This is a list of communities in

Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...

Municipalities

Unincorporated communities

These areas lie within the

Unorganized Yukon Unorganized Yukon, or Yukon, Unorganized, is the unorganized area covering the majority of Yukon, Canada. It represents 98% of Yukon's land mass, and is recognized as a census subdivision by Statistics Canada. Demographics In the 2021 Canadian ...

, which covers 99.8% of the territory's land mass.

Hamlets

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recognizes two

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in Yukon that are classified as hamlets. * Ibex Valley * Mount Lorne

Localities

The ''Gazetteer of Yukon'' recognized 96 localities as of February 2012. Two of these localities, Tagish and

Upper Liard Upper Liard (pronounced "lee-ahrd") is a chiefly First Nation settlement immediately west of Watson Lake in Canada's Yukon. It is situated at historical mile 642 of the Alaska Highway. Most of the residents are citizens of the Liard River First Nat ...

, are designated as census subdivisions by Statistics Canada, though are classified as settlements. *

Aishihik Aishihik (Also known as Äshèyi) is a village of the Southern Tutchone people at the north end of Äshèyi Män ( Aishihik Lake) in Yukon. It continues to be the home of the Äshèyi people. Champagne and Aishihik First Nations continue to us ...

*Ballarat Creek *Barlow *Bear Creek *Black Hills *Boundary *Braeburn *Brewer Creek *Britannia Creek *Brooks Brook *Calumet *Canyon * Canyon City *Carcross Cutoff *Caribou * Champagne *Clear Creek *

Clinton Creek Clinton Creek (Hän: ''Dätl'äkayy juu'') is a ghost town in Yukon. It was a small company-owned asbestos mining town in western Yukon near the confluence of the Yukon and Fortymile rivers. It operated by the Cassiar Asbestos Corporation, whi ...

*Coffee Creek *Conrad, Yukon, Conrad *#Dalton Post, Dalton Post *De Wette, Yukon, De Wette *Dezadeash Lake, Dezadeash *Donjek *Dominion *Dry Creek *Dundalk *Eagle Plains *Flat Creek *Fort Reliance *Fort Selkirk *Forty Mile, Yukon, Forty Mile *Frances Lake *Glacier Creek *Glenboyle *Gold Bottom *Gold Run, Yukon, Gold Run *Gordon Landing *Grand Forks, Yukon, Grand Forks *Granville, Yukon *Gravel Lake *Herschel *Hootalinqua *Hundred Mile Landing *Hutshi *Isaac Creek *#Jakes Corner, Jakes Corner *Jensen Creek *Kirkman Creek *Kloo Lake *Klondike, Yukon, Klondike *#Klukshu, Klukshu *Koidern *Kynocks *Lansdowne, Yukon, Lansdowne *Lansing *Lapierre House *Little Gold *Little River, Yukon, Little River *#Little Salmon, Little Salmon *Little Teslin Lake *Livingstone, Yukon *Livingstone Creek *Lorne, Yukon *Mason Landing *McCabe Creek *McClintok *McQuesten *Mendenhall Landing *Minto, Yukon *Minto Bridge *Montague, Yukon *Moosehide *Morley River *Nesketahin *Ogilvie Aerodrome, Ogilvie *Paris, Yukon, Paris *Pelly Lakes *Quill Creek *Rampart House *Rancheria *Readford *Robinson *Rock Creek *Scroggie Creek *Selwyn *#Silver City, Silver City *Sixtymile *Snag *Snag Junction *Stevens Roadhouse *Stewart River *Stony Creek Camp *#Sulphur, Sulphur *Summit Roadhouse * Tagish (also designated a census subdivision) *Takhini *Takhini Hot Springs *Ten Mile *Teslin Crossing *Teslin Lake *Teslin River, Yukon, Teslin River *Thistle Creek *Tuchitua *Upper Laberge *

(also designated a census subdivision) *Watson *Wernecke *West Dawson *Whitefish Station *Whitestone Village *Yukon Crossing

Dalton Post

Dalton Post or Shäwshe is a former trading post and First Nations in Canada, First Nations community on the Tatshenshini River. It was on the Dalton Trail near the Haines Highway. Today, it is a prime Oncorhynchus, Pacific salmon fishing spot and serves as a base for Rafting, whitewater rafting expeditions on the Tatshenshini and Alsek Rivers in the Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park.

Jakes Corner

Jakes Corner is a spot on the road, at historical mile 866 of the Alaska Highway, at the junction with connections to the Tagish Road and the Atlin Road. There are a small number of area residents, the junction being best known for a gas station and café. The gas station has numerous examples of old machinery.

Klukshu

Klukshu's more recent history is as a seasonal aboriginal fishing community, benefitting from a large Chinook salmon run. Located near the Haines Highway, it has no permanent population. Interpretive information is provided by the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations.

Little Salmon

Little Salmon is located on the Robert Campbell Highway between Faro, Yukon, Faro and Carmacks, Yukon, Carmacks, and stretches along the lake of the same name and the Yukon River. The only non-residential establishment is the Yukon government highway maintenance camp at Drury Creek. It was formerly an important settlement of the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation.

Silver City

Silver City, a historic mining town, is today only the residence of a small number of people, one household being a bed and breakfast establishment. It is located at historical mile 1053 of the Alaska Highway. It contains an airport, Silver City Airport.

Sulphur

Sulphur or Sulphur Creek was a mining camp south-east of Dawson on a creek of the same name that flows into the Indian River (Yukon), Indian River. A post office was opened there on 28 October 1903 by G. W. Coffin. It was closed in July 1922. The place is mentioned in Jack London's story, Wikisource:To Build a Fire, To Build a Fire.

Settlements

The ''Gazetteer of Yukon'' recognized 29 settlements as of February 2012. Eleven of these settlements are designated as census subdivisions by Statistics Canada. *Arlington *Armstrong *Bear Creek *Beaver Creek, Yukon, Beaver Creek – also designated a census subdivision *Big Salmon *Burwash Landing – also designated a census subdivision *Carcross – also designated a census subdivision *Destruction Bay – also designated a census subdivision *Dry Creek *Dundalk *#Herschel, Herschel *Hundred Mile Landing *Johnsons Crossing – also designated a census subdivision *Keno City, Keno Hill – also designated a census subdivision *Lewis *Livingstone *Lower Laberge *Marsh Lake, Yukon, Marsh Lake *Mendenhall Landing *Old Crow, Yukon, Old Crow – also designated a census subdivision *Pelly Crossing – also designated a census subdivision *Rampart House *Ross River, Yukon, Ross River – also designated a census subdivision *Selwyn *Snag, Yukon, Snag *Stewart Crossing – also designated a census subdivision *#Stewart River, Stewart River *Swift River, Yukon, Swift River – also designated a census subdivision *Teslin Lake, Yukon, Teslin Lake

Herschel

Herschel was a settlement on Herschel Island, serving as a whaling station, North-West Mounted Police post and Hudson's Bay Company store. It has been long abandoned, and shoreline erosion is threatening to wipe out the remaining buildings.

Stewart River

Stewart River is a former settlement at the juncture of the Yukon River, Yukon and Stewart River (Yukon), Stewart rivers. A few buildings and cabins remain, as well as private museum, which are threatened by erosion. It was founded as a trading post in the 1880s before the Klondike Gold Rush to serve Placer mining, placer miners working along the Stewart River. The Burian family was still living there in the late 1980s.

First Nations communities

Statistics Canada recognizes five census subdivisions in Yukon that are classified as Indian settlements, and four census subdivisions as self-governments.

Indian settlements

* Champagne – also recognized as a locality *Kloo Lake *#Klukshu, Klukshu – also recognized as a locality *Two Mile Village *Two and One-Half Mile Village

Self-governments

*Carcross, Carcross 4 *Lake Laberge, Yukon, Lake Laberge 1 *Moosehide Creek, Yukon, Moosehide Creek 2 *Teslin, Yukon, Teslin Post 13

Ghost towns

*Elsa, Yukon, Elsa *

*Fort Frances, Yukon, Fort Frances *Forty Mile, Yukon, Forty Mile *Miner's Prayer, Yukon, Miner's Prayer

Miner's Prayer

Miner's Prayer was settled near the Blackstone River (Yukon), Blackstone River Mining Concern, providing a retreat where the miners could indulge in billiards, alcohol and other entertainment otherwise forbidden on the mining settlement. Today it is home to fewer than thirty permanent residents. It can be accessed by gravel road veering west from mile 57 on the Dempster Highway.

Notes

References

*Robert G. Woodall, The Postal History of Yukon Territory Canada, Lawrence, MA, Quarterman, Revised edition, 1976,

External links

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