Poker Creek Gold Alaska
Gold was found in Alaska as early as 1848 in Kenai River, on a peninsula with the same name, by a Russian mining engineer. After the United States purchased 'Seward’s Folly' and miners had left the disappointment of mining in the Cassiar gold locations, gold was discovered southeast of Juneau around Windham and Sumdum Bays. The American Creek Gold Mine is near Lees Camp, Alaska. Historically the site has been part of the Council Mining District. The American Creek Gold Mine was closed at the time of data entry with no known plans to re-open. The ore mined is composed of gold. Poker Creek Gold Ltd., Fur, Gifts, Novelty, & Souvenirs. 18 Creek Street Ketchikan, AK 99901. Top of the World Highway near the Yukon and Alaska border during twilight on September 2004. The Little Gold Creek and Poker Creek border crossings will remain closed until further notice because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hall/Wikimedia Commons). Poker Creek Gold, 18 Creek St. Stores near Poker Creek Gold. Miners Gems 5 Salmon Lndg # 100, Ketchikan, AK 99901 (907) 225-3020.
Poker Creek Gold Alaska
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- Type: Stream
- Location: Alaska, United States, North America
- Latitude: 64.0583° or 64° 3' 30' north
- Longitude: -141.0492° or 141° 2' 57' west
- Elevation: 854 metres (2802 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 5871797
Also Known As
Poker Creek Gold Ketchikan Alaska
- Parker Creek
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- Little GoldHamlet, 4 km northeast
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- Boundary AirportAerodrome, 4 km northwest
- Bedrock HillHill, 11 km south
- Squaw GulchValley, 12 km north
- Baldy MountainSummit, 17 km north
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- Border stationBuilding, 4 km northeast
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| Poker Creek–Little Gold Creek Border Crossing | |
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The Canadian side of the joint border inspection station at the Poker Creek–Little Gold Creek Border Crossing | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States, Canada |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 64°05′08″N141°00′05″W / 64.0856°N 141.001317°WCoordinates: 64°05′08″N141°00′05″W / 64.0856°N 141.001317°W |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1971 |
| US Phone | (703) 921-7750/7751 |
| Hours | 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM AKT, summers only |
| Website http://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/alcan | |
Poker Creek Gold Alaska Weather
The Poker Creek–Little Gold Creek Border Crossing is located on the Top of the World Highway, which connects the communities of Chicken, Alaska and Dawson, Yukon on the Canada–United States border. This crossing is notable for being the northernmost international border crossing in North America.
History[edit]
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. A line painted on the floor in the building marks the US-Canada border. [1]
See also[edit]
Poker Creek Gold Alaska Lodging
References[edit]
- ^'Joint U.S.-Canada border post dedicated'. 2001-08-12. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2014-08-31.