 Nestled on a mountain plateau just 214 km from Jasper National Park, Grande Cache is famous for their sparkling lakes, rivers, green valleys and mountain peeks. The Bighorn Highway 40 provides a paved corridor connecting Hinton, Alberta with Mile Zero of the Alaskan Highway at Dawson Creek, British Columbia. This is the shortest, most scenic route to Alaska from the United States.Grande Cache is the gateway to Willmore Wilderness Park, known for their hiking trails, alpine flowers, big game and many waterways. There are no motorized vehicles allowed in this park to preserve nature, but hiking and horseback riding keep visitors from all over the world wanting to return.
Coutts is 100 km southwest of Lethbridge, Alberta at the U.S. border crossing. From the US, a number of routes are available. When coming from east of the Continental Divide, the best route is via US Interstate 15 north of Great Falls, Montana. The Sweetgrass/Coutts border crossing, open 24 hours, is about three hours drive from Calgary.
This United States-Canada border crossing links northern Montana and southern Alberta, specifically connecting the communities of Sweetgrass, MT, and Coutts, Alberta, according to project manager J. Lach of the U.S. General Services Administration. It handles "a lot of truck traffic," he noted, in a Plains climate notorious for "very severe weather," with roaring winds, frigid winters and blistering summers.
The venture is primarily overseen by four government agencies, one apiece from the U.S. and Canadian federal governments, and one each from the state of Montana and province of Alberta. Altogether 10 agencies have a direct role, and many others indirectly participate.
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