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Discover Whitehorse, Yukon

Explore this small city … and its big backyard!

  • May 8, 2020
A 25-gram gold foot is one of the door prizes during the Sourtoe’s 50th anniversary party. Downtown Hotel photo

Famed Dawson City drink hits milestone birthday

The party features door prizes and an ash ceremony for the inventor of the drink, who died in 2019

A 25-gram gold foot is one of the door prizes during the Sourtoe’s 50th anniversary party. Downtown Hotel photo
A campfire burns at Kusawa Campground. The Yukon government will pilot an online campground reservation system for booking campsites beginning in summer 2024. Dana Hatherly / Yukon News photo

Test campsite reservation system coming to Yukon’s government-run campgrounds

Territorial government intends to pilot online bookings for some spots beginning in summer 2024

A campfire burns at Kusawa Campground. The Yukon government will pilot an online campground reservation system for booking campsites beginning in summer 2024. Dana Hatherly / Yukon News photo
The Rampart House site will receive official heritage site designation on July 27. (Courtesy/Yukon Government)
The Rampart House site will receive official heritage site designation on July 27. (Courtesy/Yukon Government)
The SS Klondike, seen on July 4, will be getting an escape room in the shorter term and undergoing restoration work in the longer term. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Yukon’s SS Klondike is getting an escape room

National historic site will briefly close before escape room opening and multi-year restoration work

The SS Klondike, seen on July 4, will be getting an escape room in the shorter term and undergoing restoration work in the longer term. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
The Great Hall inside the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre prior to its recent renovations. The centre’s grand reopening will occur on June 17. (Submitted/Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre)

Yukon’s Beringia Interpretive Centre to reopen after major facelift

The centre’s refreshed offerings include new fossils, multimedia experiences and a realistic mural

The Great Hall inside the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre prior to its recent renovations. The centre’s grand reopening will occur on June 17. (Submitted/Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre)
Dawson City Music Festival’s website states that this year’s event will fall short of what many might consider a “full festival,” and a lineup of performers has yet to be announced (Yukon News file)

Everything you need to know about the Yukon’s 2023 music festival season

From acoustic jams to local rock and thunderous electronic beats — there is something for everyone

Dawson City Music Festival’s website states that this year’s event will fall short of what many might consider a “full festival,” and a lineup of performers has yet to be announced (Yukon News file)
A limited-edition KitKat with packaging featuring Watson Lake’s iconic Sign Post Forest. (Kaitlyn McCulloch/Facebook)

Yukon’s Sign Post Forest is officially ‘KitKat famous’

The community’s most iconic attraction has been featured on KitKat packaging nationwide

A limited-edition KitKat with packaging featuring Watson Lake’s iconic Sign Post Forest. (Kaitlyn McCulloch/Facebook)
The Chilkoot Trail. The target goal date to open the Alaskan side of the trail is Aug. 1, 2023, if all necessary repairs can be made. Photo courtesy Yukon Government

Alaskan side of the Chilkoot Trail may reopen Aug. 1, following Yukon opening June 1

Trail was closed following extensive flooding in the fall of 2022

The Chilkoot Trail. The target goal date to open the Alaskan side of the trail is Aug. 1, 2023, if all necessary repairs can be made. Photo courtesy Yukon Government
Racers from the Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay head south on the Haines Highway. Organizers have announced the 2023 race is planned to go ahead on June 17, with registration opening March 15. Yukon News file photo

Back in the saddle: Popular Alaska-Yukon bike relay returns June 17

Registration opens March 15 with spots for 1,200 cyclists

Racers from the Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay head south on the Haines Highway. Organizers have announced the 2023 race is planned to go ahead on June 17, with registration opening March 15. Yukon News file photo
Dora Medrzycka on the Walsh Glacier. (Teton Gravity Research/Submitted)

Successful ‘treasure hunt’ recovers 1930s-era cameras abandoned on Yukon glacier

Assisted by glaciologist, adventure filmmakers track down supply cache left by climbers 85 years ago

Dora Medrzycka on the Walsh Glacier. (Teton Gravity Research/Submitted)
First People’s Coffee is a partnership with Firebean Coffee Roasters. (Dylan MacNeil/Yukon News)

Yukon coffee company shares Indigenous art and culture

Visitors to the Yukon can now explore local Indigenous culture as they…

First People’s Coffee is a partnership with Firebean Coffee Roasters. (Dylan MacNeil/Yukon News)
Eldo Enns rides his penny farthing bicycle in Dawson City, Yukon, on Friday June 19, 2009. Yukon’s tourism industry is abuzz with anticipation as Canada’s northernmost border opens June 1 for the first time since the pandemic began, says the executive director of the Klondike Visitors Association in Dawson City.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Eldo Enns rides his penny farthing bicycle in Dawson City, Yukon, on Friday June 19, 2009. Yukon’s tourism industry is abuzz with anticipation as Canada’s northernmost border opens June 1 for the first time since the pandemic began, says the executive director of the Klondike Visitors Association in Dawson City.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Laura Grizzlypaws performs her bear dance during the Adäka Cultural Festival in Whitehorse on July 1, 2019. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)
Laura Grizzlypaws performs her bear dance during the Adäka Cultural Festival in Whitehorse on July 1, 2019. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)
A lone adult whooper swan, native to Europe and Asia, was sighted in the Yukon on April 7 and 8. (Ken Billington/Wikimedia Commons)

Whooper swan far from home spotted in the Yukon

The lone adult bird was spotted among the migrating trumpeter swans at Marsh Lake.

A lone adult whooper swan, native to Europe and Asia, was sighted in the Yukon on April 7 and 8. (Ken Billington/Wikimedia Commons)
The Klondike gold rush had a mystique that inspired many Hollywood productions over the last century, and, accurate or not, that portrayal of the Klondike has played a major role in shaping the world’s perception of the Canadian North.

History Hunter: Viewing Hollywood’s Yukon

Sid Grauman was a teenage Klondike stampeder who sold newspapers in Dawson…

  • Mar 28, 2022
The Klondike gold rush had a mystique that inspired many Hollywood productions over the last century, and, accurate or not, that portrayal of the Klondike has played a major role in shaping the world’s perception of the Canadian North.
The Yukon is preparing for a strong return of summer tourism.

Yukon airports in Dawson and Whitehorse ready for visitors as Canada drops border testing

‘I think we’re looking at a very good season in front of us.’

The Yukon is preparing for a strong return of summer tourism.