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The Main Street of Hyder Hyder, Alaska |
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Hyder is sometimes said to be the friendliest ghost town in Alaska. It consists of two short streets at right angles, with just a dozen or so buildings on each, probably no more than a hundred year-round residents, and four bars. It is right on the U.S.-Canada border, and kids who live there go to school in a foreign country — Stewart, British Columbia. Canadians, on the other hand, come to Hyder to drink and buy alcoholic beverages. During Prohibition a substantial proportion of the population of Hyder, Alaska, moved a mile or so northeast, to form Hyder, B.C. The main street has a few picturesquely dilapidated buildings, including a tiny church that purports to be a cathedral. The international border (with a Canadian customs post) is just at the corner. Of note is the Glacier Inn, the place that one goes to be "Hyderized". |