Talk:Pink Mountain, British Columbia
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Factual inaccuracies and further information regarding this entry are as follows: 1. The unincorporated community of Pink Mountain is named after the mountain of the same name, some ten kilometres in on the mile 143 road. A weather station and abandoned wildfire post are located at the summit. 2. Pink Mountain is so named for the pink rock which can be found on the mountain. 3. The pink rock has been so coloured by ancient fires within the mountain itself along coal streams. 4. The attempt to link the name of Pink Mountain with that of fireweed blossoms (a la http://www.britishcolumbia.com/regions/towns/?townID=3621) is false. Although the plant does grow in abundance in the area, the mountain itself is too high for the plant to grow along near the summit. 62.56.97.230 23:53, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
This article was tagged as a stub recently, but id like to know what other information should be included. I am going to search for census information, list of mayors, and maybe climate information. Do any other questions come up that should be answered? susanbamboozlin 22:32, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
I doubt that Pink Mountain has anything like a local government. It's just a few businesses on the highway (Pink Mountain Motor Inn, Pink Mountain Campsite & RV Park, Sportsman Inn, Mae's Kitchen, Ed's Garage) and whatever residences (off the highway). Gas and minor repairs are available at Pink Mountain; but for anything non-trivial, you have to go to Fort St. John 95 miles to the east or Fort Nelson 140 miles to the west.
A notable landmark is the infamous Suicide Hill on the Alaska Highway, where many accidents (and at least one death) occurred on the original road (and a sign "Prepare to meet thy maker"). The bypass around it starts at mile 145 (historic mile 148); a placard is there, but the south end to the original road is closed and is a swamp today, although it may be passible by ATV. The north end of the original road is at mile 156 and appears to be a well-used gravel road. I've only been about 100 yards down it; I don't know how far it goes or whether it's still possible to reach the historic Suicide Hill. It's definitely not possible to see Suicide Hill from the modern highway.
Slightly further northboard on the main highway is Sikanni Hill, which many people mis-identify as Suicide Hill. It is somewhat steep, and the highway skirts along the side of a cliff (watch out for falling rock!). At the bottom at mile 159 is the Sikanni Chief River bridge; if you look west you can see steel stanchions which are the remants of the 1942 bridge. The road then climbs again.
