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There are two ways to make the 735-kilometre journey west from Prince George to Prince Rupert : using Hwy 16 or the parallel VIA Rail railway, neither of them terribly scenic by BC standards until they reach the glorious river and mountain landscapes of the Skeena Valley 150km before Prince Rupert. Most people make this trip as a link in a much longer journey, either to to pick up ferries north to Alaska or south to Port Hardy on Vancouver Island, or to pick up the start of the Cassiar Hwy, a rough wilderness road that cuts north from the Skeena Valley to meet the Alaska Hwy at Watson Lake over the Yukon border. Unless you fly, it's also the only way to reach the Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte Islands, accessible by ferry or plane from Prince Rupert. The best place to pause during the journey is near Hazelton , where you can visit a little cluster of aboriginal villages .
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