Poker Creek - Little Gold Creek Border Crossing

Poker Creek - Little Gold Creek Border Crossing

The Canadian side of the joint border inspection station at the Poker Creek - Little Gold Creek Border Crossing
Location
Country United States; Canada
Location

US Port: Top of the World Highway, Poker Creek, AK 99780

Canadian Port: Top of the World Highway, Little Gold Creek, Yukon Territory
Coordinates 64°05′08″N 141°00′05″W / 64.0856°N 141.001317°W / 64.0856; -141.001317
Details
Opened 1971
US Phone (703) 921-7752
Hours 8:00AM - 8:00PM, Summers only
Website
http://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/alcan

The Poker Creek - Little Gold Creek Border Crossing is on the Top of the World Highway, which connects the communities of Tok, Alaska and Dawson, Yukon. This crossing is the northernmost international border crossing in North America, as well as the one at the highest elevation (1258 m / 4127 ft).

History

The Top of the World Highway was completed around 1955, but the US performed border inspection services about 120 miles away in Tok, Alaska 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.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Joint U.S.-Canada border post dedicated". 2001-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
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