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passengers and mail. beginning of some really interesting
activities for visitors eager to discover
By Ann Snow
Sixty-five years later, a road was hand-
cleared south toward Powell River and
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Life is a highway and the small
Lund finally enjoyed vehicle access. Amazingly, the hotel, pub, post office
community of Lund, BC, knows all about
This road, now a paved highway, is the and general store are still there. And
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final leg of the Pacific Coastal Highway, among other businesses, there is now
Sunshine Coast, Lund is located at Mile
one of the world’s longest highways also a bakery, campground, artists’
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which travels 15,020 kilometers from gallery, kayak shop, and water taxi
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Sweden built a dock and a store beside
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the sheltered harbour and named
anniversary, the residents built a Mile sandy beaches of Savary Island. The
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Swedish hometown. They later erected
stands across from the historic hotel Copeland Islands are a magnet for
a small hotel with pub, post office and
where Highway 101 turns and circles kayakers, pleasure boaters, snorkelers
liquor store. With no road access,
back toward Chile. This Mile 0 marker and scuba divers. Further north is
a steamship from Vancouver visited
marks the end of the highway and the world-renowned Desolation Sound
Lund twice each week with provisions,
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