km1646/mile 1022.8 Bear Creek Lodge (formerly MacKintosh Lodge). Gas, Motel, RV Park with full or partial hook-ups, tent sites, public showers. Full service restaurant, lounge. Bus tours welcome. Hiking trails, mountain biking. Alsek Valley trailhead. Large horse coral with hay and water available. Editor's note: Bear Creek Lodge is operated by long time owners Gail & Bryant Jeeves

km 1646.3/mile 1023 Parking. Photos of the Alaska Highway page1 - page 2 - page 3 - page 4 - page 5

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. Editor's note: 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. Photos of the Alaska Highway page1 - page 2 - page 3 - page 4 - page 5

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. Editor's note: 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. Editor's note: The museum is a must stop on your northern vacation. 867-841-5561 Open mid-May to mid-September, admission charged. Photos of the Alaska Highway page1 - page 2 - page 3 - page 4 - page 5

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 1797/mile 1118 Kluane Wilderness Village.Open 24 hours year round. 52 unit pull-through, full service RV Park with satellite TV. Payless gas station specializing in towing, welding, tire sales and service, most mechanical repairs, propane. Deluxe motel rooms complete with satellite TV. 25 economically priced modern log cabins, full service, complete menu restaurant . All major credit cards accepted.

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. Photos of the Alaska Highway page1 - page 2 - page 3 - page 4 - page 5

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.

km 1945.5/mile 1209 Snag Creek.

km 1947/mile 1210 Mirror Creek. Grayling.

km 1947.9/mile 1210.4 Rest area.

km 1962/mile 1219 Little Scottie Creek, parking. Photos of the Alaska Highway page1 - page 2 - page 3 - page 4 - page 5

km 1966/mile 1221.5 Rest Area; information sign with facts on International Border.