Alcan Motor Inn
Alcan Motor Inn is an economical option in Haines Junction, Yukon, handy for travellers focused on Miles Canyon and the main sights.
Guests typically choose Haines Junction for its balance of location and price; Alcan Motor Inn is a good fit if you want to be near the action in Yukon.
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Key facts
What’s included
Around Haines Junction
Getting around the Yukon: is a car actually needed?
Yes, for anything beyond Whitehorse itself, a vehicle is not optional. There is no passenger rail in the territory — the White Pass & Yukon Route from Carcross to Skagway is a seasonal tourist train, not transport — and intercity buses are limited to a few Husky Bus runs between Whitehorse and Dawson City (about 533 km, 6.5–7 hours) and seasonal shuttles to Haines Junction (158 km) and Skagway. Rentals in Whitehorse book out weeks ahead in July; reserve before you fly in.
Downtown Whitehorse is walkable and has a local bus, so a car-free stay works if you never leave the city. Distances elsewhere are the point: Whitehorse to Watson Lake is 435 km, Whitehorse to Beaver Creek 457 km, Dawson City to Inuvik along the Dempster 736 km of gravel. Old Crow has no road at all — Air North flies in from Whitehorse via Dawson. Fuel stops are spaced 100–200 km apart on the Alaska and Klondike Highways, and many close by 9pm.
How many nights in the Yukon and a sensible first trip
Seven nights is the shortest trip that justifies the airfare, and ten to fourteen is where the territory opens up. A workable first-timer summer shape is two nights in Downtown Whitehorse to adjust and pick up the rental, one night in Haines Junction with a day in Kluane, three nights in Dawson City with a day trip up the Dempster to Tombstone Territorial Park, then back to Whitehorse via a night at Carmacks or Carcross.
In winter, cut the driving and stay put: four nights minimum in the Whitehorse area for aurora, ideally out toward Fish Lake or Marsh Lake where light pollution drops off, plus a day on the Southern Lakes at Carcross. Two nights is not enough — cloud cover eats individual evenings, and tour operators quote a roughly 90% success rate only across three or more nights.
What Yukon hotels actually cost
Budget in the Yukon is not cheap by Canadian standards. In Whitehorse in July, expect CAD 130–170 for a basic motel room in Porter Creek or on Two Mile Hill, CAD 190–260 for a mid-range downtown hotel like the ones on Main Street or Second Avenue, and CAD 300–400 for the top end with river views. Dawson City tracks similar numbers in summer, with heritage properties on Front Street at the higher end.
Rates drop sharply after Labour Day: the same downtown Whitehorse room that is CAD 240 in July often sits at CAD 130–150 in October. Winter aurora season pushes prices back up from late December through March, especially around Chinese New Year, when three-night minimums appear. In the small communities — Mayo, Faro, Ross River, Beaver Creek — there is often only one operating hotel, priced CAD 150–220 year-round because it caters to government and industry crews, not tourists.