Dawson City

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Dawson City
City
City of Dawson [1]
Dawson Yukon June 07.jpg
Aerial view of Dawson City and the Yukon River
Nicknames: 
Paris of the North [2]
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Dawson City
Location of Dawson City
Coordinates: 64°03′36″N139°25′55″W / 64.06000°N 139.43194°W / 64.06000; -139.43194 [3]
CountryCanada
Territory Yukon
Settled1896
City1902
Town1980
Named for George Mercer Dawson
Government
 • MayorBill Kendrick
Area
[4]
 • Total32.45 km2 (12.53 sq mi)
Elevation
[5]
370 m (1,214 ft)
Population
 (2016) [4]
 • Total1,577
 • Density42.4/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
Canadian Postal code
Y0B 1G0
Area code 867
NTS Map 116B3 Dawson
GNBC CodeKAHFT
Climate Dfc
Website Official website
TypeCultural
Criteriaiii, iv
Designated2023 (45th session)
Part of Tr’ondëk-Klondike
Reference no. 1564-006

Dawson City, officially the City of Dawson, is a city in the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is inseparably linked to the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–1899). Its population was 1,577 as of the 2021 census, [6] making it the second-largest city in Yukon.

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History

Packtrain in Dawson, 1899 (photographed by Eric A. Hegg) Packtrain carrying freight outside of the Bartlett Bros offices, Dawson, Yukon territory, 1899 (HEGG 624).jpeg
Packtrain in Dawson, 1899 (photographed by Eric A. Hegg)

Prior to the late modern period the area was used for hunting and gathering by the Hän-speaking people of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in and their forebears. The heart of their homeland was Tr'ochëk, a fishing camp at the confluence of the Klondike River and Yukon River, now a National Historic Site of Canada, just across the Klondike River from modern Dawson City. This site was also an important summer gathering spot and a base for moose-hunting on the Klondike Valley.

The current settlement was founded by Joseph Ladue and named in January 1897 after noted Canadian geologist George M. Dawson, who had explored and mapped the region in 1887. It served as Yukon's capital from the territory's founding in 1898 until 1952, when the seat was moved to Whitehorse.

View of 3rd Street c. 1899 by Eric A. Hegg 3rd St, Dawson, Yukon Territory, ca 1899 (HEGG 88).jpeg
View of 3rd Street c. 1899 by Eric A. Hegg
1941 aerial photo Canada - Dawson - NARA - 68154600 (cropped).jpg
1941 aerial photo

Dawson City was the centre of the Klondike Gold Rush. [7] It began in 1896 and changed the First Nations camp into a thriving city of 16,000–17,000 [8] by 1898. By 1899, the gold rush had ended and the town's population plummeted as all but 8,000 people left. When Dawson was incorporated as a city in 1902, the population was under 5,000. St. Paul's Anglican Church, also built that same year, is a National Historic Site. The downtown was devastated by fire in November 1897 (started when dance hall girl Dolly Mitchell threw a lamp at another girl in an argument), 1899 (started in the Bodega Saloon), 1900 (started at the Monte Carlo Theatre) and flooding in 1925, 1944, 1966, 1969 and 1979. [9]

The population dropped after World War II when the Alaska Highway bypassed it 518 kilometres (322 mi) [10] to the south. The economic damage to Dawson City was such that Whitehorse, the highway's hub, replaced it as territorial capital in 1953. [7] Dawson City's population languished around the 600–900 mark through the 1960s and 1970s, but has risen and held stable since then. The high price of gold has made modern placer mining operations profitable, and the growth of the tourism industry has encouraged development of facilities. In the early 1950s, Dawson was linked by road to Alaska, and in fall 1955, with Whitehorse along a road that now forms part of the Klondike Highway.

In 1978, another kind of buried treasure was discovered with the Dawson Film Find when a construction excavation inadvertently uncovered a forgotten collection of more than 500 discarded films on highly flammable nitrate film stock from the early 20th century that were buried in (and preserved by) the permafrost. These silent-era film reels, dating from "between 1903 and 1929, were uncovered in the rubble beneath [an] old hockey rink". [11] (See Dawson Film Find.) Owing to its dangerous chemical volatility, [12] the historical find was moved by military transport to Library and Archives Canada and the U.S. Library of Congress for both transfer to safety film and storage. A documentary about the find, Dawson City: Frozen Time , was released in 2016. [13]

The City of Dawson and the nearby ghost town of Forty Mile are featured prominently in the novels and short stories of American author Jack London, including The Call of the Wild . London lived in the Dawson area from October 1897 to June 1898. Other writers who lived in and wrote of Dawson City include Pierre Berton and the poet Robert Service. The childhood home of the former is now used as a residency and retreat for professional writers administered by the Writers' Trust of Canada. [14] [15]

In 2023, the Dawson City townsite became part of the Tr’ondëk-Klondike UNESCO World Heritage Site, because of its archaeological record highlighting the transformation of the site from predominanty Indigenous to predominantly European use, and the adaptations that the Indigenous people made in response to European colonialism. [16]

Geography

Streetscape and landslide at mountain side; Dawson City, 1964 Yukon Territory, Canada (28252967555).jpg
Streetscape and landslide at mountain side; Dawson City, 1964

Dawson City lies on the Tintina Fault. This fault has created the Tintina Trench and continues eastward for several hundred kilometres. Erosional remnants of lava flows form outcrops immediately north and west of Dawson City.

Climate

Dawson City has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification: Dsc), with significantly higher continentality (greater temperature swings) than the territory capital of Whitehorse. Despite this classification, most precipitation actually occurs during summer and July is the wettest month. However, April, one of the six warmer months is sufficiently drier than October and November. Hence the letter 's' is used instead of 'f' (as in Dfc).

The average temperature in July is 15.7 °C (60.3 °F) and in January is −26.0 °C (−14.8 °F). [17] The highest temperature ever recorded is 35.0 °C (95 °F) on 9 July 1899 [18] and 18 June 1950. [19] The lowest temperature ever recorded is −58.3 °C (−73 °F) on 3 February 1947. [20] It experiences a wide range of temperatures surpassing 30 °C (86 °F) in most summers and dropping below −40 °C (−40 °F) in winter. [17] In the very cold month of December 1917, the temperature did not rise above −37.2 °C (−35 °F) and it averaged −46.3 °C (−51 °F). [21]

The community is at an elevation of 320 m (1,050 ft) [5] and the average rainfall in July is 49.0 mm (1.93 in) and the average snowfall in January is 27.6 cm (10.87 in). Dawson has an average total annual snowfall of 166.5 cm (65.55 in) and averages 70 frost free days per year. [17] The town is built on a layer of frozen earth, which may pose a threat to the town's infrastructure in the future if the permafrost melts. [22] [23]

Climate data for Dawson City (Dawson City Airport)
Climate ID: 2100402; coordinates 64°02′35″N139°07′40″W / 64.04306°N 139.12778°W / 64.04306; -139.12778 (Dawson City Airport) ; elevation: 370.3 m (1,215 ft); 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1897–present
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high humidex 9.78.810.722.434.935.039.437.924.919.510.05.039.4
Record high °C (°F)9.7
(49.5)		9.5
(49.1)		14.8
(58.6)		23.0
(73.4)		34.7
(94.5)		35.0
(95.0)		35.0
(95.0)		33.5
(92.3)		26.1
(79.0)		20.1
(68.2)		12.8
(55.0)		12.8
(55.0)		35.0
(95.0)
Mean maximum °C (°F)−4.9
(23.2)		−1.0
(30.2)		6.5
(43.7)		16.6
(61.9)		24.3
(75.7)		29.0
(84.2)		29.4
(84.9)		27.4
(81.3)		19.8
(67.6)		10.7
(51.3)		−0.5
(31.1)		−2.8
(27.0)		30.9
(87.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)−21.6
(−6.9)		−15.1
(4.8)		−4.2
(24.4)		7.9
(46.2)		16.4
(61.5)		22.1
(71.8)		23.1
(73.6)		19.5
(67.1)		12.6
(54.7)		0.2
(32.4)		−14.7
(5.5)		−18.8
(−1.8)		2.4
(36.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)−25.7
(−14.3)		−20.9
(−5.6)		−12.6
(9.3)		0.4
(32.7)		8.8
(47.8)		14.4
(57.9)		15.9
(60.6)		12.7
(54.9)		6.4
(43.5)		−4.0
(24.8)		−17.7
(0.1)		−23.0
(−9.4)		−3.8
(25.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)−29.8
(−21.6)		−26.5
(−15.7)		−20.9
(−5.6)		−7.1
(19.2)		1.2
(34.2)		6.7
(44.1)		8.7
(47.7)		5.8
(42.4)		0.2
(32.4)		−8.2
(17.2)		−21.7
(−7.1)		−27.1
(−16.8)		−9.9
(14.2)
Mean minimum °C (°F)−45.4
(−49.7)		−42.1
(−43.8)		−36.4
(−33.5)		−21.8
(−7.2)		−5.5
(22.1)		−0.2
(31.6)		2.1
(35.8)		−3.1
(26.4)		−9.8
(14.4)		−23.7
(−10.7)		−36.1
(−33.0)		−42.0
(−43.6)		−47.9
(−54.2)
Record low °C (°F)−56.1
(−69.0)		−58.3
(−72.9)		−47.8
(−54.0)		−40.6
(−41.1)		−15.6
(3.9)		−3.3
(26.1)		−2.4
(27.7)		−11.0
(12.2)		−23.2
(−9.8)		−36.5
(−33.7)		−47.9
(−54.2)		−54.4
(−65.9)		−58.3
(−72.9)
Record low wind chill −59.8−58.6−47.7−37.9−18.2−3.50.0−9.2−25.8−41.0−50.9−63.8−63.8
Average precipitation mm (inches)19.4
(0.76)		12.8
(0.50)		9.9
(0.39)		8.2
(0.32)		30.8
(1.21)		38.2
(1.50)		49.0
(1.93)		43.4
(1.71)		34.0
(1.34)		31.4
(1.24)		25.5
(1.00)		22.0
(0.87)		324.4
(12.77)
Average rainfall mm (inches)0.1
(0.00)		0.0
(0.0)		0.3
(0.01)		2.6
(0.10)		28.4
(1.12)		38.2
(1.50)		49.0
(1.93)		43.1
(1.70)		29.7
(1.17)		9.4
(0.37)		0.1
(0.00)		0.4
(0.02)		201.3
(7.93)
Average snowfall cm (inches)27.6
(10.9)		18.2
(7.2)		12.1
(4.8)		7.2
(2.8)		2.5
(1.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.4
(0.2)		4.6
(1.8)		26.7
(10.5)		36.3
(14.3)		31.0
(12.2)		166.5
(65.6)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm)11.78.76.34.510.912.014.413.711.012.712.711.5130.2
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm)0.20.00.22.010.612.014.413.610.03.80.30.167.1
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm)12.39.86.53.21.00.00.00.11.59.913.512.269.8
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, [17] [18] [24] [25] Météo Climat [26] [27]

Demographics

Federal census population history of Dawson
YearPop.±%
19019,142—    
1911 3,013−67.0%
1921 975−67.6%
1931 819−16.0%
1941 1,043+27.4%
1951 783−24.9%
1956851+8.7%
1961881+3.5%
1966742−15.8%
1971762+2.7%
1976838+10.0%
1981 697−16.8%
1986 896+28.6%
1991 972+8.5%
1996 1,287+32.4%
2001 1,251−2.8%
2006 1,327+6.1%
2011 1,319−0.6%
2016 1,375+4.2%
2021 1,577+14.7%
Source: Statistics Canada
[28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [6]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Dawson had a population of 1,577 living in 770 of its 836 total private dwellings, a change of

Ethnicity

According to the 2021 Census, the town is predominately European Canadian with 60.8% of the population with Indigenous Canadians accounting for 31.4% of the population and East Asian Canadians accounting for 3.0% of the population. [39]

Panethnic groups in Dawson City (2001−2021)
Panethnic group2021 [39] 2016 [40] 2011 [41] 2006 [42] 2001 [43]
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
European [lower-alpha 1] 900940830915885
Indigenous 465310435390340
East Asian [lower-alpha 2] 450000
South Asian 2500020
Southeast Asian [lower-alpha 3] 2060000
African 151501010
Latin American 1020000
Middle Eastern [lower-alpha 4] 000100
Other/multiracial [lower-alpha 5] 003500
Total responses1,4801,3401,2951,3201,245
Total population1,5771,3751,3191,3271,251
Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses

Economy

Today, Dawson City's main industries are tourism and gold mining.

Energy

Electricity is provided by Yukon Energy Corporation (YEC). Most of the grid power is hydroelectric power through the north-south grid from dams near Mayo, Whitehorse and Aishihik Lake. After the local hydroelectric power plant for the gold dredges was shut down in 1966, YEC provided electrical power from local diesel generators. In 2004 YEC connected Dawson to its grid system. Since then the diesel generators function as a backup to the grid.[ citation needed ]

Gold mining

Gold mining started in 1896 with the Bonanza (Rabbit) Creek discovery by George Carmack, Dawson Charlie and Skookum Jim Mason (Keish). The area's creeks were quickly staked and most of the thousands who arrived in the spring of 1898 for the Klondike Gold Rush found that there was very little opportunity to benefit directly from gold mining. Many instead became entrepreneurs to provide services to miners.[ citation needed ]

Dredge No. 4 Gold dredger - Dawson City YT.jpg
Dredge No. 4

Starting approximately 10 years later, large gold dredges began an industrial mining operation, scooping huge amounts of gold out of the creeks, and completely reworking the landscape, altering the locations of rivers and creeks and leaving tailing piles in their wake. A network of canals and dams were built to the north to produce hydroelectric power for the dredges. The dredges shut down for the winter, but one built for "Klondike Joe Boyle" was designed to operate year-round, and Boyle had it operate all through one winter. That dredge (Dredge No. 4) is open as a National Historic Site of Canada on Bonanza Creek.[ citation needed ]

The last dredge shut down in 1966, and the hydroelectric facility, at North Fork, was closed when the City of Dawson declined an offer to purchase it. Since then, placer miners returned to the status of being the primary mining operators in the region until recently. In 2016, Goldcorp announced a takeover of Kaminak Gold's Coffee Project south of Dawson. [44] This marked a shift in the region, drawing the interest of the major gold mining companies in the Yukon. In 2017, Newmont Mining Corporation, Barrick Gold and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited have all committed significant investment, engaging in the exploration of properties across the Central Yukon.[ citation needed ]

Tourism

Most of Dawson's buildings have the appearance of 19th-Century construction. All new construction must comply with visual standards ensuring conformity to this appearance Dawson City downtown.jpg
Most of Dawson's buildings have the appearance of 19th-Century construction. All new construction must comply with visual standards ensuring conformity to this appearance

There are eight National Historic Sites of Canada located in Dawson, [45] including the "Dawson Historical Complex", a National Historic Site encompassing the historic core of the town. [46]

The Downtown Hotel at Second Avenue and Queen Street has garnered media attention for its unusual Sourtoe Cocktail, which features a real mummified human toe. [47] [48] [49] The hotel and the toe received increased attention in June 2017 after the toe was stolen; it was soon returned to the hotel by mail along with a written apology. [50]

Bonanza Creek has two National Historic Sites; the Discovery Claim and the Dredge No. 4.

Tr'ochëk is the site of a traditional Hän fishing camp on the flats at the confluence of the Klondike River and Yukon River. The site is owned and managed by the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation. In addition to the fishing camp remains, the site includes traditional plant harvesting areas and lookout points.

Diamond Tooth Gertie's Gambling Hall puts on nightly vaudeville shows during tourist season, from May to September. [51]

Sports

Foot race, Dawson City, about 1900 Foot race, Dawson City, YT, about 1900.jpg
Foot race, Dawson City, about 1900

Every February, Dawson City acts as the halfway mark for the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Mushers entered in the event have a mandatory 36-hour layover in Dawson City while getting their rest and preparing for the second half of the world's toughest sled dog race. [52]

Dawson City also hosts a softball tournament which brings teams from Inuvik in late summer. Furthermore, a volleyball tournament is held annually at the end of October and is attended by various high schools across Yukon.

The city was home to the Dawson City Nuggets hockey team, which in 1905 challenged the Ottawa Silver Seven for the Stanley Cup. Travelling to Ottawa by dog sled, ship, and train, the team lost the most lopsided series in Stanley Cup history, losing two games by the combined score of 32 to 4. [53]

Government

Dawson City federal election results [54]
Year Liberal Conservative New Democratic Green
2021 22%14922%15334%2376%40
2019 29%21324%17630%22515%110

In 2004, the Yukon government removed the mayor and the town council, as a result of the town going bankrupt. The territorial government accepted a large portion of the responsibility for this situation in March 2006, writing off $3.43 million of the debt and leaving the town with $1.5 million still to pay off. Elections were set for June 15, 2006. John Steins, a local artist and one of the leaders of the movement to restore democracy to Dawson, was acclaimed as mayor, while 13 residents ran for the four council seats. Steins was succeeded in office by former mayor Peter Jenkins, who in turn was succeeded by Wayne Potoroka. [55]

In 2021, four candidates ran for mayor, and former city councillor William (Bill) Kendrick won the election and is the current mayor of Dawson City.

Other past mayors of Dawson City have included Art Webster, Colin Mayes, Yolanda Burkhard, Mike Comadina and Vi Campbell.

In the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Dawson City is in the electoral district of Klondike, currently represented by Sandy Silver of the Yukon Liberal Party.

The government of Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, now a self-governing First Nation, is also located in Dawson.

City or town status

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Dawson Gold
Diamond Tooth Gerties Diamond Tooth Gerties.JPG
Diamond Tooth Gerties

Dawson was incorporated as a city in 1902 when it met the criteria for "city" status under the municipal act of that time. It retained the incorporation even as the population plummeted. When a new municipal act was adopted in the 1980s, Dawson met the criteria of "town", and was incorporated as such although with a special provision to allow it to continue to use the word "City", partially for historical reasons and partially to distinguish it from Dawson Creek, a small city in northeastern British Columbia. Dawson Creek is also named in honour of George M. Dawson. This led the territorial government to post the following signs at the boundaries of the town: "Welcome to the Town of the City of Dawson".[ citation needed ] As of the 2001 Municipal Act, the town's official legal name is now simply the "City of Dawson". [1]

Infrastructure

Ferry for Highway 9 Dawson City Ferry.jpg
Ferry for Highway 9
Paddlewheeler Keno Navio historico Keno, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, 2017-08-27, DD 60.jpg
Paddlewheeler Keno

The Yukon River is navigable (when not frozen) and historically was travelled by commercial riverboats to Whitehorse and downstream into Alaska and the Bering Sea.

Education

Yukon School of Visual Arts, a university level accredited art program, is based in Dawson City.

Robert Service School, Dawson City's only grade school, is named in honour of British-Canadian poet and writer Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 – September 11, 1958). The Robert Service School offers Kindergarten – Grade 12 and is one of only 28 schools in the Yukon Territory. [58]

Media

Television

OTA channelCall signNetwork
9 (VHF) CH4261 Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

Radio

FrequencyCall signBrandingFormatOwnerNotes
AM 560 CBDN CBC Radio One Talk radio, public radio Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Rebroadcaster of CFWH-FM (Whitehorse)
FM 90.5 VF2049 – Community radio Northern Native Broadcasting First Nations community radio; rebroadcaster of CHON-FM (Whitehorse)
FM 104.9 CBDN-FM CBC Radio 2 Adult contemporary, public radio Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Rebroadcaster of CBU-FM (Vancouver)
FM 106.9 CFYT-FM CFYT: The Spirit of Dawson Community radio Dawson City Community Radio SocietyRebroadcasts CKRW-FM (Whitehorse) when not airing local programming

Print

Notable people

Robert Service Cabin Robert Service Cabin.JPG
Robert Service Cabin
Jack London Centre Jack London Centre.JPG
Jack London Centre

Freedom of the City

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the City of Dawson City.

Military Units

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  3. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  4. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

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Moosehide was an Indian reserve of the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation or Dawson band in the Canadian territory of Yukon between about 1906 and the early 1960s. Located near a traditional salmon-fishing ground, Moosehide was first occupied about 9,000 years ago. Starting the mid-1800s, and accelerating the Klondike Gold Rush, European settles arrived in the area and began to settle in and around Dawson City. The Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in were forced to relocate, first just to the south of Dawson and in 1897 to Moosehide. The St. Barnabas Church was built by the Anglican Church of Canada in 1908. A cemetery with about 200 burials is located behind the church. Moosehide is also the site of the cabin of Chief Isaac, who was the leader of the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in during the Klondike Gold Rush. At the time of the 1911 census, 'Moose Hide' was a village, with a recorded population of 125.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation</span> First Nation band government in Yukon, Canada

The Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin is a First Nation band government located in the Canadian territory, Yukon. Its main population centre is Dawson City, Yukon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mayo, Yukon</span> Village in Yukon, Canada

Mayo is a village in Yukon, Canada, along the Silver Trail and the Stewart River. It had a population of 200 in 2016. The Yukon Bureau of Statistics estimated a population of 496 in 2019. It is also the home of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun, whose primary speak the northern variety of the Tutchone language. Na-Cho Nyäk Dun translates into "big river people."

Pelly Crossing is a community in Yukon, Canada. It lies where the Klondike Highway crosses the Pelly River.

Mount Lorne is a hamlet in Canada's Yukon. The hamlet is considered a local advisory area with an advisory council providing local government.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Forty Mile, Yukon</span>

Forty Mile is best known as the oldest town in Canada’s Yukon. It was established in 1886 at the confluence of the Yukon and Fortymile rivers by prospectors and fortune hunters in search of gold. Largely abandoned during the nearby Klondike Gold Rush, the town site continued to be used by Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in. It is currently a historic site that is co-owned and co-managed by Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in and the Government of Yukon. Ch’ëdähdëk became part of the Tr’ondëk-Klondike UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2023, recording of the transformation of the landscape and the Indigenous adaptation to European colonization.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tr'ochëk</span>

Tr'ochëk is the site of a traditional Hän fishing camp at the confluence of the Klondike River and Yukon River. Tr'ochëk lies on the upstream flat, an alluvial deposition of the Klondike River, at the river confluence. Dawson City is directly north of the site, just across the Klondike. The site is owned and managed by the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation, and is operated by the First Nation's Department of Heritage. Tr'ochëk became part of the Tr’ondëk-Klondike UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2023 because of its unique testimony to the transformation of the Klondike landscape from Indigenous to colonial use.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stewart Crossing</span> Settlement in Yukon, Canada

Stewart Crossing is a settlement in Yukon, Canada located on the Stewart River. It is about 179 km east of Dawson City on the Klondike Highway, near the junction with the Silver Trail, from which it is about 53 km (33 mi) southwest of Mayo. A Yukon government highway maintenance camp and a highway lodge are the most prominent facilities at Stewart Crossing. The settlement is named for where the Klondike Highway, crossed the Stewart River by means of a ferry from 1950 until completion of a bridge in the mid-1950s.

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