Yukon Highway 4 (Robert Campbell Highway)
Yukon Highway 6 (Canol Road)
Yukon Hwy 9 (Top of the World)/Yukon Hwy 10)
Yukon Highway 3 (Haines Hwy)
Yukon Highway 7
Yukon Highway 8
Yukon Highway 5 (Dempster Hwy)
Klondike Highway 2
Click here for the Yukon Highways and Transportation report.
Yukon Hwy 4 - Robert Campbell Highway
This 582 km/362-mile highway connects Watson Lake (km 1022 on the Alaska Highway) with Carmacks (km 356 on the Klondike Highway).
You may choose to turn south at Ross River and follow the Canol Road 210 km/130.5 miles
and rejoin the Alaska Highway at km 1345 (Canol Road Junction)
check for road conditions, especially if you are driving a large RV's
Yukon Hwy 6 - Canol Road
Johnson's Crossing to Ross River
The Canol Road leaves the Alaska Highway at kilometre 1345/mile 836 and travels through the wilderness 210 km/130.5 miles to Ross River, where it intersects with the Robert Campbell Highway.
It continues on past Ross River for another 206 km/128 miles to the border of the Northwest Territories.
It's a summer road only, and there are no services or facilities beyond Ross River.
This road parallels the famed $130-million Canol (Canada Oil) pipeline which, until the end of the war, carried oil over 960 km/600 miles from 60 producing wells near the Arctic Circle to a refinery at Whitehorse.
There is a campground at km 77/mile 47.8 Quiet Lake Yukon government campground, 20 camp sites, tables, kitchen shelter, firewood, boat launch.
Fee area.
There are 2 day-use recreation sites at km 67.5 and km 99.
Tables, toilets. Boat launch & fishing at km 99.
Yukon Highway 10
Yukon Highway 9 - Top of the World Hwy
Dawson City to Alaska Highway at Tetlin Junction
Yukoners call it the 60 mile.
To Alaskans it is the Taylor Highway, but to everyone who has driven this beautiful road, it is known as the "Top of the World Highway."
Allow plenty of time for travel as the road is winding and narrow in many places.
The road is maintained only during late spring to early fall corresponding to operation of the ferry service at Dawson City. Border crossing is not allowed unless customs offices are open (9am to 9pm Pacific Time).
Yukon Highway 9 continues from Dawson to the Alaska-Yukon border, where it becomes the Taylor Highway. (Alaska Route 5).
Note:
Gas is available between Dawson City and Tetlin Junction only at Boundary and at Chicken.
Emergency Services
Dawson City--993-4444/993-5555 (RCMP)
Tok Ambulance Service--911 or 883-5111 Alaska State Troopers
Eagle EMS--547-2355 or 547-2211
Yukon Hwy 3 - Haines Highway
Haines, Alaska to Haines Junction, YT
This 153 mile/246 km highway connects Haines, Alaska, with Haines Junction (a small community at km 1635 on the Alaska Hwy.)
Although the highway is maintained year-round if you plan on traveling the route between September 15 and June 1 be sure to check weather conditions before you head out:
Alaska State Troopers Office (in Haines) at 907-766-2552
or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment (in Haines Junction) at 867-632-5555
or Yukon Government Highways 1-800-661-0408 or 867-667-8215.
Emergency Services
Haines Volunteer Fire Dept.—911 or 766-2121
Haines Junction--634-4444/634-5555 RCMP
Yukon Highway 7
Jakes Corner, Yukon to Atlin, B.C.
This 92 km/57 mile road turns south from Yukon Highway 8, 1.6 km/1 mile from the junction with the Alaska Highway at Jake's Corner, km 1393/mile 866.
The road winds around the east shore of Atlin Lake, the largest natural lake in B.C.
The road ends at Atlin, an active gold mining centre.
Watch for construction zones as this road is being upgraded.
Yukon Highway 8
Carcross to the Alaska Highway (Jake's Corner)
Small settlement of Tagish Lake Resort.
Experience our unique wilderness resort.
Fine dining in our panoramic view dining room.
Casual ambiance. Swiss-Canadian cuisine.
Accommodation in authentic lakefront cabins with private bath.
Enjoy walking, hiking, canoeing, boating, fishing, mountain biking, floatplane tours, campfire romance.
Stress release and winter activities too.
Located 8 miles drive south of Tagish Road on picturesque Tagish Lake and surrounded by spectacular mountain scenery.
Phone/fax 867 668-1009.
The turn-off to the resort is: 21.9 miles west of Jake's Corner, the junction of Tagish Road # 8 and Alaska Hwy. # 1.
Yukon Hwy 5 - Dempster Highway
Junction of Klondike Hwy. to Inuvik
The Dempster Highway, (Yukon Route 5/Northwest Territories Route 8), completed in 1979, is a well maintained gravel and crushed stone road which extends 742 km/461 miles to Inuvik (Place of Man) an Inuit village 325 km/201 miles above the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Territories.
This wilderness route spans remote regions of the Yukon cutting through two rugged mountain ranges, the Ogilvie and Richardson Mountains, miles of stunted spruce and alder "forests" (8'-12' tall) in the Eagle Plains region, and elevated reaches of tundra, before dropping to the Mackenzie River and its flat aspen covered delta.
Services are limited on the Dempster. Gas, diesel fuel and repairs are available at Eagle Plains 365.7 km/227 miles, Ft. McPherson 555 km/345 miles, and at Inuvik. Appropriate preparation is essential.
Emergency services:
Highway information 867-979-2040. Hospital 867-929-2955. Fire Station 867-929-2222. RCMP 867-929-2935.
Road conditions can also vary drastically.
Check in Dawson City, or at the Klondike River Lodge (at junction of Klondike and Dempster Highways) for road conditions before beginning your trip.
Signs at Eagle Plains remind you to check conditions again before venturing beyond that location.
The Western Arctic Visitor Center on Front Street in Dawson City has all the latest information on the Dempster Highway and the NWT. Open June to September.
Be prepared to stop for approaching trucks, especially with dry, dusty conditions.
Distances are in kilometres from the junction of the Dempster Highway with the Klondike Highway 37 km south of Dawson City.
Klondike River Lodge. 867-993-6892.
Klondike Highway 2
This 717 km/445 mile road, which is mostly paved, connects Skagway, Alaska and Dawson City, Yukon, heart of the Klondike.
Beginning at Skagway, the road climbs for 14 miles/22.5 km to the 3,292 foot/1003 m summit near the Alaska/Canada border.
Between Skagway and the border the road roughly parallels the old White Pass Trail, an alternate to the Chilkoot Trail which ultimately proved more popular as it was the shorter of the two climbs.
The only population center along the 114 miles/183 km of connecting routes between Skagway and Whitehorse is the small community of Carcross.
At present, there are no services between Skagway and Carcross.
The mileage markers along the way indicate the distance from Skagway.
Emergency Services
Skagway Fire Department—911
Carcross (867) 821-5555 (RCMP) or (867) 821-4444 Medical Emergency
Whitehorse Ambulance—911
Carmacks Medical Emergency—863-4444 863-5555 (RCMP)
Mayo Medical Emergency--996-4444
996-5555 (RCMP)
Dawson City Medical Emergency—993-4444; 993-5555 (RCMP)
Yellowhead Alaska Highway 16
This 733 km/455 mile highway takes you from Prince George, BC, to Prince Rupert on BC’s Pacific coast, and the terminus for two coastal ferry Systems —The Alaska Marine Highway System, and the British Columbia Ferry System.
The entire route is paved, and has the lowest grade of any highway through the Rocky Mountains and the coast Range.
It is a river route, paralleling the Nechako, Endako, Bulkley, and Skeena Rivers.
John Hart Highway 97
This 406 km/mile 250 mile highway leads from Prince George to Dawson Creek, BC the start of the Alaska Highway.
Emergency services: Hospital 562-7241, RCMP 788-9221
Visitor Information Center open daily in the summer months, located on Highway 97.
Cassiar Highway
Cassiar Highway 37 is a 724 km/450 mile long road which provides an excellent alternate route for visitors traveling to or from the Yukon or Alaska.
The Cassiar Highway knives through mountain-river-lake-glacier country.
There are several communities enroute.
Time should be allowed for a visit to the neighboring towns of Stewart, BC and Hyder, Alaska, reached by a 65 km/40mile highway which opens up some of the North's most spectacular glacier and mountain scenery.
Editor's Note:
This area of British Columbia and Alaska is one of the most beautiful you will visit on your trip north.
Long renowned for its glaciers and waterfalls, one of the top attractions still has to be the friendly people.
The Cassiar Highway 37 originally was a combination of logging and mine haul roads.
The highway has been improved, however, and for the most part has been realigned.
Although there are some sections still under construction, the road is fine for campers, motorhomes and vehicles towing trailers.
Some services listed in the following highway log are not open all year.
Fill your tank at all opportunities and you will have no problems.
|