“Significant repairs” to washout are ongoing as the North Klondike Highway has reopened for travel near Dawson City. On May 2, high water and erosion caused the road to be shut down at kilometre 682, which a health department spokesperson describes as between the Dempster Highway cutoff and Henderson Corner. Yukon Highways and Public Works posted the closure notice to Facebook at around 6 p.m. that day. There was no timeline for reopening at the time. On May 3, shortly before noon, Yukon government departments provided updates by email and on social media noting the road is no longer closed. Photos provided by the health department showed water lining and damaging the highway and work being done on the damaged road. High water and erosion damaging the North Klondike Highway near Dawson City. Repairs are underway and the road has reopened, according to an update from the Yukon government before noon on May 3, 2025. Submitted/Government of Yukon The road connects the Klondike region to the southern Yukon and Whitehorse. Conditions are continuing to be monitored, per the update. Contact Dana Hatherly at dana.hatherly@yukon-news.com
Yukon’s North Klondike Highway reopens as ‘significant repairs go on near Dawson
