2022.07: Visitor Center, Tok, Alaska, USA

Location: Visitor Center, Tok, Alaska, USA

Date: 2022.07

Photographer: Jesen

Camera: Nikon D850

Retouch: Adobe Photoshop

Copyright: www.haomingxiong.com

Tok is Alaska’s official welcoming committee as the first community across the Canadian border for Alaska Highway travelers. Highways lead north, south, east and west from this friendly hub community. It offers access to all the interior of Alaska, the Gold Fields, back country, scenic rivers, and public lands. Our residents number 1415 and our elevation is 1635′. Tok is the trade center for the Athabascan Native villages of Northway, Tetlin, Tanacross, Mentasta, Eagle and Dot Lake. Local Native arts and crafts may be found in many of our gift shops. 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. 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. You will be surprised. In 1946, Tok Junction was designated a Presidential Townsite, the same year the Alcan opened to civilians and the little community gained a roadhouse.

JESEN Photo