Despite its name, this RV park is not set along a river, at least that we ever saw. We were in and out of this place pretty quickly. Previously in our journey, we ran into some friendly folks that said, "You have to get to Hyder!" After talking to them at lengths, we decided to re-route our itinerary and squeezed in a night near Hyder. Hyder, Alaska has a populuation of around 50 people, so camping there is only available at one place that we saw. This tiny town has TONS of stuff to do including visting Salmon Glacier, eating at the Seafood Express (a MUST) and visiting the US Forest Service's Fish Creek Wildlife Observation Site where you can observe bears feeding on salmon from a platform above the river and at very close proximity! Bear River RV Park is in Stewart, which is the Canadian sister town to US's Hyder. The towns literally border each other
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