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Carmacks Visitor Centre Rest Area, Yukon

by Murray Lundberg


Campgrounds and Rest Areas in the Yukon

    This large paved rest area is located at Km 354.4 of the North Klondike Highway, 1.4 km south of the village of Carmacks. It has outhouses, garbage bins, interpretive panels, and a visitor information centre (which is seldom open).

    The kilometer posts on the North Klondike Highway mark the mileage from the ferry terminal in Skagway, Alaska. Dawson City, the north end of the highway, is at Km 715.4.


Carmacks Visitor Centre Rest Area, Yukon
A broad view of the rest area from the south.
Carmacks Visitor Centre Rest Area, Yukon
One of the interpretive panels.
Carmacks Visitor Centre Rest Area, Yukon
This large tile mural was designed by Chris Sherbarth, Brian Tom, and Clarence Washpan.