- Fraser, British Columbia
Fraser, British Columbia is a location on the
Klondike Highway in northwesternBritish Columbia . It has no permanent residents or businesses. ACanada Border Services Agency port of entry is located here, along with aYukon territorial government highway maintenance camp and a privately-owned micro-hydro project that provides power. Housing in the area is rented out forcustoms employees and highway workers. Telephone and internet service is provided from theCarcross, Yukon telephone exchange.Historically, Fraser is a railroad station on the
White Pass and Yukon Route railway; unimportant for many years since conversion to diesel locomotives, today, the railway uses Fraser for a terminus of tourist train operations, where passengers can transfer between buses and trains. Railroad rehabilitation works to the north are sometimes staged from Fraser.The locality's name is pronounced "fray-zer" (ɹɪɪɪ-ɪɪ) by locals and Yukoners, but Skagwayans pronounce it "fray-zher" (ɹɪɪɪ-ɪɪɪ) (like the television sitcom "
Frasier ").
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