Joan and Keith's Travels: Top Of The World Highway!!

Leaving Dawson City!

The Ferry Across

The

Yukon River!

Loading up the Ferry!

On The Other Side!

Another Load Across!

Finally

Our Turn!

Boarding The Ferry!

See The Cracked Windshield?

Got That Way Back in BC.

On Our Way!

On To The Top Of The World Highway!

This is What We Saw!

Starter Model Log Cabin!

Love That Yukon Patina on the Truck and RV!

No Sense Washing Now!

Border Crossing Ahead!

Alaska Border Crossing

The Agent Chatted With Us for Over 20 Mins!

I Think He Was Lonely!

Leaving the Only Small Stretch of Pavement

Back To Gravel!?!?

Not Sure Where The Arrows Point!

Yes

An Intersection!

What Views Up Here!

Arriving in Chicken, Alaska!

Chicken is a census-designated place (CDP) in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. Chicken is a community founded on gold mining and is one of the few surviving gold rush towns in Alaska. The population was 7 at the 2010 Census. However, usually year round, there are 17 inhabitants. Due to mining, Chicken's population peaks during the summer. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.

History

Chicken was settled by gold miners in the late 1800s and in 1902 the local post office was established requiring a community name. Due to the prevalence of ptarmigan in the area that name was suggested as the official name for the new community. However, the spelling could not be agreed on and Chicken was used to avoid embarrassment. A portion of Chicken, with buildings from the early 1900s and the F.E. Company Dredge No. 4 (Pedro Dredge) are listed on the National Register of Historical Places. Chicken is the outpost for the 40 Mile mining district. There are still active gold mines in this area. Enough gold was mined here to make it worthwhile to haul huge gold dredges to this remote location. There are still several inactive gold dredges in the Chicken area.