When you leave town (fill up your tank with gas first), follow the signs to Haines, Alaska on the Haines Highway. As you get closer to the mountains, you will start to see bald eagles playing in the thermals swirling around the mountaintops that you will be driving through.
Twenty kilometres from Haines Junction is Kathleen Lake, known as the windiest lake in the Yukon. Bird watching will give you a chance at seeing harlequins, northern pintails, American wigeon, lesser yellowlegs and spotted sandpipers. If you brought your fishing rod and fishing license purchased in Haines Junction, you can catch rainbow, lake trout, kokanee and grayling.
If you want to do some serious eagle spotting, stop at Mosquito Lake State Recreation Site for the night because you will be at the edge of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.. Our recommended campground in Haines is Haines Hitch-up RV Park. The campground offers CanaDream Guests a discount off their campground fees so be sure to check out the CanaDream Club App.
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