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Whitehorse, Yukon

(A QuaintVillage)

Location

On the Alaska Highway
North of Skagway, Alaska

Map1  Map2

Population

About 23,500

Museums and Historic Sites

Canyon City Archeological Dig
Heritage Walk (Yukon Historical Museums Association)
Log skyscrapers (1947) (Lambert Street)
MacBride Museum

Sam McGee's Cabin

Old Log Church (museum)
Pioneer Cemetery (6th Avenue at Wood Street)
S.S. Klondike National Historic Site (boat)
Whiskey Flats (Early settlement on Kishwoot Island)
Yukon Transportation Museum

www.YukonTransportMuseum.homestead.com  867-668-4792

Features

Airplane tours (flightseeing)
Art and craft galleries
Bed and breakfast inns
Beringia Interpretive Center
Bicycle rentals
Boat tours
Bus tours (motor coach)  Gray Line and others

Cafes and restaurants
Canoe rentals
Campgrounds and RV parks Check Woodall's guide

Cross-country skiing
Fish ladder (Chinook salmon) Whitehorse Rapids, late July and early August

Golf courses
Hiking
Horseback riding
Hostels
Hotels and vacation rentals

Murals
Rock climbing
Riverfront
Takhini Hot Springs (outside of town)
Theatre (at the Westmark hotel, live performances)
Visitor Reception Center
Whitehorse International Airport
Wildlife watching (Salmon, Swans, etc.)
Yukon Arts Center (Native art)

Festivals

Spring and Fall:  Sprucebog Arts and Crafts Fairs
February:

Film Festival
Frostbite Music Festival
Yukon Quest (dogsled races)
Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous

June:  Summer Solstice Dance
July:

Canada Day celebration (live music)
Great Yukon River Rubber Duck Race

August:

Bathtub Race
Klondyke Harvest Fair

September:  International Klondike Road Relay
October:  International Storytelling Festival and Haunted House

Hours

Most activities are only available May to September

Recommended stay

1-2 days

Tourist information

City Tourism Department:

www.VisitWhitehorse.com  867-667-6401 or 867-668-8687

Brochures (on-line and to order printed):  www.YukonInfo.com

Transportation information:

www.AlaskaShuttle.com/communit/whitehors.htm

Grayline of Alaska (bus tours)  www.GraylineAlaska.com

City of Whitehorse (government):  www.city.whitehorse.yk.ca

Yukon Historical Museums Association:  www.YukonAlaska.com/YHMA

Government of Yukon:  www.tirc.gov.yk.ca