Fish Creek Wildlife Observation Site

Raised bear-viewing boardwalk on the Hyder road, best during the late-summer salmon run.

Fish Creek is just north of Hyder, Alaska, but for most travellers it belongs to a Stewart day. A raised boardwalk looks over a salmon stream where black bears and brown bears may feed from mid-July into September.

The site is managed, ticketed in season, and far better than trying to watch bears from the roadside. Timing matters: outside the salmon run it can be a quiet creek in the woods, while on a good day it is one of the easiest road-accessible bear-viewing stops in the region.

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