I round a bend on Highway 29 just west of Fort St. John and a magnificent river valley opens up before me.
At the bottom of the winding road, farmers’ fields stretch as far as the eye can see along the banks of the mighty Peace River.
This is the same valley explorer Alexander Mackenzie paddled through in 1792, noting in his journal that the valley was so rich in wildlife that in some places it looked like a barnyard.
“Ninety per cent of the people who take that drive remember it for a lifetime,” says local rancher Leigh Summer.
Today, the highway (Read more…)