Fraser, British Columbia
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Fraser, British Columbia is a locality located on the Klondike Highway in far northwestern British Columbia. It has no permanent residents or businesses. A Canada Customs port of entry is located here, along with a Yukon territorial government highway maintenance camp, and a privately-owned micro-hydro project that provides power. Housing in the area is rented out for customs employees and highway workers. Telephone and internet service is provided from the Carcross, 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) (as in the television sitcom Frasier).
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