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| | Watson Lake Community Profile |
 | | As the "Gateway to the Yukon", Watson Lake is situated at Kilometre 1016.8 (Mile 635) of the Alaska Highway at its junction with the Robert Campbell Highway, making it the first community north of the 60th parallel as you enter the Yukon. |
 | | Francis (Frank) Watson, whom the town is named after, was born in 1883 in Tahoe City, Placer County, California and died in 1938 in Ft. Saint John, B.C. In 1897, at the age of 14, Frank and his father set out for the Yukon in search of gold. |
 | | Fishing: arctic grayling, dolly varden trout, lake trout, and northern pike in the Liard river, Albert Creek, and Watson Lake. |
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