Watson Lake Sign Post Forest

Watson Lake Sign Post Forest

This was day 18 of our Alaska on a Budget trip. We left Liard Hot Springs and went to Watson Lake Sign Post Forest. Just behind the sign post forest is a visitor center. They had tons of information about Watson Lake as well as other places. The other wonderful thing is that in parts of the building they have Wi-Fi. Although we had phones that work, we didn't have much Wi-Fi. We were able to catch up on comments, check email and texts, and just use our phones for a few minutes before visiting the Watson Lake Sign Post Forest. (Important note: Without a satellite phone, you often will not have much service in Canada or Alaska.)

At the visitor center, we asked if the town has a dump station. ThOe person working told us that they do and the cost is $20. Sharon said, "Twenty dollars?" The person then asked if we were going to White Horse, and when we said yes, she told us they have a free dump station. With two questions, we saved $20. We also asked if anywhere has water. She told us that a gas station across the street has water for $5, but down the road a bit is a gas station that has free water with a fill up. Five dollars more saved. That evening we pulled into a campground. The sites were $20. We drove just down the road and saw a wonderful free pullout that was level and beautiful. That day we saved $45.

Okay, Watson Lake Sign Post Forest is probably a place like none you've ever seen. In 1942 a homesick GI who was recovering from an injury was on light duty. The commanding officer told him to erect a directional sign post. When he had done that, he also posted a sign for his hometown Danville, IL and the mileage to their. People began adding signs. Today there are over 77,000 signs. Lots of people worldwide make signs and bring their signs to post in the forest. The equipment in the forest is from World War II when soldiers were building the Alcan (the Alaskan/Canadian Hwy).

As a sidenote, TX is well represented. It's amazing that any signs are still up with town information because we saw scores of them in Watson Lake Sign Post Forest: "Entering Granbury TX." Many other town signs were there as well.

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