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km 152.3/mile 94.6 Kookatsoon Lake recreation use. Day use.
km 157.8/mile 98 Junction with Alaska Highway at km 1455/mile 904. This is not the end of Klondike Highway 2. It joins the Alaska Highway for the next 34 km/21 miles where the Klondike Highway continues on to Dawson City Yukon.
km 161.4/mile 100.3 Wolf Creek Public Campground. Well water, toilets, tables, kitchen shelter, playground, hiking trails and fishing. Fee area.
km 169/mile 105 Pioneer RV Park mile 911/km
1465 Alaska Highway; 867-668-5944 or 1-866-626-7383 for reservations.
5 minutes to downtown Whitehorse. Full service RV Park. Full and
partial hookups, showers, laundromat. Convenience store. Modem access.
Tickets & reservations for attractions & Tours.
km 170/mile 105.6 Side Road. One-half mile to Miles Canyon and suspension footbridge. Past the footbridge the road follows the shoreline of Schwatka Lake until, just past the hydro dam, it joins the main, south access route into Whitehorse.
km 171/mile 106.3 Philmar RV Service Mile 912 Alaska
Highway, 867-668-6129. Complete RV repair. They have a large parts department and specialize in coach repairs, fabrication and welding on any size rig. 867-668-6129
km 172.5/mile 107.2 Rest stop.
km 172.9/mile 107.4 Hi Country RV Park 91374 Alaska Highway (Top of Robert Service Way); 867-667-7445 or toll free 1-877-458-3806, fax 867-668-6342. Great location, close to airport and downtown. 130 scenic treed sites, panoramic view, full hook-ups, 30 amp service, cable TV, laundromat, clean showers. Coin-op RV Wash and dump station. Tickets available for local shows and attractions. Convenience store and gift shop. Group discounts.
www.hicountryrvyukon.com
km 172.9/mile 107.4 Robert Service Way south access route to Whitehorse.
km 176.5/mile 109.7 Airport Chalet 91634 Alaska Highway,
Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 3E4; 867-668-2166 fax 867-668-2173. Open year-round.
Choose from an easy access hotel room, deluxe motel unit (including
coffee maker and refrigerator), kitchenette or an extra large
family room. All rooms are spacious, clean and comfortable, with
remote control cable television and direct dial phone. Pets are
welcome! Laundromat, sani dump.
www.airportchalet.com/
km 176.5/mile 109.7 Whitehorse Airport.
km 179/mile 111.2 Junction. Two Mile Hill leads to Whitehorse city center.
km 180.5/mile 112.2 Kopper King km 1477.5/mile 918.3 Alaska Highway. Petro Canada gas and oil products, city water available, dump station. RV/car wash with hot soapy water.
km 181.5/mile 112.8 Jackson Lake Public Campground. 24 km/15-mile road to campground. Grayling, Lake Trout.
km 187/mile 116.2 MacKenzies RV Park km 1484/mile
922.5 Alaska Highway; 867-633-2337 fax 667-6797. Full service sites,
cable TV, showers, laundromat, RV/car wash, store, video rental,
playground, handicap accessible. City bus service.
tdmacken@yknet.yk.ca
km 190/mile 118 Rest Stop.
km 192/mile 119 Junction of Klondike Highway 2 and Alaska Highway, 526 km/327 miles to Dawson City. If you are heading towards Fairbanks on the Alaska Highway continue straight ahead 960 km/597 miles (see index for the Alaska Highway description). If you go to Fairbanks via Dawson City it is 1160 km/721 miles. It is only 200 km/124 miles further to go via Dawson City so you should include this as one leg of your trip.
km 195.5/mile 121.5 Takhini River Bridge.
km 197.8/mile 123 Takhini Hot Springs reached by side road from km 6/mile 3.7 on the Klondike Highway,
Campground with pull through sites, fire pits, dump station. In
addition, there is swimming, suit and towel rental, trail rides
and an excellent restaurant. 867-633-2706 .
www.takhinihotsprings.yk.ca
km 208.7/mile 129.7 Shallow Bay Road.
km 212.1/mile 131.8 Horse Creek.
km 224/mile 139.2 Deep Creek.
km 224.4/mile 139.4 Lake Laberge (pronounced Labarge) Yukon government campground 3 km/1.9 mile, 22 camp sites, well water, tables, firepits, toilets, boat launch. Fee area. 30 mile-long lake that becomes rough quickly on a windy day. Lake Trout, grayling and pike in the lake.
km 228.3/mile 141.9 Fox Creek. Fishing for grayling.
km 238.6/mile 148.3 Scenic view of Fox Lake, boat launch.
km 247.7/mile 153.9 Fox Lake Yukon government campground, 33 camp sites, picnic area, water, firepits, fire wood, playground, boat launch swimming. $8 fee. Fishing for Lake Trout, burbot and grayling.
km 262.2/mile 162.9 Parking beside Fox Lake.
km 271.1/mile 168.5 Parking.
km 280/mile 174 (HM 55) Braeburn Lodge, world famous cinnamon buns, home baking fresh daily. Gas, camping, fishing and canoe rental. Cinnamon bun airstrip. Open year round. On the Trans-Canada Trail system. Handicap accessible. Bring your appetite as the hamburgers are huge and tasty and the cinnamon buns are outstanding.
km 298/mile 185.2 Parking, information sign about Conglomerate Mountain.
km 308/mile 191.4 Twin Lakes Yukon government campground, 8 camp sites, water, tables, and toilets and boat launch. Fee area. Good fishing for pike, grayling and lake trout.
km 322.4/mile 200.3 Rest area, the remains of Montague House, one of over 50 roadhouses that were found along the stagecoach trail between Dawson City and Whitehorse.
km 354/mile 220 Carmacks, hotel, motel, cafe, grocery store, laundromat, post office, gas and boat rentals, a Yukon government campground. Ambulance, RCMP detachment, airstrip, CBC Radio 990.
km 357/mile221.8 Coal Mine Lake Road, at south end of bridge, 2.3 mile trail leads to Coal Mine Lake.
km 357.1/mile 221.9 Yukon River Bridge.
km 359.1/mile 223.1 Campbell Highway Junction (Yukon Highway 4) which connects Watson Lake and Carmacks. For description see Yukon Highway section.
km 360/mile 223.7 Coal Mine hill parking.
km 380/mile 236.1 Five Finger Rapids Recreation site. Hiking trails, picnic spot, tables, toilets. Information sign.
km 382/mile 237.4 Tatchum Creek.
km 382.3/mile 237.6 Tatchun Lake Access Road 6.7 km/4.2 miles and 8.7 km/5.4 miles to Tatchun Lake Yukon government campground, water, tables, toilets, firepits and firewood. Fishing for pike.
km 394.8/mile 245.3 Yukon Crossing, parking.
km 403.4/mile 250.7 McGregor Creek.
km 422.5/mile 262.5 McCabe Creek, parking.
km 422.6/mile 262.6 Midway Lodge.
km 429/mile 266.6 Minto Resorts Ltd. RV park and store.
km 430/mile 267.2 A short road leads to Minto, site of old settlement. In 1898, the Yukon River froze up and many goldseekers, forced to winter here, starved to death. Minto Airstrip.
km 449/mile 279 Rock Island Lake.
km 450/mile 279 Rest area
km 464.5/mile 288.6 Pelly Crossing (pop. 290). Small Native settlement, one-nurse station, post office, gas station, grocery store, RCMP detachment, phone, Yukon
government campground and dump station. An excellent information sign about the Selkirk Indians can be found in the parking lot near the grocery store.
km 463.6/mile 288 Pelly River Bridge. This bridge replaced the ferry crossing in 1958.
km 466.7mile 290 Pelly Airstrip.
km 484.6/mile 301.1 Willow Creek, parking area.
km 505.8/mile 314.3 Parking.
km 521.4/mile 324 Crooked Creek, parking. Grayling and Pike fishing.
km 523/mile 325 Parking, narrow winding road leads 24 km/15 miles to Ethel Lake and Yukon government campground (not recommended for large RV's). 12 camp sites, boat launch, fishing.
km 534.8/mile 332 Stewart Crossing. Junction at north end of bridge. Silver Trails Information Center at south end of bridge. Highway 11 heads northeast to
Mayo, Elsa and Keno. The road is paved to Mayo and gravel to Keno. This was one of Canada's richest silver mining areas it is 51 km/32 miles to Mayo and another 61 km/38 miles to Keno. This area was widely
prospected in the early 1900's, but it was the strike of Louis Bouvette in 1919, that made the area famous.
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