Carcross Attractions

The road from Skagway to Carcross, 106 km (66 mi.) away, is passable all year round. Situated 40 km (25 mi.) south of Whitehorse on Bennett Lake, Carcross, where time seems to stand still, was such an important place at the turn of the century, but now has a very small population. The first people to live there were Indians who hunted around this area. They named the place "Caribou Crossing" and the abbreviated version of this was later adopted by the gold-prospectors.

The Caribou Hotel, built in 1898 and renovated in 1909 is the oldest hotel still trading in the Yukon. Visitors can see S.S. "Tutsi", an old paddlesteamer, and the "Duchess", a tiny locomotive that traveled the line from Taku to Atlin Lake early this century. Matthew Watson's General Store was built in 1911, and the Watson family still ran it until quite recently.