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Dease Lake is a small community on the Cassiar Highway. It has a complete range of visitor services including a store, post office, gas, restaurants, hotels, RV park, BC Forest Service office and highway maintenance
camp.
History
Dease Lake is not a newcomer as towns go. A Hudson Bay
Company Trading Post was first established here in approximately
1839 but was soon abandoned. The town got its name from the chief
factor of the Hudson Bay Company, Peter Dease. Dease Lake again
became a center of activity when the Cassiar gold rush erupted
in 1872. In 1875 a trail was cut from Telegraph Creek on the Stikine
River and this later became the Telegraph Creek Road. In 1941 Dease
Lake was a transportation hub for supplies headed for the troops
that were building the Alaska Highway. Dease Lake is also one of
the world's largest Jade producers in the world.
Information/Emergency
Dease
Lake Tourist Info Center 771-3900.
Dease Lake.net - The site designed to help those moving to, or traveling through Dease Lake BC.
Emergency: RCMP 771-4111; Fire 771-2222; Ambulance 771-3333. Stikine Health Center 771-4444.
Accommodations
Northway
Motor Inn; 250-771-5341.
clean spacious rooms, kitchenettes available. Country Kitchen Restaurant.
Camping
Dease River Crossing Campground, a scenic campground where the Cassiar Highway crosses the Dease River. Wilderness camping, canoeing, fishing, hunting, wildlife.
Things To do
Dease Lake is becoming a center for wilderness adventure travel and several hunting guides are headquartered here.
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