Last Stop Before USA Summer 2025!

We arrived in Boston Bar British Columbia on 16 September 2025. It was a long drive from Prince George, so we planned to take a day to see the local tourist attraction and then a day to rest before our final leg back to the US. We never know how long it might take at the border.

We went to the tourist attraction, Hell's Gate, which was about 10km from our campground. It's a nice way to see Fraser River Canyon and learn about the gold mining and building of the railroad back in the 1880's. One thing Anita was surprised by is how many Chinese migrants worked on the railroad back then. It was really slave labor with the Chinese being paid $1 per day while the Canadians and Americans were paid $2.50 per day.

Boston Bar itself isn't much at all today. Back when the gold rush was on, it was a bustling town with an aerial ferry and a few essential businesses, but today it's flirting with ghost town resemblance with many abandoned homes and businesses and the businesses that are still open being run by elderly proprietors. After Hell's Gate, we stopped in Boston Bar to see a storyboard display called Francis Harrington Park. The display has many photos and anecdotes about Boston Bar. It was interesting, but seemed to need a little TLC.

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

That sign shows the water level May 25 1948

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

This shows how much the water rose on May 25 1948

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Government residences seen on our tram ride down...

Hell's Gate - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Francis Harrington Park - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Francis Harrington Park - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Francis Harrington Park - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Francis Harrington Park - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Francis Harrington Park - Boston Bar BC - 17 September 2025

Tonight (18 September 2025) we're not sure what we'll have for dinner. We will see what our campground owner is cooking. She makes a meal every evening and campers are welcome to join her for dinner. She explained that it's not a restaurant where you get a menu and get to pick. You can have what she's cooked or pass on it. So, we'll either have what she's cooked or leftover chili.

Tomorrow we have under 200 miles to Marblemount Washington. Anita desperately needs a hair appointment and Steve needs his prescription filled, so it'll be nice to be back in the lower 48.