Carcross Localities Yukon Canada
Carcross Localities Yukon Canada
Once a fishing and hunting camp for Tlingit and Tagish people, the community lies approximately halfway between Skagway, Alaska and Whitehorse. The Gold Rush, the White Pass and Yukon Route railway which was completed in 1901, and a mining boom changed the community, and it is now home to about 400 people, half of whom are First Nations people. Tourism has replaced both mine and rail as the mainstay of the local economy.
by editor funk 2000.03.23
Top: Regional: North America: Canada: Yukon: Localities: Carcross
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Spirit Lake Wilderness Resort - Provides travelers with accommodation, horseback rides, canoe rentals and a fully licensed restaurant. Contains booking and contact information.
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Cinnamon Cache Bakery - Bakery on Spirit Lake offers breakfast, fresh bread, pastries. soup, and sandwiches. Tour buses welcomed.
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Carcross Community School - Yukon History - Territorial history both pictorially and written. Includes a collection of old photographs.
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The History of Carcross - History and information about the community, at one time named Caribou Crossing; traces its development from the time of a First Nations camp to a modern mining centre.
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Tutshi Charters - Operates water taxi on Bennet Lake to for tours and hikers returning from the Chilkoot Trail. Gives information about travel routes, water taxi services, and destinations.
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Carcross/Tagish Loop - Describes sights along a driving trip along Klondike Highway #2 and Tagish Road #8.
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Carcross Webcam - View over Lake Bennett, the village, and Caribou Mountain. Image is updated semi-frequently.
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Yukon Community Profiles - Tagish and Carcross - Information about the people, First Nations, economy, education, the economy and other information about the two communities.
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Caribou Mountain Ranch - Offers wilderness adventures including dog sled mushing, canoeing and kayaking, hiking on the Chilkoot Trail or just relaxing.
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Yukon College - Carcross Campus - Offers basic adult education programs and works with the Carcross/Tagish First Nation, helping to prepare the people to administer their pending land claim and self-government agreement.
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Environment Canada Weather: Carcross - Current conditions and five day forecast. Includes graphical or text summary.
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