Caribou Hotel Historic Site

Caribou Hotel Historic Site. . , The Caribou Hotel is one of the oldest buildings in the Southern Lakes Region and is one of Yukon's longest-operating hotels., The Yukon Hotel was moved here from Bennett City and named Anderson Hotel, Carcross/Tagish First Nation citizen Dawson Charli, one of the discoveries of Klondike gold. renamed it the Caribou Hotel after he bought and remodeled it in 1903., The hotel and neighboring buildings burned down on Christmas Eve 1909, soon after Dawson Chrlie's death. The current Caribou Hotel was immediately rebuilt in the same location. Its size and simple design are representative of large hotels of the period and illustrate typical design elements, construction materials, and building techniques., Over time the hotel has provided accommodation and services for local miners, tourists, visiting dignitaries and the RCM P. Johnnie Johns, a world-renowned big game outfitter and member of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation had a long working relationship with the hotel., Many of his clients stayed here. The United States Army and private road construction crews used the hotel for housing and a mess hall when Carcross was a major operational centre during the construction of the Alaska Highway and Canol Pipeline., The Caribu Hotel has been an important community meeting place and venue for special celebrations.