Alaska Highway

Understand

This highway was built during World War II to help the American military transport equipment to and from Alaska.

Getting there

By car

Getting to the Alaska Highway is no small feat in itself. It starts in Dawson Creek in northern British Columbia. You can get to Dawson Creek either by driving north from southern British Columbia through Prince George or by driving northwest from Edmonton, Alberta.

By plane Whitehorse is the largest city along the highway, until you reach Fairbanks at the end. The Whitehorse airport YXY IATA is served by Air Canada, Air North, and Westjet. Nearly all of the flights are to or from Vancouver, with some schedules to Calgary and Edmonton. There is also summertime nonstop or one-stop service to Frankfurt, Germany, via Condor airlines. Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, and Fort St. John have airports with schedule commercial flights, though Fort St. John has the most flights of those by far. A renting car could be used for the drive, but renting RV would be more comfortable and convenient. An RV is usually quite expensive and after the cost of gas, probably more expensive than staying in a hotel every night, but there a few hotels along the route between the few cities.

By bus Portions of the Alaska Highway west of Tok and southeast of Fort Nelson have intercity bus services, but the remainder of the Alaska Highway, including the Yukon have no such services.

BC Bus North, ☏ +1-844-564-7494. Between Dawson Creek and Fort Nelson via Fort St. John. (updated Apr 2021) Cold Shot, ☏ +1 587-557-7719, [email protected]. Bus service from Monday to Friday between Dawson Creek and Fort St. John. (updated Feb 2021) Interior Alaska Bus Line, ☏ +1-800-770-6652, [email protected]. Year round service on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday between Tok and Anchorage, and Tok and Fairbanks. Trips between Tok and Anchorage stop along the way at locations including Glennallen and Palmer. Trips between Tok and Fairbanks stop along the way at locations including Delta Junction. Trips depart from Tok in the morning and return to Tok in afternoon. Therefore to travel involving swit

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The Alaska Marine Highway has service from the Anchorage area, south of Fairbanks. About 105 km (66 miles) west of Alaska Highway's west terminus is the city of Fairbanks, the closest larger city near that end the highway.