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Telegraph Trail Hogsback (Vanderhoof)

• Rec Site #:REC5886
• Type:
• Fees:None
• Campsites:0
• Access:Trail
  
• Facilities:None

• Site Description:The 1865 Collins Overland Telegraph Line that was to link Europe and North America via the Bering Strait. In 1902 it became the Yukon Telegraph and the main pioneer route into the Nechako Valley. Length : 10 kms from the trailhead at Hogsback lake to Blackwater Road.

• Driving Directions:The trailhead is located at the Hogsback Lake Recreation Site. From the junction of Hwy 16 and the Blackwater Road located 6 km east of Vanderhoof, drive southeast 17 kms down the Blackwater Road. Turn off the Blackwater Road onto the Hogsback Road and drive 1.6 km to the site access road.

• Fire Bans and Restrictions:Link

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