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Visit Mainstreet Visitors Center with statewide trip planning, lots of information and Alaska video viewing.

NORTHERN LIGHTS are visible August through May.ĭrive around Tok and you'll see wild and domestic flower gardens, big vegetables, log homes with sod and wild flower roofs, old fish wheels, historic mining equipment, lots of airplanes, log caches.

SEAT BELTS are to be worn by state law, and while headlights on during daylight is not a requirement, it is good safety practice.

LIMITED bus service to Fairbanks, Anchorage, Whitehorse and Haines.

CURRENCY, traveler checks and credit cards are accepted at most Alaskan businesses.

#Tok alaska usa free#

HOMESTEADING & FREE LAND are a thing of the past.

GAS prices in Tok in 2000 averaged $1.76 per gallon of regular unleaded.

MANY Alaskan attractions do not begin operations until mid-to late May because of weather restrictions.

Please allow extra time on all roads due to added seasonal traffic and construction.

are good gravel roads, travelled at moderate speed. ALL major roads are maintained year-round.TOK'S winter temperatures average -30-70`F.Bring a light jacket and good walking shoes. TOK'S summer temperatures average 60-70`F.MOST businesses in Tok are open year-round.Don't come to Alsaka without seeing the coldest inhabited community in North America with the warmest, friendliest people in the interior.

but honestly, ours are some of the most breath-taking Northern Lights you will ever see.

Everywhere in Alaska boasts of great Northern Lights displays. Our community is also a winter playground for snow machiners, cross country skiing, hunting, and trapping. Hours vary throughout the season, but generally include regular business hours. The Visitor's Center is open seven days a week from May 15-September 15. Ask park rangers about regularly occurring tours which include plant and bird walks, wildland fire tours, and other guided experiences in the local area. Visitors can expect to find trip planning, local services, and cultural information from staff and published materials at the Tok APLIC. Because of the Federal, State, and local input, toruists will find a wide array of information for any Alaskan experience they have in mind. The Tok Visitor's Center is a unique partnership between the local Tok Chamber of Commerce, Tok Alaska Public Lands Information Center (APLIC), US Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and the National Park Service. Customs moved from Tok to its present location on the border in 1971. Four 700' towers, 6 miles east of the junction, transmit radio navigation signals for air and marine traffic in the Gulf of Alaska. Coast Guard built the Long Range Aid to Navigation station (LORAN). Army began construction of the Haines-Fairbanks fuel pipeline, with a pump station located here. In 1954, the Tok Dog Mushers was founded, and the U.S. In 1946, Tok Junction was designated a Presidential Townsite, the same year the Alcan opened to civilians and the little community gained a roadhouse. There are many tall tales about how Tok got it's name but you can discover what really happened if you stop by the Mainstreet Visitor's Center located at the intersection of the Alaska Highway and the Tok Cut Off. Tok originated as an Alaska Road Commission camp for the construction of the Alcan and Glenn Highways in the 1940's during World War II. Local Native arts and crafts may be found in many of our gift shops. Tok is the trade center for the Athabascan Native villages of Northway, Tetlin, Tanacross, Mentasta, Eagle and Dot Lake. Our residents number 1415 and our elevation is 1635'. It offers access to all the interior of Alaska, the Gold Fields, back country, scenic rivers, and public lands. Highways lead north, south, east and west from this friendly hub community. Tok is Alaska's official welcoming committee as the first community across the Canadian border for Alaska Highway travelers.