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km 1476/mile 917.2 Junction. Two Mile Hill descends to Whitehorse city center.
km 1476/mile 917.2 Two Mile Hill descends to Whitehorse city center with all visitor facilities and lots to see and do.
km 1477.5/mile 918 Kopper King 867-668-2347. Motel, cable TV, kitchenettes. Pizza House, tavern & lounge convenience store & Petro Canada products.
km 1478.5/mile 918.7--McIntyre Creek.
km 1478.7/mile 918.8 Fish Lake Road.
km 1481.5/mile 920.6 Subdivision of Porter Creek
km 1488/mile 924.6. Junction of Klondike Highway to Dawson City.
km 1522/mile 945.8-Takhini River.
km 1535/mile 953.8-Annie Ned Creek.
km 1539/mile 956.3-Stony Creek.
km 1541/mile 957.6-Parking, sign about the 1958 burn area, more
than 1.5 million acres were burned due to a careless camper.
km 1543/mile 958.8-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 1556/mile 966.9-Mendenhall River.
km 1568/mile 974.3 (HM 974) Champagne was an early-day trading post on the Dalton Trail between Alaska and the Interior of the Yukon. Jack Dalton, builder of the trail, named the place, after he
transported a case of French champagne up the Dalton Trail and settled down with friends to drink it! West of the highway is a First Nations burial ground. The little houses covering the graves are for
the spirits of the departed. Editor's Note: This is not a tourist attraction, please treat it with respect.
km 1570/mile 975.6-Parking.
km 1576/mile 979.3-Parking, a million acre forest fire started here in 1958.
km 1591/mile 988.6 (HM 987)--Cracker Creek.
km 1602/mile 995-Otter Falls visitor facilities.
Aishihik Lake Yukon Government Campground 42 km/26 miles 13 camp sites, shelter, fishing.Aishihik road leads 30 km/18.6 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).
km 1603.8/mile 996.6 (HM 996) Parking 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.
km 1604/mile 996.7-Aishihik River bridge.
km 1619/mile 1006-Marshall Creek.
km 1629/mile 1012-Pine Lake Public Campground.
40 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 1632/mile 1014-Rest area.
km 1635/mile 1016-Haines Junction. Population 800.
km 1636/mile 1016. Kluane RV Kampground gas and oil products. Full hook-ups, showers, laundromat, convenience store, gift shop and gas.
km 1641/mile 1019.7 Rest Stop
km 1645.8/mile 1022.7 Viewpoint.
km 1646.3/mile 1023 Parking.
km 1653.8/mile 1027.7 Spruce Beetle Trail, parking.
km 1655.5/mile 1028.7 Bear Creek Summit. 1,004 meters/3294 ft. Highest point on the highway between Whitehorse and Fairbanks.
km 1665.5/mile 1035 Jarvis River, parking at north end of bridge.
km1686.7/mile 1048.1 Parking.
km1688/mile 1048.9 Christmas Creek.
km 1690.4/mile 1050.4 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 1692.2/mile 1051.5 Parking and interpretive sign on the Kluane Lake and First Nations history.
km 1693/mile 1052 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 1694/mile 1051.4 Silver Creek.
km 1697/mile 1054.5 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 1700/mile 1056.4 Parking beside Kluane Lake.
km 1705/mile 1059.5 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 1706.3/mile 1060.3 Sheep Mountain Visitor Information Center, parking. Platforms with telescopes for viewing sheep. Interpretive programs, laser disc information videos.
Open 9 to 5, mid-May to mid-September.
Slim's River West trailhead adjacent to information center.
km 1708/mile 1061 Soldiers Summit. Formal opening of Alaska
Highway was staged here, November 20, 1942. A very informative and scenic interpretive walking trail. A number of small parking areas border Kluane Lake from here to km 1712/mile 1064.
km 1708.1/mile 1061.4 Scenic view with information sign on Kluane Lake and Soldier's Summit.
km 1708.6/mile 1061.7 Parking, boat launch.
km 1716/mile 1066.3 Williscroft Creek.
 km 1717/mile 1067 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 1719/mile 1068.2 No Name Creek, parking.
km 1725/mile 1070.6 Congdon Creek Yukon government campground, 81 camp sites, tables, toilets, kitchen
shelter. Fee area.
km 1725.5/mile 1072.2 Congdon Creek.
km 1735.2/mile 1078.2 Nines Creek.
km 1736/mile 1078.7 Mines Creek.
km 1738.8/mile 1080.5 Bock's Brook.
km 1743/mile 1083 Destruction Bay. Small highway community.
Destruction Bay
Emergency Services: Medical 841-4444; police 634-5555. Year-round travel facilities and accommodations, including one nurse on call.
| 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 1744/mile 1083.7 Rest Stop, Cluett Creek.
km 1749/mile 1086.8 Lewis Creek. A forest fire in June 1999 raged from km 1752 to the Duke River bridge,
km 1768.
km 1754/mile 1089.9 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 1761/mile 1094.3 Burwash Airport.
km 1768/mile 1098.6 Duke River, flows into
Kluane Lake; it was named for George Duke, a prospector in the area. A forest fire in June 1999 raged from here to km 1752.
km 1776/mile 1103.6 Burwash Creek.
km 1784/mile 1108.5 Sakiw Creek.
km1785/mile 1109 Kluane River, rest area.
km1788.5/mile 1111.4 Quill Creek. Site of Hudson's Bay Company
nickel mine, the Wellgreen, which closed in 1973.
km 1795.5/mile 1115.7 (HM 1117) Memorial to U.S. Army lieutenant who
lost his life on construction of the Alaska Highway in '42. Parking.
km 1799.8/mile 1118.4 Swede Johnson Creek.
km 1816/mile 1128 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 1822/mile 1132.2 Donjek River Bridge,
parking at north . 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 1843/mile 1145.2 Edith Creek, parking. Grayling.
Km 1844/mile 1145.8 Pine Valley Cabins, restaurant, excellent home
baking, campground, gas, and tires.
km 1851/mile 1150.2 Koidern River.
km 1852/mile toilets, tables and kitchen shelters. Fee area.
km 1859/mile 1155.2 Long's Creek.
km 1871/mile 1162.6 Koidern River Fishing Lodge.
km 1871.1/mile 1162.6 Koidern River No. 2.
| km 1879/mile 1167.5 White River RV Park. Full hook-ups, pull throughs, good water, showers, tables and firepits. Sani dump. Gas & oil products. |
km 1880/mile 1170 White River Bridge.
km 1891/mile 1175 Moose Lake.
km 1893.7mile 1176.7 Sanpete Creek.
km 1898.8/mile 1179.9 Dry Creek No 1.
km 1902/mile 1182 Rest area.
km 1903.3/mile 1182.7 Dry Creek No. 2. Point of interest sign on Chisana gold rush.
km 1911/mile 1187.5 Snag Junction Yukon government
campground, 15 sites, toilets, tables, picnic shelter, fire pits. Fee area.
km 1920/mile 1193 Rest area.
km 1924/mile 1195.5 Inger Creek, parking
km 1932/mile 1200.5 Beaver Creek Bridge
km 1934/mile 1202 Beaver Creek.
km 1936/mile 1203 Rest Stop; picnic tables.
km 1937.3/mile 1203.8 Beaver Creek Airport.
km 1937.6/mile 1204 Canada Customs and Immigration, open 24 hours a day year round. All traffic entering
Canada must stop.
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