAFA where our daughter goes-my husband and i decided to just go up into Canada-had a few weeks off-saw many beautiful sites-and then one afternoon-looking at the map-I found a road that would take us right over the lower border and into Alaska-didn't have enough time to see and explore any other part by ferry-so we headed by glaciers,talked with a very old knowledgable info station man out of his cabin-and made it there before dusk. He said if we were lucky, the bears were in for the salmon at the Ranger lookout there.

We found the Bears!

The baby one catches his dinner!

We explored the town of Stewart ,B.C.and found a hotel and then on we proceded to cross over into Hyder, Alaska and on down the road to find the Bears-WOW-all sizes-esp loved the little one crossing the road-and they were all in the water under the bridge catching their dinner. We stood on the bridge in the misty ev. and took lots of pics and couldn't believe our eyes and excitement seeing them there so close to us. The Rangers kept it safe and made sure the bears crossed the road and went in the water under the bridge we stood on. By dark we were ready to find a good dinner in town!

More pics of the bears!

The little one gets a good look at us above!

After a good night at the King Edward Hotel in Stewart and a wonderful Salmon dinner at a little restaurant nearby-will give details later-early morn-little rainy mist again-we headed back for another look at the bears-this time the Eagle was perched up above waiting for his chance too. A little shopping,mailing of postcards, and we began our journey back across B.C heading towards Wash. State approaching Sept. 11-a day we will all remember where we were ~~~

Pros and Cons

Pros:Go in Sept. and have great fun with the bears
Cons:Food and Sleep right over the border in Stewart-not bad
In a nutshell:An isolated sleepy town you think from the 60's-one way in and out!

Last visit to Hyder: Sep 2001
Intro Updated Feb 27, 2004
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The wonder of glaciers Things to Do (3)

The drive into Stewart and Hyder is fantastic-like being in another world! The glaciers and Mt. views are beautiful. more travel advice

Watching the Bears Things to Do (3)

As we approached the Ranger area early one morn. we had many bears around getting ready to go chase for salmon-but this... more travel advice

Eagle gets his share of salmon too - Hyder

Bear Watching and eagles Things to Do (3)

Of course the Bears are what visitors come for-when they're running the Salmon-we were there in Sept. Many bald eagles... more travel advice

Nice overnight in Stewart Hotels (1)

It was very pleasant and adequate-breakfast was good in the restaurant with the hotel. Nice views of the Mts. from the... more travel advice

Restaurants (1)
The best SAlmon ever!

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matcrazy1 Jun 30, 2008 at 8:56 AM

Gr8 page and off the beaten path destination. I hope to get there in August.
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scottishvisitor Feb 8, 2005 at 2:42 PM

Alaska - I love these pages - must go!!