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The Poker Creek–Little Gold Creek Border Crossing is located on the
Top of the World Highway The Top of the World Highway is a highway, beginning at a junction with the Taylor Highway (Alaska Route 5) near the unincorporated community of Jack Wade, Alaska travelling east to its terminus at the ferry terminal in West Dawson, Yukon, on t ...
, which connects the communities of
Chicken, Alaska Chicken is a tiny unincorporated village in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska. It is a community founded on gold mining, and is one of the few surviving gold rush towns in Alaska. The population was 12 at the time of the 2020 census, up fr ...
and
Dawson, Yukon Dawson City, officially the City of Dawson, is a town in the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is inseparably linked to the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–99). Its population was 1,577 as of the 2021 census, making it the second-largest town in Yuko ...
on the
Canada–United States border The border between Canada and the United States is the longest international border in the world. The terrestrial boundary (including boundaries in the Great Lakes, Atlantic, and Pacific coasts) is long. The land border has two sections: Can ...
. This crossing is notable for being the northernmost international border crossing in
North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
.


History

The
Top of the World Highway The Top of the World Highway is a highway, beginning at a junction with the Taylor Highway (Alaska Route 5) near the unincorporated community of Jack Wade, Alaska travelling east to its terminus at the ferry terminal in West Dawson, Yukon, on t ...
was completed around 1955, but the US performed border inspection services about away in
Tok, Alaska Tok is a census-designated place (CDP) in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 1,243 at the 2020 census, slightly down from 1,258 in 2010. Geography Tok lies on a large, flat alluvial plain of the Tanana V ...
until 1971, when it built a log cabin-style inspection station at the border. In 2001, the US and Canada constructed a joint border inspection station, where inspectors from both countries occupy a single facility. A line painted on the floor in the building marks the US-Canada border.


See also

* List of Canada–United States border crossings


References

Buildings and structures in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska Buildings and structures in Yukon Canada–United States border crossings 1971 establishments in Alaska 1971 establishments in Yukon {{Yukon-geo-stub