Finding Our Way
It was a short drive from our campground at Big Creek to Watson Lake where we wanted to spend the day hanging our sign, doing some laundry, and also a bit of grocery shopping. We passed by the intersection of Highway 37, The Cassiar Highway, known as Junction 37. We
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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
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We were staying in Dawson City and wanted to head south but the Klondike Highway 2 (between Stewart Crossing and Pelly Crossing) had been closed for about 8 days due to wildfires and that is the only way south. Our only other option was to head west to Chicken, Alaska
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Day 9 – Tombstone Mountain to Dawson City – 111 km (69 miles) – 3 hours Read our “Summary of the Dempster” post for an overview of The Dempster! We departed Tombstone Campground and continued our journey south knowing we were getting closer and closer to the end of The
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Day 8 – Eagle Plains to Tombstone Mountain – 298 km (185 miles) – 8 hours Read our “Summary of the Dempster” post for an overview of The Dempster! We departed Eagle Plains amidst all the mosquitos and got on the road south. It was a bit overcast and we
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Day 7 – Inuvik to Eagle Plains – 366 km (227 miles) – 8 hours Read our “Summary of the Dempster” post for an overview of The Dempster! We knew today was going to be a very long day so we got up early in Inuvik and got on the
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Day 3 – Tombstone Territorial Park to the Arctic Circle – 336 km (209 miles) – 8 hours Read our “Summary of the Dempster” post for an overview of The Dempster! We departed Tombstone Campground (km 72) and headed up the mountain to the Tombstone Mountain Viewpoint (km 74). It
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Day 1 and 2 – Dawson City, Yukon to Tombstone Mountain Territorial Park – 111 km (69 miles) – 3 hours Here we go…heading to The Dempster Highway – Arctic Ocean or Bust!! Read our “Summary of the Dempster” post for an overview of The Dempster! The Dempster Highway starts
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Yes, we are going to drive (or attempt to drive) the infamous Dempster Highway all the way to the Arctic Ocean!! In our motorhome!!! Yikes! We hope it survives! The Dempster Highway (Yukon Highway 5 and Northwest Territories Highway 8) is about a 740 km (460 mile) unpaved road which
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We departed Whitehorse with the goal of driving all the way to Dawson City along Highway 2, the Klondike Highway. We watch Yukon 511 for road conditions and we had seen that the previous day the highway had been closed from Pelly Crossing to Stewart Crossing due to wildfires. But
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