Population: 800
The Gateway to the Yukon – a major staging point during highway construction, a full-service community today. In 1942, a simple sign pointing home to Illinois spawned an ever-growing forest of signs, the Watson Lake Sign Post Forest historic site. The Watson Lake airport was one of the original airfields along the Northwest Staging Route.
Travellers heading to Ross River, Faro and Carmacks via the Campbell Highway turn north here; check road conditions before taking this route.
