Top of the World Highway and Farewell to the Territories

If you ever get the opportunity to drive the Top of the World Highway I would highly recommend it!!

The Top of the World Highway is a 'highway' that runs between Dawson City and Jack Wade, Alaska.  It's 127 kilometres in total, with 104 kilometres of that distance in Canada.  The highway has been in existence since 1955 and is only open during the summer months.  Except for small sections the majority of the highway is unpaved.
The highway is so named because, along much of its length, it skirts the crest of the hills, giving views down on the valleys.  It is also one of the most northerly highways in the world at these latitudes.  While most roads travelling through mountains wander through lower elevations, this highway winds along the top of the mountain range for a truly breathtaking drive. 
The border is the highest Canada/U.S. road border, known as Little Gold Creek in Canada and Boundary (or Poker Creek) in the U.S., features one of the few jointly-built single building customs ports of entry along the Canada/U.S. border, with the border is only open in the summer from 9:00am to 9:00pm.  I didn't cross the border as this trip was about our Territories, but the 104 kms that I did drive were spectacular!  Absolute amazing views!!!

This is the border crossing building

Coming back into Dawson City again - this is a great view of where the Klondike River (the smaller one at the top) and the Yukon River (coming in from the right) meet and the different water colours

Back to Dawson City again

Unfortunately though, it is time for this wonderful adventure to end.  On my last day I woke up to some wonderful low lying clouds 

and then it was a straight-through drive back to Whitehorse for a flight home to Toronto.  Something interesting at the Whitehorse airport is what is possibly the world's largest weather vane - a retired Douglas DC-3 atop a swivelling support which is used by pilots to determine wind direction.

I hope you've enjoyed this trip with me - I know that I've had a fabulous time in an amazing part of our wonderful country.