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The Taylor Highway provides access to the historic Fortymile gold mining district. It's a narrow winding and beautiful road that joins the Top of the World Highway, which leads to Dawson City, Yukon Territory.
 Gold mining dredge on Jack Wade Creek. Credit: Dan Gullickson, BLM |
Keep your camera ready for spectacular views of the Alaska Range and the Mentasta Mountains as you head out of Tetlin Junction.
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Pass through the Fortymile goldfields, made famous in Jack London novels. The Fortymile River system is a National Wild & Scenic River with miles of exciting whitewater.
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Visit Chicken, a town named by early settlers unable to spell Ptarmigan.
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The Top of the World Highway joins the Taylor Highway at Jack Wade junction.
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Continue on to the U.S./Canada border at Boundary, then to Dawson City, 78 miles farther. Look for old mine workings along the way.
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Questions about the Scenic Byways web site? 
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