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Alaska Highway Yukon Section, Road Log, 1976

(and Haines Highway)



The History of the Alaska Highway (Alcan)

Dateline: December 19, 2024.

Haines Highway

Km Mile
0 0 HAINES
72 45 ALASKA-CANADA-(B.C.) Boundary
73 46 Customs
88 55 Access Road to Rainy Hollow, B.C.
123 77 75 Mile Hwy Maintainance Camp
153 95 B.C.-Y.T. Boundary
172 107 Dalton Trail to Dalton Post
202 125 Dezadeash Lake - Lodge - CAMPGROUND
229 143 Kathleen Lake - Lodge - CAMPGROUND
256 159 Alaska Hwy at Km 1635, Mile 1016: HAINES JUNCTION


Alaska Highway

Km Mile
1017 632 Access Road to Watson Lake - CAMPGROUND
1021 634 Access Road to WATSON LAKE Airport - 13 Km, 8 Mi.
1021 634 Junction CAMPBELL HIGHWAY No. 9 - ROSS RIVER: 379 Km, 230 Mi; no facilities, no gas
1022 635 WATSON LAKE - Hwy Maintainance Camp
1044 649 Junction CASSIAR ROAD - Dease Lake, CASSIAR, B.C. 140 Km, 87 Mi.
1085 674 Big Creek Bridge - CAMPGROUND
1106 688 Lower Rancheria Bridge - Lodge
1143 710 Rancheria - Lodge - CAMPGROUND
1162 722 Pine Lake Flight Strip
1180 733 Seagull Creek Bridge - CAMPGROUND
1181 734 Y.T.-B.C. Boundary
1249 776 B.C.-Y.T. Boundary
1252 777 Morley River Bridge - CAMPGROUND
1293 803 Nisutlin Bay Bridge - Alaska Hwy. longest bridge
1293 804 TESLIN VILLAGE - old Stikine River Gold Trail
1295 805 Access Road to Teslin Flight Strip - 8 Km, 5 Mi.
1309 813 Ten Mile Creek - CAMPGROUND
1345 836 Junction CANOL ROAD HWY No. 8 - ROSS RIVER 222 Km,138 Mi.
1346 837 JOHNSON'S CROSSING - Lodge
1356 842 Squanga Lake Flight Strip
1368 850 Squanga Lake - CAMPGROUND
1392 865 Jakes Corner - Lodge - Jct. ATLIN-CARCROSS
ATLIN - 98Km, 61 Mi; TAGISH - 21 Km, 13 Mi - CAMPGROUND; CARCROSS - 53 Km, 33 Mi
1403 872 Judas Creek - CAMPGROUND
1432 890 Marsh Lake - CAMPGROUND
1455 904 Junction CARCROSS ROAD HWY. No. 5 - Carcross 53 Km, 33 Mi.
1458 906 Wolf Creek - CAMPGROUND
1464 910 McCRAE Community - Lodge
1466 911 Access Road to Miles Canyon
1470 913 WHITEHORSE - South Access Road to downtown
1474 916 WHITEHORSE - Airport and Hillcrest (suburb)
1476 917 WHITEHORSE (Top of 2 Mile Hill) - to downtown
1481 920 Fish Lake Road - Jackson Lake 11 Km, 7 Mi. - CAMPGROUND
1484 922 WHITEHORSE - Porter Creek (suburb)
1485 923 WHITEHORSE - Crestview (suburb)
1488 925 Junction WHITEHORSE KENO HWY No. 2
1490 927 Ski Hill Road
1507 936 Takhini River - Old Dawson Road
1508 937 Takhini River - Old Ferry Crossing, Dawson Trail
1530 950 Old Champagne Trail (off Dawson Trail)
1543 958 Access Road to Kusawa Lake - 23 Km, 14 Mi. - CAMPGROUND
1558 967 Mendenhall Creek - CAMPGROUND
1568 973 Champagne - old Northwest Mounted Police post - trail to Dawson - old Indian settlement
1602 995 Junction AISHIHIK ROAD - 113 Km,70 Mi; Lake 42 Km, 26 Mi; Otter Falls 29 Km, 18 Mi - CAMPGROUND
1629 1012 Pine Creek - CAMPGROUND
1631 1013 Access Road to Pon Lake Flight Strip - 1.6 Km, 1 Mi.
1635 1016 HAINES JUNCTION - Junction HAINES ROAD Hwy No. 4
1640 1019 Kluane Park Headquarters (old Agricultural Farm)
1646 1022 Bear Creek - Mackintosh Lodge, est. 1904 as road house and trading post.
1655 1029 Bear Creek Summit (2nd highest point between Whitehorse and Fairbanks)
1671 1038 Sulphur Lake - CAMPGROUND
1690 1050 Boutillier Summit - 3280 ft. - high point, Whitehorse-Fairbanks
1695 1053 Silver City (Historic Site)
1698 1055 Kluane Lake Flight Strip - Lodge
1707 1060 Sheep Mountain
1712 1064 Kluane Lake - Lodge - CAMPGROUND
1725 1072 Goose Bay - CAMPGROUND
1743 1083 DESTRUCTION BAY
1760 1093 BURWASH LANDING - Lodge .8 Km, .5 Mi.
1761 1095 Access Road to Burwash Flight Strip
1779 1105 Burwash Flats - CAMPGROUND
1845 1147 Edith Creek - Lodge
1854 1152 Lake Creek - CAMPGROUND
1865 1159 Pickhandle Creek - CAMPGROUND
1880 1169 White River Bridge and Flats - Lodge
1912 1188 Snag Road Turnoff - CAMPGROUND - Snag (abandoned) 27 Km, 17 Mi.
1935 1202 BEAVER CREEK - Lodges, Services
1937 1203 Access Road to Beaver Cr. Flight Strip, Customs
1969 1224 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY - Y.T.- ALASKA-CANADA Boundary


Yukon Highways, 1976