It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale ...
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The town of Whitehorse was founded after gold was found in Yukon in 1896. In 1897 many people were camping in the area and soon the tents were replaced by ...
The Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890's saw the Whitehorse area become strategically important due to its location on the Yukon River, a popular travel route ...
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In 1920, the first plane landed. In 1942, thousands of American Army personnel arrived to build the Alaska Highway. In a record breaking 8 months and 23 days, ...
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Construction began when the first cornerstone was laid in October of 1792. Although President Washington oversaw the construction of the house, he never lived ...
The History of Whitehorse, Yukon · 1896 On August 16, 1896, Skookum Jim, Tagish Charlie and George Washington Carmack found gold in the Klondike, and the Yukon ...
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Whitehorse was incorporated as a city in 1950, and in 1971 its metropolitan area was expanded in the river valley to cover 162 square miles (420 square km). The ...
The Whitehorse rapids no longer exist because the Whitehorse dam was built in 1958, submerging the rapids beneath the newly formed Schwatka Lake. The sparsely ...
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In 1953, the capital of the territory was moved from Dawson City to Whitehorse. From the late-20th century, a number of First Nations in Yukon have entered into ...
In 1900 it became a permanent settlement, based on transportation and services, with the completion of the White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad from Skagway, ...