Day 23 - Aug 26: Eastward, Ho!

After resting up in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, the AC'12 convoy is on the move again today. This really is the beginning of the home-stretch.

SPOT showed rather then taking the Alaska Highway, they detoured south along the Klondike Higway (purple line on map). At Carcross, they took the Tagish Road east to Jake's Corner where they hooked back up with the Alaska Highway.

The plan was to stop at the George Johnston Museum in Teslin. According to the Milepost, the:

"George Johnston Museum preserves the photography of Tlingit Indian, George Johnston (1884–1972), who captured the life of the inland Tlingit people of Teslin and Atlin between 1910 and 1940. Johnston also brought the first car, a 1928 Chevrolet, to Teslin, and it is on display at the museum."

The convoy is then to head to Swift River and Rancheria River Valley. They will actually dip down into British Columbia for a bit, but then end up back in the Yukon Territory.

AC'12 Day 23 travel routes

- Ellen

Day 20 - Aug 23: Yukon's Largest Lake

Today's AC'12 route continued down the Alaska Highway from Beaver Creek and past the Yukon's Largest Lake. It is Kluane Lake, and there are some fabulous view points along the way. The convoy spent some time at the monument for Soldiers Summit. This is where the Alaska Highway was dedicated, and opened for military use in November 1942.

The convoy stopped  for the night at Haines Junction. During WWII, the army created a road south from this point to the port at Chilkoot Inlet.

AC'12 Day 20 travel route

I read that Destruction Bay got it's name from structures being blown down during the construction of the Alaska Highway in 1942-1943.

- Ellen