Near the very place where James Marshall first discovered gold at Sutter Creek, another profitable claim was being worked that may continue to hold large amounts of gold buried close. At the foot of a deep gorge coming out of the mountains was a claim that was first owned by a group of African-American miners. Almost all of the gold from Poker Creek was extracted from the gravel just above bedrock. The pay streak was about 3 feet deep near the mouth of Poker Creek, thinning to 1 foot upstream (Spurr, 1898). Poker Creek Gold is closed for the Winter. All of our great gold nugget and gold quartz jewelry (as well as the rocks, fossils, knives, etc.) are still available at our year round downtown store, Blasphemous Bill's, located at 100 Main Street, Ketchikan, Alaska, 99901, Phone (9. Poker Creek Gold November 1, 2018 Poker Creek Gold is closed for the Winter. All of our great gold nugget and gold quartz jewelry (as well as the rocks, fossils, knives, etc.) are still available at our year round downtown store, Blasphemous Bill's, located at 100 Main Street, Ketchikan, Alaska, 99901, Phone (9. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) advises travellers that the Little Gold Creek/Poker Creek port of entry will close for the season at 9 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) on Sunday, September 23. The port will re-open in the spring of 2019 as permitted by road and weather conditions.
| Poker Creek–Little Gold Creek Border Crossing | |
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The Canadian side of the joint border inspection station at the Poker Creek–Little Gold Creek Border Crossing | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States, Canada |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 64°05′08″N141°00′05″W / 64.0856°N 141.001317°WCoordinates: 64°05′08″N141°00′05″W / 64.0856°N 141.001317°W |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1971 |
| US Phone | (703) 921-7750/7751 |
| Hours | 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM AKT, summers only |
| Website http://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/alcan | |
The Poker Creek–Little Gold Creek Border Crossing is located on the Top of the World Highway, which connects the communities of Chicken, Alaska and Dawson, Yukon on the Canada–United States border. This crossing is notable for being the northernmost international border crossing in North America.
History[edit]
The Top of the World Highway was completed around 1955, but the US performed border inspection services about 120 miles away in Tok, Alaska until 1971, when it built a log cabin-style inspection station at the border. In 2001, the US and Canada constructed a joint border inspection station, where inspectors from both countries occupy a single facility. A line painted on the floor in the building marks the US-Canada border. [1]
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References[edit]
- ^'Joint U.S.-Canada border post dedicated'. 2001-08-12. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2014-08-31.