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Alaska Highway Km 905 - BC/Yukon border pullout

by Murray Lundberg


Campgrounds and Rest Areas in northern BC

    This large level gravel pullout is located at Km 905 of the Alaska Highway. It has a cairn marking the BC/Yukon border, but no facilities. This is the first of 7 crossings of the BC/Yukon border between here and Km 964.5, south of Watson Lake.


Alaska Highway Km 905 - Welcome to Yukon cairn
An aerial view of the Alaska Highway Km 905, BC/Yukon border pullout area. Click on it to open an interactive map in a new window.
Alaska Highway Km 905 - BC/Yukon border cairn
This Google Streetview image shows the pullout as you approach from the south.
Alaska Highway Km 905 - BC/Yukon border cairn
Looking south on the Alaska Highway from the pullout.
Alaska Highway Km 905 - BC/Yukon border cairn
The BC/Yukon border cairn and Historic Mile 585 sign.
Alaska Highway Km 905 - BC/Yukon border cairn
This sign used to say that it's 10 miles / 16 km to Iron Creek Lodge, but the lodge closed in about 2000.