Clinton Creek ( Hän : Dätl'äkayy juu ) is a ghost town in Yukon . It was a small company-owned asbestos mining town in western Yukon near the confluence of the Yukon and Fortymile rivers. It operated by the Cassiar Asbestos Corporation, which also operated the asbestos mine in Cassiar, British Columbia , from 1967 to 1978, when it was closed and all the buildings were auctioned off.
11-407: Clinton Creek had a population of 500, a main building housing the post office, grocery store, cafeteria (used mainly for mine workers), and the remaining rooms served for community social gatherings like a projector set up for weekly reel movies, and a snack bar. Road access was available via a 30-mile (48 km) road that joined with Yukon Highway 3, known since 1978 as Yukon territorial highway 9,
22-527: A site of a former asbestos mine that has been shut down since 1979. The Poker Creek–Little Gold Creek Border Crossing features one of the few jointly-built single building customs ports of entry along the Canada–US border . There is a one-hour difference in standard time zones at this border, which is only open in summer during the 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. period ( Alaska time ). The Border Post has warnings as far south as Whitehorse, Yukon , alerting travelers that
33-609: Is also one of the most northerly highways in the world at those latitudes. Two nearby, farther north highways are the Dempster Highway (Yukon Route 5) and the Dalton Highway (Alaska Route 11) . It is not particularly safe in winter, even for snowmobile use, due to the lack of trees for shelter. A ferry connects West Dawson to Dawson in summer, and residents living in West Dawson and nearby Sunnydale cross on
44-665: The Top of the World Highway . Mining product was transported across the Yukon River at Dawson City by ferry in summer, ice road in winter, and by a tram system in the spring and fall. At the time, at least some Dawson City residents demanded that a bridge be built. The community was fairly well served, with dial telephone service, and it was one of the only six communities in Yukon with television service before 1973. Upon
55-525: The Border is closed between 9pm and 9am (Yukon Time) and there's absolutely no entry between those times. The immense Alaskan Taylor Complex Fire of 2004 burned up to the Canada–US border and was visible from the westernmost portions of the highway. [REDACTED] Media related to Top of the World Highway at Wikimedia Commons Clinton Creek, Yukon Too Many Requests If you report this error to
66-461: The Canadian portion is unpaved. The paved Canadian sections are from kilometre 0 (at Dawson) to km 9 (mile 0 to mi 5.4), km 74 to 76 (mi 46.0 to 47.2), km 79 to 82 (mi 49.1 to 51.0), km 83 to 94 (mi 51.6 to 58.4) and km 99 to 104 (mi 61.5 to 64.6) at the Canada–US border. The highway is so named because, along much of its length, it skirts the crest of the hills, giving looks down on the valleys. It
77-596: The World Highway The Top of the World Highway is a 127 km-long (79 mi) highway, beginning at a junction with the Taylor Highway near the unincorporated community of Jack Wade, Alaska travelling east to its terminus at the ferry terminal in West Dawson, Yukon , on the western banks of the Yukon River . The highway has been in existence since at least 1955 and is only open during
88-457: The closing of the townsite, many residents dispersed to other mining towns like Cassiar, British Columbia , and Faro, Yukon . Although the townsite is now abandoned, the road is passable to allow access to the historic ghost town of Fortymile , which was itself abandoned around 1898 when Dawson City boomed. Fortymile was the location of a mining office where the Klondike gold strike claim
99-407: The ice during the winter. A bridge is planned by the Yukon government, although there is significant division among Dawson area residents as to whether such a bridge should be built. The west-bank residents received improved phone service only in 2004 but do not have a public electricity supply. A 50 km (31 mi) branch road off the highway was used to reach the town of Clinton Creek, Yukon ,
110-719: The summer months. The entire portion of the highway in Yukon is also known as Yukon Highway 9 . The Alaska portion is part of Alaska Route 5 and is a portion of the Taylor Highway Scenic Byway. As of August 2016, the U.S. portion of the highway is paved from the Taylor Highway junction almost as far as Chicken, Alaska , and again for the final 10 kilometres from the Eagle turnoff to the Canada–United States border at Little Gold Creek . Most of
121-437: Was registered by George Carmack and his two relatives, Dawson Charlie and Skookum Jim Mason . 64°24′05″N 140°35′55″W / 64.40138°N 140.59861°W / 64.40138; -140.59861 This article about a Yukon location is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Canadian ghost town -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Top of
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