Most Westerly Highway
Point in North America.
This point is Mile 157
Sterling Highway.
Lat.: 59° 48.1' North.
Long.: 151° 50.2' West.
1971 — — Map (db m299225) HM
Prospectors found gold in 1895 under the present Canyon Creek Highway Bridge and on Mills Creek. Those discoveries launched a rush to Turnagain Arm more than a year before the Klondike Gold Rush.
Prospectors Poke Around
After gold was . . . — — Map (db m49599) HM