At Watson Lake we went to the Sign Post Forest which as you can see is made up of thousands of signs with names, hometowns, dates, all mounted on posts and made from anything and everything. There were wood signs, plates, cookie sheets, antlers, even shoes posted with whatever information you would like to post. Our group posted a wooden sign with all our names and the year. The Sign Post Forest was started by a lonely soldier in the 1940’s who was working on the highway. He posted a wooden sign with his name and hometown but through the years the original sign had disintegrated due to weather. This soldier returned 50 years later with his family and posted another which was framed and hanging in the information office of the forest. Last count as of September of 2013 was 78,336 signs. We also visited the Northern Lights Center and viewed a film which was shown in a building similar to an observatory about the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis). The Northern Lights can be viewed from Watson Lake in the fall.
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