The Klondike Highway is a highway that runs from the Alaska Panhandle through the province of British Columbia and the territory of Yukon in Canada, linking the coastal town of Skagway, Alaska, to Dawson City, Yukon. Its route somewhat parallels the route used by prospectors in the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush.
Klondike Highway near Five Finger Rapids (Yukon River)
Five Finger Rapids seen from Klondike Highway
The bridge across the Yukon River at Carmacks
Store at the service station in Stewart Crossing
Yukon is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It is the third-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 45,148 as of 2023. However, Whitehorse, the territorial capital, is the largest settlement in any of the three territories.
The Yukon River at Schwatka Lake and the entry to Miles Canyon
Hill-side mining during the Klondike Gold Rush, c. 1899
Sikhs in Whitehorse, Yukon in April 1906
A conveyor belt and cart outside of a mine tunnel in the Yukon. The economy of the territory has historically been centred around mining.