Information About

Half-Way Pillar

Half-Way Pillar

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 823 ft (250.85 m)
About

on right bank of Porcupine River 6 mi. N of Old Rampart and 32 mi. ENE of Coleen Mtn., Yukon Flats.

History of Half-Way Pillar

Name reported by R. G. McConnell, Canadian Geological Survey, in 1888, for "a projecting column of rock, which was supposed by the traders to b e equidistant from Lapierre House and Fort Yukon" (FitzGerald, 1944, p. 227). The name is now applied to a nearby hill.

Places Near Half-Way Pillar
Lakes:

Pern Lakes, Smith Lake,

Mountains:

Half-Way Pillar,

Rivers:

Campbell River, Rapid River, Salmon Trout River,

Streams:

White Mountain Creek,

Valleys:

Upper Ramparts,

Cities:

Old Rampart,