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Burwash Landing
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| official_name | Burwash Landing | |
| image_skyline | Burwash Landing.jpg | |
| pushpin_map | Canada Yukon#Canada | |
| pushpin_label_position | ||
| coordinates | ||
| subdivision_type | Country | |
| subdivision_name | Canada | |
| subdivision_type1 | Territory | |
| subdivision_name1 | Yukon | |
| area_footnotes | ||
| area_land_km2 | 30.09 | |
| elevation_footnotes | ||
| elevation_ft | 2645 | |
| population_footnotes | ||
| population_total | 72 | |
| population_as_of | 2016 | |
| population_density_km2 | 2.4 | |
| timezone | MST | |
| utc_offset | −07:00 |
Burwash Landing is a small community, at historical mile 1093 on the Alaska Highway, in Yukon, Canada along the southern shore of Kluane Lake.
The present location of Burwash Landing was first used as a summer camp by the Southern Tutchone Athabascans until a trading post was built in the early 1900s by the Jacquot brothers.
The majority of the population are Aboriginal peoples, First Nations. The community is the administrative centre of the Kluane First Nation. In addition to the Alaska Highway, the community is served by the Burwash Airport.
It is the home of the Kluane Museum of Natural History and the Kluane First Nation, and also home to the world's largest gold pan.
In July 1937, Robert Bates and Bradford Washburn, two members of the Harvard Mountaineering Club, made their way into Burwash Landing after climbing the 17146 ft Lucania peak and hiking over 150 mi across the wilderness after their bush pilot was unable to retrieve them.
Geography
Burwash Landing is 2647 ft above sea level at the airport. The elevation can be higher in some places and lower in the others. Burwash Landing is located on the Historic Milepost 1093 Alaska (Alcan) Highway. It sits on the northwest shore of Kluane Lake. Several prominent geographic features have been renamed in Southern Tutchone language.
Climate
Burwash Landing has a typical subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc), bordering on a dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dwc). Burwash Landing holds the record for the warmest temperature ever recorded in the Yukon in January at 16.5 C, which was set on January 24, 2014. The previous Yukon record of 10.9 C, was set in Whitehorse on January 13, 2013.
Climate ID: 2100181; coordinates ; elevation: 805.3 m; WMO ID: 71001; 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1966–present |Jan record high C = 16.5 |Feb record high C = 12.0 |Mar record high C = 13.9 |Apr record high C = 20.3 |May record high C = 29.7 |Jun record high C = 31.7 |Jul record high C = 30.0 |Aug record high C = 30.5 |Sep record high C = 25.5 |Oct record high C = 21.0 |Nov record high C = 14.0 |Dec record high C = 14.0 |year record high C = 31.7 |Jan record low C = -55.0 |Feb record low C = -55.0 |Mar record low C = -48.9 |Apr record low C = -35.1 |May record low C = -13.0 |Jun record low C = -5.5 |Jul record low C = -3.5 |Aug record low C = -8.5 |Sep record low C = -22.3 |Oct record low C = -35.4 |Nov record low C = -44.7 |Dec record low C = -51.2 |year record low C = -55.0
Demographics
|1981|73 |1986|64 |1991|77 |1996|58 |2001|68 |2006|73 |2011|95 |2016|72 |2021|64
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Burwash Landing had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 30.44 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
Southern Tutchone people
Burwash landing is the traditional home of the Southern Tutchone Athabascans. It used to be a summer camp. A revival of the Southern Tutchone language and culture has been taking place in this quiet lakeside community. This is readily apparent to visitors when they pull into town and are met with Southern Tutchone street and traffic signs, within and nearby Burwash Landing. Several prominent geographic features have been renamed in Southern Tutchone and signs can be seen along the Alaska (Alcan) Highway.
Burls
Burwash Landing is known for its black spruce burls. Burls start as an irritation in the spruce. The tree sends extra sap as healant, which creates a growth (burl). Burls are either "green," harvested from live trees in the spring, or they are "dry burls," taken from dead burl trees. Burls are peeled off their bark and used in their natural form as fenceposts, for example, or they may be shaped and finished into a variety of objects, such as bowls. Check the Burlbilly Hill on the Milepost 1061.6, the visitor will see rows of "burly logs" on the hill.
Gallery
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References
References
- [http://explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-mileposts.htm Historic Mileposts on the Alaska Highway (Alcan)]
- [http://www.adn.com/outdoors/story/9362435p-9276110c.html ''Anchorage Daily News''. "Climber's exploits earned little recognition" by Craig Medred. October 7, 2007.] {{webarchive. link. (July 29, 2007)
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- "Current Weather Summaries for YT". [[Environment Canada]].
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- (September 1987). "1986 Census: Population - Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions". [[Statistics Canada]].
- (April 1992). "91 Census: Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions - Population and Dwelling Counts". [[Statistics Canada]].
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- (August 20, 2021). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Yukon Territory)". [[Statistics Canada]].
- (July 25, 2021). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Yukon)". [[Statistics Canada]].
- (February 8, 2017). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Yukon)". [[Statistics Canada]].
- (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Yukon". [[Statistics Canada]].
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