ExploreNorth, your resource center for exploring the circumpolar North
Return to the Home Page The ExploreNorth Blog About ExploreNorth Contact ExploreNorth

Search ExploreNorth

The Taylor and Top of the World Highways

August 1966
Skip Larsen 1966 Travelogue
Dateline: July 9, 2024. Last update: October 1, 2024.

    The photos of the Taylor and Top of the World Highways below were shot on Kodachrome slide film by Skip Larsen during a 6-week trip through the Yukon Territory and Alaska in 1966 - see the link above for more information about that trip and many more photos from it.

    We have posted 10 of the 14 photos in this part of the collection.

    Click on each image to greatly enlarge it.
A moose spotted along the Taylor Highway, August 1966
A moose spotted along the Taylor Highway.
The Jack Wade gold dredge on the Taylor Highway, August 1966
The Jack Wade gold dredge sat on Jack Wade Creek at Mile 86 of the Taylor Highway.
The Jack Wade gold dredge on the Taylor Highway, August 1966
The dredge was a very interesting stop, but due to its deteriorating condition and safety concerns, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had it removed in 2007.
Entering the Yukon Territory on the Top of the World Highway, August 1966
Entering the Yukon Territory after crossing from Alaska into Canada at at the Customs post known as Little Gold Creek.
Looking back into Alaska from the US-Canada border on the Top of the World Highway, August 1966
Looking back into Alaska from the border.
Looking down into one of the placer gold mining creeks along the Top of the World Highway, August 1966
Looking down into one of the placer gold mining creeks along the Top of the World Highway.
Driving across the top of the world on the highway of that name, August 1966
Driving across the top of the world on the highway of that name.
The Yukon River Valley and Ogilvie Mountains, August 1966
The Yukon River Valley and Ogilvie Mountains can be seen in the distance.
The Top of the World Highway, August 1966
Descending into the Yukon River Valley.
Dawson City from the West Dawson ferry landing, August 1966
Dawson City, "The City of Gold," just a short ferry ride away.