Thandlät is a mountain to the west of Kusawa Lake in the

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. The first of the Yukon Ice Patches archaeological study artifacts to be discovered in 1997, was an atlatl dart fragment, which was located at an elevation of 1850 m on the mountain.

Etymology

The mountain was named Thandlät in the Southern Tutchone language.

Archaeology

The mountain of Thandlät is cited in literature about the traditional homelands of the

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and the Southern Tutchone. From Mrs. Annie Ned prepared for Archaeological Survey of Canada, National Museums of Canada. The first of the Yukon Ice Patches archaeological study artifacts to be discovered in 1997, was an atlatl dart fragment, which was located at an elevation of 1850 m on the mountain.

References

{{reflist, 30em Mountains of Yukon Archaeological sites in Yukon