Top-Of-The World-Highway2

"Top of the World Highway",

Telin Junction, Alaska to Dawson, Yukon, Canada - - July 2008

Photo Set Two

This spectacular highway runs from the Alaska/Yukon border to Dawson City, Yukon.
This photo tour begins with the Taylor highway (Alaska Highway 5) at Tetlin Junction, Alaska (which is just east of Tok, Alaska and on the Alaska Highway, up to the Yukon border, where it joins the "Top of the World Highway". The Taylor Highway is 105 miles long ending at the Yukon border crossing and the "Top of the World" Highway, is 65 miles long ending in Dawson, Yukon.


Boundary, Alaska near the Yukon border. Population 8.	Boundary, Alaska

Boundary, Alaska lodge	Boundary, Alaska cabins

At the Alaska-Yukon border looking west	At the Alaska-Yukon border looking east

Right at the border crossing	Right at the border crossing. Note, population = 2

Border crossing east bound into The Yukon, Canadian customs	Border crossing, looking back west from just inside the Yukon

Border crossing, looking back west from just inside the Yukon	Start of the "Top of the World" Highway

Click HERE for a larger easier to read version of this sign	Click HERE to see a much larger version of this image

It was early July, but there was still snow remaining on the ground	Top of the World! Click HERE to see a much larger version

Heading downhill to Dawson City	First view of Dawson City looking east from the highway Click HERE to see a much larger version of this image

And suddenly there was no more road!	Dawson City is on the other side of the Yukon River. Click HERE to see a much larger version of this image

A ferry is used during the ice free season to get across the Yukon River	Driving onto the car ferry

Crossing the Yukon River and approaching Dawson	The parking break is on and there is a small wheel chuck helping keep the car on the ferry

Looking back at the ferry from Dawson. The truck on the ferry took up all the available space as the ferry heads back to the west