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ALCAN HIGHWAY
  VHS-806 · 30 minutes · 1975 ·$14.95   Also available on DVD-411

Historic 1942 film of the Army Engineers' construction of the Alcan Highway is featured in this trip with Lynden Transport Incorporated on the 1500-mile Alcan Highway from Dawson Creek to Fairbanks, with stops at Fort Nelson, Watson Lake, Contact Creek, Whitehorse, ghost town Kluane, Beaver Creek and Tetlin Junction.

Here's an excerpt from the program, by narrator Don McCune:

“The Alcan Highway is the miracle road hacked out of the wilderness as a military expedient between Dawson Creek and the Interior of Alaska, when the Japanese invaders held the islands in the Aleutian chain.  Faced with a land invasion through Alaska, the United States realized the need for an overland highway and a string of air bases to the arctic.  It was started in March, three months after Pearl Harbor.  The wilderness that up until then had been penetrated only by a few Indians or an occasional trapper, now resounded with the growl of crawler tractors and the roar of trucks.  The objective was to punch a road through 1400 miles of the most rugged terrain on the continent and to do it as quickly as possible.

Plunging northward with all the reckless determination of a bull moose, the Alaska Highway is a strong taskmaster, especially for those who tackle it driving an eighteen-wheel truck.  We'll ride along with them on a winter run over one of the most fascinating and dangerous highways in North America.

Fueled by pipeline fever, the rush was on to the far north slope with cargo pouring in from the lower 48 states, creating what was to be the biggest shipping project in history.”"

BACKPACKING THE OLYMPICS
VHS-101 · 50 minutes · 1975 · $19.95   Also available on DVD-201 (Backpacking)

An exciting 8-day trek across the Bailey Ridge in Washington's Olympic Mountains starts at Sol Duc Hot Springs, covering the same territory as Disney filmed in its 1930's Olympic Elk feature with Herb Crisler.  Crossing Low Divide, the party travels the route of the 1890 Press expedition.  The trail ends near Lake Quinault.

Here's an excerpt from the program, by narrator Don McCune:

"Bounded on the south by the lowlands of the Chehalis Valley, on the east by Hood Canal, on the North by the Strait of Jaun de Fuca, and on the West by the Pacific Ocean, Washington's Olympic Mountains stand alone, isolated from other ranges.  Dominated by the triple-crowned and glacier-clad Mount Olympus, its eastern flank parallels the upper Hoh River Canyon along a chain of peaks known as the Bailey Range, by which it is possible to cross the Olympics from north to south entirely in the high country."

BACKPACKING THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL
VHS-601 · 30 minutes · 1977 ·$14.95   Also available on DVD-201 (Backpacking)

Hikers marvel at the grandeur seen along the segment of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Canadian border to Washington's Steven's Pass Highway, named by Indians "Land of the Devil."  Crossing snowfields and shale, hikers find a spectacular wilderness experience and a not-too-difficult trail.

Here's an excerpt from the program, by narrator Don McCune:

"Leaving the Canadian border at Manning Park, the hikers enter the Pasayten Wilderness where they soon buckle down to the rigors of the trail.  Crossing Harts Pass on the third day, they stopped to set up another camp.  Looking back they will discover that happiness has something to do with simple things, which in the wilderness, is often cloaked in beauty.  From Hopkins Pass the Pacific Crest Trail switchbacks sharply above and west of the amphitheater contain Hopkins Lake to The Devil's Stairway."

BEAVER POND ECOLOGY
  VHS-204 · 30 minutes · 1978 ·$14.95   Also available on DVD-306 (Fish Ecology)

  Also available on DVD-307 (Fishing 1)

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Don McCune, a Washington State Fisheries biologist and a local sportswriter go fishing for cutthroat trout in an Olympic Peninsula beaver pond.  They study beaver habitat and ecology, and find that along with creating a habitat for itself, the beaver also enhances living conditions for other species of wildlife.

Originally aired under the KOMO title “Beaver Pond”.

BIG TIMBER
  VHS-801 · 30 MINUTES · 1971 ·$14.95   Also available on DVD-102 (Logging & Railroad History)

"Three-quarters of a century ago, the land where the town of Morton Washington now stands was a virgin forest with a few Indian trails along the banks of the rivers leading into the more open country of the Big Bottom.  The stand of timber was so heavy that pioneers complained that the only way you could see the sky was to look straight up!

oday they're stilling logging virgin timber around Morton, and each year in August the town celebrates its birthright at the Morton loggers Jubilee.

Line many other Northwest logging towns, the big name around Morton is Pseudotsuga menziesii, the botanical name for Douglas Fir.  Described by botanists first as a pine, then as a fir, but actually is neither, over the years this contradictory conifer has played a major role in the state's number one industry, an industry born of tides of timber that challenged the sky and men who could judge the lean of a tree with an ax handle; who could place the undercut with the precision of a slide rule."

BOWHUNTING
VHS-507 · 30 minutes · 1978 ·$14.95   Also available on DVD-310 (Hunting 2)

A look at the ancient sport of archery is featured as Exploration Northwest cameras follow bowmen on a mule deer hunt at Tanum Creek near Cle Elum, on the eastern flank of Washington's Cascade Mountains.  Their hunt illustrates the skills of scouting and tracking.

Also, champion archers display their skill and latest equipment at a state tournament.  Robin Hood notwithstanding, Sherwood Forest would be hard-pressed to contain even a fraction of today's band of archers.

Originally aired under the KOMO title “Bowbenders at Tanum Creek”.

BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLD RUSH
  VHS-602 · 30 minutes · 1977 ·$14.95   Also available on DVD-311 (Gold Rushes)

The film crew travels with a retired U.S. Forester to British Columbia's Cassiar Region to search for the remains of a lost gold mine on Dease Creek in Buck Gulch.

Along with his diary written when he first visited the area as a young man in 1928, the forester adds his colorful memory for detail, bringing to life a bygone era of mining camps and stream-powered equipment.

Archival film, shot in 1928 for potential gold mine investors, chronicles a trip aboard the S.S. YUKON, which departs Seattle's waterfront, then travels north past Victoria's Empress Hotel, to Wrangell, Alaska, and then up the Stikine River to Telegraph Creek past the ghost towns of Laketon and Centerville.

Originally aired under the KOMO title “Return to Dease Lake”.

BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORY
  VHS-301 · 30 minutes · 1977 ·$14.95 Climb aboard a boat, motor coach, mountain tram, and steam train with Exploration Northwest for an excursion on the "Totem Circle Tour" around British Columbia's "Yellowhead Highway".

Starting at Prince Rupert you'll see the restored Indian long houses at K'San, fossils at Smithers, the history of Barkerville, the Fraser River Canyon, the city of Vancouver, and more.

A special side trip takes a ride on the steam train ROYAL HUDSON.

Originally aired under the KOMO title "Other Side of the Mountain".

CANOEING THE BOWRON LAKES
VHS-102 · 50 minutes · 1973 ·$19.95   Also available on DVD-202 (Canoeing)

This spectacular 75-mile paddle-and-portage trip through the pristine wilderness of northern British Columbia's picturesque Bowron Lakes Chain is a classic canoe trip.  The circular route traces a quadrangle formed by Bowron, Indian Point, Isaac, Lenazi, Sandy, Babcock, spectacle and Swan Lakes.

Here's an excerpt from the program, by narrator Don McCune:

"Five hundred miles north of the Canadian boundary, British Columbia's Caribou Country is a canoeing mecca, where outdoorsmen can discover the solitude of wilderness.  This paddle-and-portage adventure reveals the grandeur and beauty of this quadrangle of lakes in the Bowron Lakes Provincial Park where expert and novice alike can discover the solitude of wilderness in a setting of untouched grandeur."

CANOES ON THE CLEARWATER
VHS-702 · 30 minutes · 1971 ·$14.95 The Exploration Northwest crew makes an historic last canoe trip down the north fork of Idaho's Clearwater River just before Dworshak Dam closes its gates to flood the river canyon.  Excerpts from a 1962 Exploration Northwest episode of the last Potlatch Log Drive on the Clearwater adds historic logging detail.

Here's an excerpt from the program, by narrator Don McCune:

"For forty years, the North Fork of the Clearwater River helped carry the annual harvest of sawlogs to the Potlatch Mill at Lewiston before the dam was built at Orofino.  Also, it had also been the target for canoeing enthusiasts for its whitewater challenge.  In full flood, Idaho's Clearwater North Fork contributed up to 100,000 cubic feet per second to the mainstream Clearwater that drains a sizeable portion of the Bitter Root Mountains located in the northern part of the state.  We launched our canoes 90 miles above Orofino at the Aquarius Campground."

CARIBOU HUNTING
VHS-704 · 30 minutes · 1969 ·$14.95   Also available on DVD-310 (Hunting 2)

This caribou hunt was filmed near Smithers, B.C. under threatening skies.  Packers Lefty and Billie Gardner take caribou hunters into the rugged back country of British Columbia's Telkwa Mountain Range, which offers some of the best hunting in the northwest.

Originally aired under the KOMO title “Red Sky in the Morning”.

CLASSIC POWERBOATS
VHS-302 · 30 minutes · 1979 ·$14.95   Also available on DVD-205 (Maritime History)

Exploration Northwest cameras board the cruiser HAPPY GOLD for a power boat race from Olympia, Washington to Juneau, Alaska.  See the first affordable wooden yachts in the Puget Sound dating back to the 1920's.

Filmed at the 50th Anniversary of the Capitol-to-Capitol International Predicited-Log Race, this episode focuses on the first leg of the journey from Olympia to Victoria.

Archival film footage from 1928-1960 captures additional northwest maritime history.

Originally aired under the KOMO title "Guessing the Gold".

COAST GUARD SEA / AIR / RESCUE
VHS-303 · 30 minutes · 1975 ·$14.95   Also available on DVD-203 (Columbia River History)

The U. S. Coast Guard trains to rescue mariners in distress off the most-dangerous coastline in the United States...the Pacific Northwest coast near the mouth of the Columbia River out of Illwaco.  Dramatic film shows the Cape Disappointment Motor Life Boat School in action as they battle the sea.

Includes slow-motion footage of the "self-righters" -- Coast Guard rescue boats that can withstand turning completely over!

Dramatic film and narration won 4 Emmys!

Here's an excerpt from the program, by narrator Don McCune:

Primed for battle, the Columbia River meets the sea as an adversary; a confrontation whose history is one of destruction, and whose peace-keeping is a never-ending struggle.  Over the years, those who must contend with the Pacific as it batters the Northwest coastline have come to endure its nasty temper, and if possible, outlast it.  Destruction Island, Cape Foulweather, Cape Disappointment, even the names suggest the degree of struggle. The storms are capable of striking with mindless ferocity.

The Coast Guard's Grays Harbor Lifesaving Station was established in 1898 and its suicidal motto was 'You have to go out, but you don't have to come back.'"

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COLUMBIA RIVER BAR PILOTS
VHS-501 · 30 minutes · 1969 ·$14.95   Also available on DVD-203 (Columbia River History)

Some of the most dramatic rough-water film ever taken by Exploration Northwest shows the exciting and danger-filled work of the men who guide ships from the Pacific Ocean across one of the most turbulent and unpredictable stretches of water in the world -- the bar at the mouth of the Columbia River.

Originally aired under the KOMO title "Captains of the Bar".

COLUMBIA RIVER LIGHTSHIP
  VHS-205 · 30 minutes · 1976 ·$14.95