Clinton Creek (Hän:Dätl'äkayy juu)[1] is aghost town[citation needed] inYukon.[1] It was a smallcompany-ownedasbestos mining town in westernYukon near the confluence of theYukon andFortymile rivers. It operated by the Cassiar Asbestos Corporation, which also operated theasbestos mine inCassiar, British Columbia, from 1967 to 1978, when it was closed and all the buildings were auctioned off.
Clinton Creek had a population of 500, a main building housing the post office, grocery store, cafeteria (used mainly for mine workers), and the remaining rooms served for community social gatherings like a projector set up for weekly reel movies, and a snack bar.
Road access was available via a 30-mile (48 km) road that joined with Yukon Highway 3, known since 1978 as Yukon territorial highway 9, theTop of the World Highway. Mining product was transported across theYukon River atDawson City byferry in summer,ice road in winter, and by a tram system in the spring and fall. At the time, at least someDawson City residents demanded that a bridge be built. The community was fairly well served, with dial telephone service, and it was one of the only six communities in Yukon with television service before 1973.
Upon the closing of the townsite, many residents dispersed to other mining towns likeCassiar, British Columbia, andFaro, Yukon.
Although the townsite is now abandoned, the road is passable to allow access to the historic ghost town ofFortymile, which was itself abandoned around 1898 whenDawson City boomed. Fortymile was the location of a mining office where theKlondike gold strike claim was registered byGeorge Carmack and his two relatives,Dawson Charlie andSkookum Jim Mason.
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