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International Border Viewpoint, BC/Alaska

by Murray Lundberg


Campgrounds and Rest Areas in the Yukon

    This viewpoint with a large "Welcome to Alaska" sign is located a couple of hundred yards/meters on the Alaska side of the Canada/USA border, at Mile 14.7 of the South Klondike Highway. There are no facilities at the viewpoint.


International Border Viewpoint, BC/Alaska
Looking into Alaska from the north end of the viewpoint.
International Border Viewpoint, BC/Alaska
Getting your photo taken with the "Welcome to Alaska" sign is a very popular activity.
International Border Viewpoint, BC/Alaska
Looking over the viewpoint towards Skagway from the automated weather station.
International Border Viewpoint, BC/Alaska
A distant look at the viewpoint from the south.
International Border Viewpoint, BC/Alaska
A busy summer day at the viewpoint.
International Border Viewpoint, BC/Alaska
The Kiwanis Club built this "inukshuk".
International Border Viewpoint, BC/Alaska
The viewpoint on April 29, 2014. Some years, the cuise ship season in Skagway has already started.
International Border Viewpoint, BC/Alaska
Looking down the South Klondike Highway from the viewpoint on a bitterly cold day in mid-December.