Jack Wade Junction - Junction of Alaska Top of the World Highway East to Yukon, Canada / Alaska U.S.A. Border crossing point, 21.5 kms. West to Dawson City, Yukon. North to Community of Eagle, Alaska & Fort Egbert, Alaska. 65 miles - The community of Eagle was established in 1897, by a group of disgruntled gold prospectors who were unable to locate lucrative gold claims in the Klondike. After a group of business people joined them, they decided to start their own city on the other side of the International border. Finding a desirable location twelve river miles beyond the Canadian border, they called it Eagle for the large birds nesting on the bluff. Alaska Highway #1 - Tetlin Junction, Alaska to Chicken, Alaska This highway follows the old Eagle-Valdez Telegraph route. Its a narrow, winding road with great scenery that joins The Top of the World Highway , which leads to Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada.