It takes 26 hours by greyhound to get from Vancouver to Prince Rupert, the lauchpoint for Alaskan ferrie rides and the Haida Gwaii. I've another 8 hour ferrie ahead of me, and find myself waiting for another 5 hours or so in the "rainiest city in Canada". Not bad here, old enough to have a real downtown, and popular enough to not be gutted by superstores. The best part of the trip was along the Skeena river from Terrace to PR. Collasal water falls dive from mossy granite cliffs capped by misty gaciers, down into the wide muddy waters of the Skeena. There's actually old growth here, as you can see with all the dead standing trees, unlike the logged disgrace that was the rest of BC. What's with the Scandinavian flags in Prince Rupert? Well, apparently they built this city... coincidence! Everywhere I go in Canada, the swedes manifest themselves in one way or another
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