We departed Whitehorse and headed south on the Alcan Highway passing the Carcross Cutoff and the Yukon Motorcycle Park/Caribou RV Park and on past Marsh Lake. We were winging it that day and we were just going to stop whenever we felt like it.
Johnsons Crossing is at the northern end of Teslin Lake in the Yukon and is known as a good rest stop with a bit of history, a bakery, an RV park, a motel, and a fuel station. They are known for their cinnamon buns. They are under new ownership as of the past 9 or 10 years and their buns are much better than the last time we were here!
We departed Johnson’s Crossing after talking awhile with a motorcyclist from Florida who also just drove the Dempster. We shared stories and notes. We then continued on to Teslin past the Teslin River and on to the Rancheria River. At this point we dipped into British Columbia and then back into the Yukon.
We had read good reviews about Big Creek Campground and decided to give it a try. It was early afternoon and the campground is right off the Alcan Highway for easy access. We had read that site 3 was the best site so we decided to go for it. It is a small campground with 15 sites and all dry camping. We drove around the campground and there wasn’t anyone there so we grabbed site 3 and registered and set up camp for a great evening. By early evening the campground was full. We could not hear any traffic on the Alcan Highway that night.
Campground: Big Creek Government Campground
Location: Yukon (About 376 km – 234 miles east of Whitehorse)
Site: 3 (pull thru)
Cost: $20 (CAD)
Services: dry camping
Comments: A fantastic campground, at least our site was fantastic, right off the Alcan Highway with easy access but little to no road noise. Our site was right along the Big Creek!! Yukon Campgrounds tend to have HUGE green picnic tables (just a comment).
I got a few pictures of some of the other sites before they were filled up. Sites 5 and 6 are a double site along the river and provide a nice campsite if you are traveling with someone. All sites were nice but only a few are along the river – see campground map above.
And, as usual for a Yukon Territory campground, the firewood is free. Time for a campfire.
Big Creek flows right next to our campsite but it is quite steep to get down to it but still possible. A few sites over at site 1 and 2 it was a very easy walk to the creek and there were also a few trails you could hike (probably frequented by bears)!
The sound of the creek rushing by us and the campfire crackling away made for a beautiful evening.
We loved this campground.
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