Number 5 - "Hali-bus From Hyder"

To get an acurate picture of the setting of this great little find, you can visit Top Favorites # 10 and 6. Hyder Alaska is at the southern most tip of the state and is only accessible on a road along Portland Canal from Stewart, BC. It is Hyder where the Fish Creek Bear Watching Deck is located and the breath taking Salmon Glacier. Known as the "Friendliest Ghosttown in North America, unlike quaint, Stewart, BC, Hyder is not a pretty little community.
It is a mud bog of a small town, getting an average rainfall of 41 inches. But on the back street of this two horse village we found the most wonderful deep fried Halibut one can imagine. The couple who own it converted a bus into the kitchen and built a rustic room on the back to eat. The husband catches the seafood during the day and the wife cooks it. In the back room there are hometown items like essays for bear stories, and bear prints made into plaster models. The guestbook leaves a place for comments. People from all over the world had left their impressions. This was not surprising because you drive right by on the way to the bear viewing deck. One lady from England wrote, "Fish and Chips are our national food but yours is better than anything I've ever tasted in England!"