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Yarger Lake AK to Lake Creek YT - Alaska Highway
7 September 2012 - Friday
The Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge is a large area. Wonderful spot for birders! There is an information center that is worthwhile visiting.
Much of the area is wetland, perfect for birds & moose.
Near the Alaska border there is a sign that lets you know it is another 20 miles to Canada Customs. Note the drunken telephone poles in the ditch/wetland!
20 miles to Canada Customs, sign at the border
Port Alcan, the US side of the border crossing
It is another 20 miles or so to Canada Customs near Beaver Creek.
Meanwhile, welcome to Yukon!
Welcome to Yukon sign at the Yukon-Alaska border
Now in Canada with speeds and distance in metric
The section of Alaska Highway between the Alaska border and Beaver Creek is notoriously bad. Always has been.
Heading to Beaver Creek from the Alaska/Yukon border
The scenery is nice, these the Wrangell-St. Elias mountains
Beaver Creek, my home town. We didn't plan to visit this trip,
instead just passing through.
Beaver Creek is the most westerly
community in Canada, as the sign says.
Welcome to Beaver Creek, the most westerly community in Canada
South of Beaver Creek there is a test section to learn how best to reduce the effects of the annual freeze/thaw. This section of highway is rough each spring. Frost heaves and pot holes. We think the test section is about the worst of the section too, likely meaning it isn't working!
Test section along the Alaska Highway
Fall colours on Dead Man's Hill
Looking west on the White River
Pickhandle Lake is a great spot to stop and watch birds
Lake Creek Yukon gov't campground ... a quiet spot to stop for the night