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KLONDIKE /<br />
KLUANE LOOP<br />
Regions on this Drive<br />
Drive<br />
Whitehorse, p.50<br />
Kluane, p.70<br />
Klondike, p.90<br />
Tok, AK<br />
Chicken, AK<br />
Beaver<br />
Creek<br />
Burwash<br />
Landing<br />
Destruction<br />
Bay<br />
Haines<br />
Junction<br />
Drive from Whitehorse to historic<br />
Dawson City, loop into Alaska and return<br />
through the scenic Kluane region.<br />
Distance: 1,435 km<br />
Time recommended: 5 nights<br />
Features: Yukon River, Klondike National<br />
Historic Sites, Kluane National Park<br />
and Reserve<br />
Activities: River trip to Fort Selkirk, Dawson City<br />
walking tour, gold mine tours and gold panning,<br />
experiencing First Nations culture, wildlife<br />
viewing, day adventures in Kluane Country<br />
Trip Planning<br />
Places to visit: Carmacks, Pelly Crossing, Dawson<br />
City, Beaver Creek, Burwash Landing, Destruction<br />
Bay, Haines Junction, Whitehorse<br />
Distances and approximate driving times:<br />
• Whitehorse to Dawson City: 535 km (6 hrs)<br />
• Dawson City to Beaver Creek: 446 km (8 hrs)<br />
• Beaver Creek to Haines Junction:<br />
298 km (3.5 hrs)<br />
• Haines Junction to Whitehorse: 158 km (2 hrs)<br />
Highways travelled: North Klondike Highway #2,<br />
Top of the World Highway #9, Taylor Highway,<br />
Alaska Highway #1<br />
Local Attractions<br />
• Fort Selkirk Historic<br />
Site (boat access only)<br />
Pelly Crossing<br />
• Big Jonathan<br />
Heritage Centre<br />
Carmacks<br />
• Tagé Cho Hudän<br />
Interpretive Centre<br />
Dawson<br />
• Dawson City<br />
Museum<br />
• Dredge No. 4<br />
National Historic Site<br />
• Dänojà Zho<br />
Cultural Centre<br />
• Diamond Tooth<br />
Gerties Gambling<br />
Hall<br />
• ODD Gallery,<br />
Klondike Institute<br />
of Art & Culture<br />
Burwash Landing<br />
• Kluane Museum<br />
of Natural History<br />
Haines Junction<br />
• Da K Cultural<br />
Centre<br />
Champagne<br />
• Long Ago<br />
Peoples Place<br />
Dawson<br />
City<br />
Stewart<br />
Crossing<br />
Pelly<br />
Crossing<br />
Carmacks<br />
WHITEHORSE<br />
From gold panning to glaciers, this<br />
drive packs many of the Yukon’s premier<br />
historic attractions and natural wonders<br />
into one magnificent loop.<br />
Walk the streets that Robert Service, Skookum Jim and Jack London once walked – YG, C. Archbould<br />
Klondike Trail of ’98<br />
Embark on your own journey to the<br />
goldfields on the meandering drive to<br />
Dawson City through the Northern Tutchone<br />
communities of Carmacks and Pelly Crossing.<br />
You’ll feel the grit, heartache and golden<br />
dreams of the Klondike Gold Rush when you<br />
reach Dawson City. This authentic gold rush<br />
town is a lively place bursting with historic<br />
sites, attractions and a full range of services.<br />
Drive along the vast wilderness and towering peaks<br />
of Kluane National Park and Reserve – YG, C. Archbould<br />
After the bustle of Dawson, take the free<br />
ferry across the Yukon River to the Top of<br />
the World Highway. Bring your passport,<br />
you’ll be crossing an international border*<br />
into the U.S. before returning to Canada.<br />
Loop back to the Yukon and continue<br />
through breathtaking landscape to Beaver<br />
Creek, Burwash Landing, Destruction Bay<br />
and Haines Junction, along the edge of<br />
Kluane National Park and Reserve, a<br />
UNESCO World Heritage Site.<br />
* Check border crossing hours of operation.<br />
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