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W H I T E R I V E R
F I R S T N A T I O N
K L U A N E
F I R S T
N A T I O N
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ALASKA HIGHWAY
ALASKA HIGHWAY
Haines Junction
Destruction Bay
Burwash Landing
Beaver Creek
KLUANE REGION
Alaska Highway road log from Haines
Junction to Beaver Creek. Continue
north into Alaska and visit Tok, and
Chicken and return to Dawson City
via the Top of the World Highway.
KM 1578.5: Haines Junction
Our Lady of the Way Catholic Mission
was built in 1943 using an abandoned
U.S. Army Quonset hut; look for this
historical structure on your right as
you head to Alaska.
KM 1584: Haines Junction rest area.
KM 1596.7: Spruce Beetle Trail
Interpretive Site and hiking trail.
KM 1598.6: Bear Summit – 3,294
ft., the highest point on the Alaska
Highway between Whitehorse and
Fairbanks.
KM 1633: Boutillier Summit – 3,293
ft., the second highest point between
Whitehorse and Fairbanks.
KM 1635: Kluane Lake viewpoint and
rest area.
KM 1647: Slims River bridge &
viewpoint.
KM 1649.1: Tachal Dhal Visitor Centre
at the base of Sheep Mountain (Tachal
Dhal). Check in at the visitor center
if you plan to hike or explore the
backcountry of Kluane National Park.
KM 1650.8 – Historic MP 1061:
Soldiers’ Summit, the Alaska Canada
Military Highway was officially
opened at Soldier’s Summit on
November 20, 1942. A hiking trail
to the ceremony site follows the
original highway route. Information
signs along the trail provide historical
information.
KM 1652: Kluane Lake boat launch.
KM 1666: Congdon Creek Yukon
government campground
KM 1684.5 – Historic MP 1083:
Destruction Bay, population: 64.
A small community with fuel,
camping and lodging. Named for
the wind that blew down structures
put up by the army during highway
construction in 1942.
KM 1691.7: Destruction Bay rest area
KM 1707.5: Burwash Landing,
population: 105.
Originally a trading post established
in 1903. Today Burwash is home
to the Kluane Museum of Natural
History with wildlife exhibits and
informative displays about the area
and its peoples.
KM 1732: Kluane River Overlook &
rest area. Lieutenant Small Memorial.
– Roland Small was one of five
fatalities suffered by the US Army 18th
Engineers during the construction of
the Alaska Highway.
KM 1737 – Historic MP 1118: Kluane
Wilderness Village
KM 1791.1 – Historic MP 1152:
Lake Creek Yukon government
campground.
KM 1818: Discovery Yukon Lodgings
– open during the summer months
offers RV Park & Campground,
cabins, convenience items and
restaurant.
KM 1842: Rest area.
KM 1849.2 – Historic MP 1188:
Junction with Snag Road. Snag was
an airfield on the North West Staging
Route known for having the coldest
recorded temperature in North
America, at -81.4˚ F in February 1947.
Snag Road is a 15-mile long narrow
dirt road best travelled with a four-
wheel drive.
KM 1849.6: Snag Junction Yukon
government campground.
KM 1870.6 – Historic MP 1202:
Beaver Creek, population: 108.
The small settlement was started
about 1955 and had a Post Office
in 1958. Canada Customs and
other businesses have enlarged the
community since then. Canadian
customs is located north of town
beside the airport. This place is also
the scene of the contact point of the
northern and southern construction
crews building the Alaska Highway.
On 20 October 1942 bulldozer
operator Cpl. Refine Sims Jr. of
Philadelphia and the 18th US Army
Engineers was working south on the
section from Fairbanks. He met his
opposite number, Pte. Alfred Jalufka
of Kennedy,Texas and the 97th
Engineers, who was working north
from Whitehorse. An excellent tourist
information center is located in the
small community, which also has
fuel, camping and lodging.
KM 1872: Beaver Creek airport. Rest
area.
KM 1873: Canada Customs.
KM 1883: Mirror Creek, viewpoint for
swans & fishing.
KM 1884: Pullout with litter bin.
KM 1902: Alaska/US Border.
Haines Junction to Beaver Creek
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