Clinton Creek was a company-owned and -operated asbestos mining town in the western Yukon near the confluence of the Yukon and Fortymile Rivers. It operated from 1966 to 1978, when it was closed and the buildings auctioned off.

Road access was available via a 30-mile road that joined with Yukon Highway 3, known since 1978 as Yukon territorial highway 9, the Top of the World Highway. Mining product was transported across the Yukon River at Dawson City by ferry in summer, ice road in winter, and by a tram system in the spring and fall. At the time, at least some Dawson residents demanded that a bridge be built. The community was fairly well served, with dial telephone service, and it was one of the only six communities in the Yukon with television service before 1973. Fibrous asbestos on muscovite Asbestos Asbestos Asbestos (a misapplication of Latin: asbestos quicklime from Greek : a, not and sbestos, extinguishable) describes any of a group of minerals that can be fibrous, many of which are metamorphic and are hydrous magnesium silicates. ... Motto: none Official languages English, French Flower Fireweed Tree Subalpine Fir Bird Common Raven Capital Whitehorse Largest city Whitehorse Commissioner Geraldine Van Bibber Premier Dennis Fentie (Yukon Party) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 1 1 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)  Ranked 9th 482,443 km² 474,391 km... Map of the Yukon River watershed The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. ... The Fortymile River is a river in Alaska and the Yukon. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ... This highway, 105 kilometres (66 miles) long, connects West Dawson (across the river from Dawson City) with the US border, where it joins the Taylor Highway (Alaska Highway #5). ... Map of the Yukon River watershed The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. ... The City of Dawson is a town in the Yukon territory of Canada, located at a latitude of 64° 03 45 N and a longitude of 139° 25 50 W. The current population is approximately 2,000. ... The Pride of Rotterdam, One of the P&O Ferriess Flagships operating the Hull-Rotterdam Route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... Ice Road in northern British Columbia, Canada Ice roads are temporary highways formed by using frozen rivers and lake surfaces. ...

Clinton Creek had a population of 500, a main building housing the post office, grocery store, cafeteria (used mainly for mine workers), and the remaining rooms served for community social gatherings like a projector set up for weekly reel movies, and a snack bar.

Upon the closing of the townsite, many residents dispersed to other mining towns like Cassiar, B.C., and Faro, Yukon.

Although the townsite is now abandoned, the road is passable to allow access to the historic ghost town of Fortymile, which was itself abandoned around 1898 when Dawson City boomed. Fortymile was the location of a mining office where the Klondike gold strike claim was registered by George Carmack and his two relatives, Dawson Charlie and Skookum Jim Mason. Fortymile was a former trading post catering to gold miners in what is today Canadas Yukon Territory at the confluence of the Yukon River and the Fortymile River. ... The City of Dawson is a town in the Yukon territory of Canada, located at a latitude of 64° 03 45 N and a longitude of 139° 25 50 W. The current population is approximately 2,000. ... A typical gold mining operation, on Bonanza Creek. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Dawson Charlie or Káa goox, (? – 26 December 1908) was a Tagish/Tlingit First Nation person and one of the co-discoverers of gold that led to the Klondike Gold Rush. ... Keish (Skookum Jim Mason) Keish (c. ...