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Carcross, originally known as Caribou Crossing, is an unincorporated community in Yukon, Canada, on Bennett Lake and Nares Lake. It has a population of ~ 300. It is 46 mi south-southeast from the Alaska Highway. The Carcross Desert and Emerald Lake are nearby.
Emerald Lake is a lake in the southern Yukon, notable for its intense green color. It is located on the South Klondike Highway at mile 73.5, measured from Skagway, Alaska. The color derives from light reflecting off white deposits of marl, a mixture of clay and calcium carbonate at the bottom of the shallow waters.Limestone eroded from nearby mountains and deposited here during the last ice age account for the deposits.
Carcross Desert, located outside Carcross, Yukon, Canada, is often considered the smallest desert in the world. The Carcross Desert measures approximately 1 square mile or 640 acres. Not a true desert as the rainfall and humidity preclude this classification it is actually a series of sand dunes formed during the last glacial period. Glacial lakes were silted up and when the lakes dried up the sand dunes were left behind. Carcross is on the road going from Skagway to the Alaska Highway.
The Fortymile River is a 60-mile tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon. Beginning at the confluence of its north and south forks in the Fairbanks Area, the Fortymile flows generally northeast into Canada to meet the larger river 32 miles southeast of Eagle, Alaska. The closest road to the area is the Top of the World Highway. You can still see active gold panning claims along the route as this was once one of the richest panning areas in Alaska.
