Historical Markers in the Whitehorse Area Region

By Barry Swackhamer, August 10, 2010

Alaska Highway Marker (right)

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1 ► Yukon, Whitehorse — Alaska Highway —

(left marker) At this site on 1 April 1946 the United States Army officially handed over the Alaska Highway and associated facilities to the Canadian Army This plaque is dedicated to the those who built and cared for . . . — — Map (db m42832) HM

2 ► Yukon, Whitehorse, Downtown Whitehorse — Copper Nugget —

This immense slab of native copper weighs 2590 pounds or 1175 kilograms. In 1905, prospectors found the copper on the upper White River, 250 miles northwest of Whitehorse. This is the Yukon’s largest copper nugget, possibly a Canadian record. . . . — — Map (db m42727) HM

3 ► Yukon, Whitehorse, Downtown Whitehorse — Log Church & Rectory —

The Reverend Richard Bowen and his wife, veterans of the Klondike Goldrush arrived here August 1, 1900 at the call of Bishop Bompas. Bowen immediately undertook with volunteer labour to build this church of logs and held his first service on October . . . — — Map (db m42864) HM

4 ► Yukon, Whitehorse, Downtown Whitehorse — SS Klondike —

English: The largest vessel ever to ply the Canadian portion of the Yukon River, this sternwheeler was built by the British Yukon Navigation Co. and launched at Whitehorse in 1937 to replace her namesake, which sank the year before. . . . — — Map (db m42699) HM

5 ► Yukon, Whitehorse, Downtown Whitehorse — White Pass and Yukon Route Railway — Le Chemin de Fer White Pass et Yukon —

English: Built at the time of the Klondike Gold Rush, the 177 km narrow gauge railway was the heart of the Yukon transportation system for over 80 years. Completed in 1900, it linked the tidewater port of Skagway in Alaska with Whitehorse, . . . — — Map (db m42863) HM

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