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km 1425.5/mile 885.8 Junction. Two Mile Hill descends to Whitehorse city center with all visitor facilities and lots to see and do.
km 1426.9/mile 886.6 Kopper King 867-668-2347. Motel, cable TV, kitchenettes. Pizza House, tavern & lounge convenience store & Petro Canada products.
km 1428.2/mile 887.4--McIntyre Creek.
km 1428.3/mile 887.5 Fish Lake Road.
km 1437/mile 893.6. Junction of Klondike Highway to Dawson City.
km 1468.9/mile 912.7-Takhini River.
km 1481/mile 920 -Annie Ned Creek.
km 1484.8/mile 922.6-Stony Creek.
km 1487/mile 923.4-Parking, sign about the 1958 burn area, more
than 1.5 million acres were burned due to a careless camper.
km 1489.1/mile 925.3 -Side road to viewpoint 3.2 km/2 miles, Takhini
River Campground 15 km, Kusawa Lake campground 23 km/14 miles, gravel road is narrow and winding, camp sites.
km 1503.6/mile 934.3 -Mendenhall River
km 1534.8/mile 953.3 Cracker Creek.
km 1546/mile 960.6-Otter Falls visitor facilities.
km 1547.5/mile 961.6 Aishihik River, Rest Area at east end of Aishihik bridge
with view of Canyon Creek Bridge, originally built in 1920 to haul supplies to Silver City, it was rebuilt in 1942 during construction of the Alaska Highway The bridge was typical of the type of construction used on the Alaska Highway. It was rebuilt again in 1987 and the Yukon government refurbished it in 2005.
Aishihik Lake Campground 42 km/26 miles, camp sites, shelter, fishing. Aishihik road leads 29 km/18 miles to Otter Falls day-use recreation site.
Picnic tables, kitchen shelters and boat launch. There is fly fishing for lake trout, grayling and rainbow below the falls. 17 km/11 miles beyond the falls is the southern end of 40 mile-long Aishihik Lake with boat launch and fishing for lake trout, grayling and northern pike. The road (which is maintained only as far as Otter Falls) continues on to the abandoned First Nations village of Aishihik, 135 km/84 miles (and is not recommended for large RV's).
km1562.5/mile 970.9 Marshall Creek
km 1566.2/mile 973.2 Rest Area.
km 1572.2/mile 976.9-Pine Lake Public Campground.
42 camp sites, water, fire pits, shelters, swimming beach, excellent interpretive trial. Fishing and boating in nearby lake for lake trout, grayling, white fish, burbot and pike. Fee area.
km 1584/mile 984.3-Rest area.
km 1578.5/mile 980.8 -Haines Junction. Population 800.
km 1579.2/mile 981.2 Kluane RV Kampground gas and oil products. Full hook-ups, showers, laundromat, convenience store, gift shop and gas.
km 1584/mile 984 Rest Stop
km 1589/mile 987.3 Trailhead.
km 1589.1/mile 987.4 Parking.
km 1596.7/mile 992.1 Spruce Beetle Trail, Rest Area.
km 1598.6/mile 993.3 Bear Creek Summit. 1,004 meters/3294 ft. Highest point on the highway between Whitehorse and Fairbanks.
km 1608.5/mile 999.5 Jarvis River, parking at north end of bridge.
km1610/mile 1000 Rest Area.
km 1614.2/mile 1003 Sulphur Lake.
km 1628/mile 1011.6 Rest Area.
km1630.4/mile 1013 Christmas Creek.
km 1633/mile 1014.7 Boutillier Summit. 1,003 meters/3290 ft. Second highest point on the highway between Whitehorse and Fairbanks. If you are heading North
this is your first glimpse of Kluane Lake.
km 1635.5/mile 1016.2 Rest area, interpretive sign on the Kluane Lake and First Nations history.
km 1635.8/mile 1016.4 Turn east on gravel road for 5 km/3 miles to ruins
of Silver City. This old trading post, with roadhouse and North West Mounted Police barracks was on the wagon road from Whitehorse to the gold fields of Kluane Lake.
km 1636.6/mile 1017 Silver Creek.
km 1642/mile 1020.3 Kluane Lake is 46 miles long is the largest lake in the Yukon. It is famed for its beauty and fishing. Huge waves are not uncommon on this lake, so if you are using a boat be careful and pay attention to the weather.
km 1642.1/mile 1020.4 Rest Area beside Kluane Lake.
km 1647.4/mile 1023.6 Slim's River Bridge. Crosses ancient glacier moraine
at head of Kluane Lake. Sheep Mountain, bordering highway is in Kluane National Park. Dall Sheep are often seen on hillside. Visitor Infocenter is at base of mountain. Hiking or walking about in this area in April and May could disturb lambing as well as vegetation crucial to winter survival.
km 1648.9/mile 1024.5 Sheep Mountain Visitor Information Center. Rest area. Viewing platforms with telescopes for viewing sheep. Interpretive programs.
Open 9 to 4, mid-May to mid-September.
Slim's River West trailhead adjacent to information center.
 km 1652.8/mile 1027 Cottonwood RV Park pull-through sites, brand new log cabin rental, tent area, store, laundromat, dump station, gopher golf, showers, and modern restrooms. Although most of the lodges along the Alaska Highway have RV parking this is the only facility in the area that specializes in camping. The wooded sites at the edge of Kluane Lake are beautiful and people often end up staying for several days in this wilderness paradise. Glenn and Mary Anne Brough and Ron and Iris Wilson have made a real effort to provide the camper with things to see and do. Horse shoe pits, fishing, and excellent hiking areas close to your campsite. They even have a mini golf course. Cottonwood Park is 396 km /246 miles from Tok, 343 km/213 miles from Haines, Alaska, and 241 km/150 miles from Whitehorse. Phone Mobile operator 2M3972, Destruction Bay channel, Yukon. |
km 1662.5/mile 1033 Rest Area.
km 1666.1/mile 1035.3 Congdon Creek Campground, 81 camp sites, tables, toilets, kitchen
shelter. Fee area.
km 1666.6/mile 1035.6 Congdon Creek.
km 1676.8/mile 1042 Nines Creek.
km 1677.5/mile 1042.3 Mines Creek.
km 11680.2/mile 1044 Bock's Brook.
km 1684.4/mile 1046.6 Destruction Bay. Small highway community.
Destruction Bay
Emergency Services: Medical 867-841-4444; fire 867-841-3333. Year-round travel facilities and accommodations.
| Talbot Arm Motel, open year-round has 32 deluxe units with baths, dining
room, cocktail lounge, groceries, package liquor, ice, Shell gas and oil products. Water, dump station, electric hook-ups, showers, laundromat, clean restrooms. Propane, tires and tire service, and minor repairs. 867 841-4461. Overnight RV parking, winter plug-ins. |
km 1685.1/mile 1047 Rest Stop on Cluett Creek.
km 1690.3/mile 1050.3 Lewis Creek. A forest fire in June 1999 raged from km 1752 to the Duke River bridge,
km 1709.
km 1695.4/mile 101053.5 Copper Joe Creek.
| km 1759/mile 1093 Kluane Museum, World Class Wildlife display. Fossils,
18,000 year old Mammoth teeth, gift shop, large selection of local native handicrafts or up to date tourist information. The museum is a must stop on your northern vacation. 867-841-5561 Open mid-May to mid-September, admission charged. |
| km 1759/mile 1093 Burwash Lodge has dining room, cocktail lounge, camper hook-ups, lakeshore camping, groceries, gas and oil products. 867-841-4441 fax 867-841-4040. Nestled beside Kluane Lake "Burwash" as it is called by locals, is beautiful. The restaurant has long been known for its good food. |
km 1760/mile 1093.7 Dalan Campground.
km 1702.8/mile 1058 Burwash Airport.
km 1709.5/mile 1062.2 Duke River, flows into
Kluane Lake; it was named for George Duke, a prospector in the area. A forest fire in June 1999 raged through this area.
km 1717/mile 1066.9 Burwash Creek.
km 1724.7/mile 1071.7 Sakiw Creek.
km1726/mile 1072.5 Kluane River, rest area.
km1728.9/mile 1074.3 Quill Creek. Site of Hudson's Bay Company
nickel mine, the Wellgreen, which closed in 1973.
km 1737/mile 1079.3 Kluane Village Highway Lodge.
km 1739.7/mile 1081 Swede Johnson Creek.
km 1755.5/mile 1090.8 Rest area, toilets. Interpretive display. Mount Walsh is visible from here. Canada's
highest peak, Mount Logan (5957 m/19,545 feet), and Mount Kennedy, named for the late U.S. President, are obscured by intervening mountains.
km 1761.6/mile 1094.6 Donjek River Bridge. White volcanic ash is part of deposit ranging from Watson Lake to a point west of Alaska/Yukon border. Deposited over 14 centuries ago, it varies in depth from
a few inches to over 300 feet.
km 1770.4/mile 1100 Parking.
km 1782.5/mile 1107.6 Edith Creek.
Km 1783.1/mile 1108 Pine Valley Highway Lodge.
km1791.1/mile 1112.9 Lake Creek Campground, toilets, tables and kitchen shelters. Fee area.
km 1802.1/mile 1119.8 Pickhandle Lake Recreational Site
km 1810.1/mile 1124.7 Koidern River Fishing Lodge.
km 1810.2/mile 1124.8 Koidern River. # 2.
| km 1817.6/mile 1129.4 Discovery Yukon Lodging. Full hook-ups, pull throughs, good water, showers, tables and firepits. Cozy cabins. |
km 1818.6/mile 1130 White River Bridge.
km 1832.4mile 1138.6 Sanpete Creek.
km 1837.5.8/mile 1141.8 Dry Creek # 1.
km 1840.8/mile 1143.8 Rest area.
km 1841.9/mile 1144.5 Dry Creek # 2.
km 1849.3/mile 1149.1 Snag Road Intersection.
km 1849.6/mile 1149.3 Snag Junction Campground, 15 sites, toilets, tables, picnic shelter, fire pits. Fee area.
km 1858/mile 1154.5 Rest area.
km 1860.4/mile 1156 Enger Creek.
km 1870.6/mile 1162.3 Beaver Creek.
km 1870.8/mile 1162.5 Dayuse picnic area.
km 1872.9/mile 1163.8 Rest Area.
km 1873.6/mile 1164.2 Beaver Creek Airstrip.
km 1873.8/mile 1164.3 Canada Customs and Immigration, open 24 hours a day year round. All traffic entering
Canada must stop.
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