Events & Activities
YUKON SCHEDULE OF EVENTS & ACTIVITIES (Open/Closed) February 2009
Do to staffing shortages at some times of the year, calling first is recommended.
VISIT YUKON |
Location |
Area code 867 |
Details |
Hours |
Year round |
Summer |
6 Mile Narrows Historic Viewing Point |
Tagish |
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Historic RCMP Post location during Trail of ‘98 |
Natural site accessed through camp ground |
Year round |
Year round |
A Day into The Wild |
Alaska Hwy N km 10 Takhini Hot Springs Rd |
668-3647 |
Full Day Tour |
Winter |
Summer |
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Alpine Aviation |
Robert Service Pkwy to Schwatka Lake Drive Float dock |
393-1482 |
20 & 45 minutes flight tours |
By reservation |
Year round |
Year round |
Alsek Music Festival |
Haines Junction |
634-7100 |
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Weekend Festival |
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Mid June |
Archives |
Range Rd to Yukon College |
667-6321 |
Located at Yukon College Property |
9:00am-5:00pm |
Tues-Wed |
Tues-Wed |
Art Adventures On Yukon Time |
Brochure available Yukon Visitor Information Centres |
667-3084 |
Comprehensive detail Arts & Attractions Yukon |
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Year round |
Year round |
Arts in The Park |
3rd & Wood |
667-4080 |
Closed weekends |
12 :00-1 :00pm |
Closed winter |
June 1-Aug 15 |
Arts underground |
Main Street |
667-6058 |
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8 :30am-5 :00pm |
Mon-Fri |
Mon-Fri |
Association franco-yukonnaise |
Strickland # 302 between 2nd & 3rd |
668-3511 |
Blue & White |
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Mon-Fri |
Scheduled Weekend activities |
Atlin Music Festival |
Atlin, BC |
651-2252 |
Weekend Arts & Music Festival |
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July 10,11,12, 2009 |
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Authors on 8th |
Dawson |
993-5575 |
Robert Service Cabin |
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Aug 14, 2008 |
Bed & Breakfast Association of the Yukon |
Yukon wide accommodation |
660-4410 |
B&B’s including Inns, Cabins & Ranches |
www.yukonbandb.org |
Year round |
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Beringia Interpretive Centre |
Alaska Hwy S |
667-8855 |
Just South of Airport Entrance |
9:00am-6:00pm |
Winter Sunday |
May 13-Sept 23 |
Bike Relay Kluane to Chilkat |
Haines Junction to Haines Alaska |
668-4236 |
Major sporting event. |
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June 20, 2008 |
Birding Festival Weekend on the Wing |
Dawson City |
667-8291 |
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June 6 |
Canada Games Sports Centre |
Alaska Hwy intersection 2 Mile Hill Henderson Boulevard |
667-4386 |
Blue Building West side of Alaska Hwy off of Henderson Blvd |
6:00am-10:00pm |
Jun 15-Sept 15 |
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Carcross Visitor Information Centre |
Klondike Hwy S at Carcross |
821-4431 |
Old Train Station |
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May-Sept |
Celebration of Swans |
Alaska Hwy S |
667-8291 |
Annual Trumpeter & Tundra Swan rest & feed spot |
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April 18-26, 2009 |
Commissioners Klondike Ball |
Dawson |
993-5575 |
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To be scheduled |
Commissioners Tea |
Dawson |
993-7237 |
Commissioners Residence |
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June 14, 2008 |
Copper Belt railway Museum & attraction (great for kids) |
Alaska Highway North 5 mi. |
667-6355 |
Bookings available |
9:30-5:00pm |
Closed |
June 1-Sept 1 |
Crane & Sheep Viewing Festival |
Faro |
994-2728 |
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May 8,9,10, 2009 |
Danoja Zho Cultural Centre |
Dawson |
993-6768 |
Front St Ferry End |
10:00am-5:00pm |
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May 15-Sept 15 |
Dawson City Bus Service |
2nd Ave & |
668-5944 |
Whitehorse Dawson City 7-7-1/2 hr trip |
8am departure |
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Tues & Sat |
Dawson City Museum |
5th Avenue between Hanson & Turner Streets |
993-5291 |
10:00am-6:00pm |
By appointment off season |
May 15-Sept 15 |
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Dawson City Music Festival |
Dawson |
993-5575 |
Various Venues |
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July 18-20, 2008 |
Dawson City Music Festival |
Dawson City |
993-5584 |
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July 18-20, 2008 |
Dempster self-drive Dempster Hwy to Inuvik |
Alaska Highway N |
877 |
Porcupine Caribou Herd Crossing |
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Late August through September |
Diamond Tooth Gerties |
Dawson City |
993-5525 |
World Famous Gambling Hall |
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Scheduled winter events |
May 8-Sept 27 |
Dredge # 4 on Bonanza Creek |
Dawson City |
993-5525 |
National Historic Site |
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Closed winter |
May 30-Sept 15 |
Emerald Lake |
Klondike Highway South |
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Viewing Point |
Natural spot |
Year round |
May-Oct |
Faro Mini Arts Festival |
Faro |
994-2728 |
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July 26-27, 2008 |
Firehall Arts & Entertainment |
1st & Main |
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Arts & Culture |
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Year round |
Year round |
Fish Ladder |
2nd Ave S to Riverdale to Nisutlin Drive |
633-5965 |
Closed weekends |
9:00-5:00pm |
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Mon-Fri |
Frantic Follies |
2nd Avenue |
668-2042 (M) |
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Sho 7:00&9:15pm |
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Sat/Sun/Wed |
George Johnson Museum |
Alaska Hwy South |
390-2550 |
2 hours South Whitehorse |
9:00am-6:00pm |
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May 15-Sept 1 |
Golf |
Alaska Hwy S |
668-4653 |
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8am-8pm |
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May 1-Oct 15 |
Golf Mountainview |
Range rd to Skookum Dr #250 |
633-6020 |
7:30-11:00 |
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May 1-Oct1 |
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Grayline |
2nd Avenue |
668-3225 |
# 1 Tour 9:15 am |
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May 23-Sept 3 |
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Haines Junction Visitor Information Centre |
Alaska Hwy |
634-2345 |
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May–Sept |
Historic Carcross |
Klondike Hwy South |
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Trail of ’98 and Historic Village |
Year round |
Year round |
June 1-Sept 15 |
Horse Show |
Watson Lake |
536-8021 |
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June, 4th weekend |
Jack London Interpretive Centre |
Dawson City |
993-5575 |
Historic Site |
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Closed winter |
May 8-Sept 15 |
Kanoe People |
1st & Strickland |
668-4899 |
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9:00am-6:00pm |
Closed winter |
May 1-Sept 15 |
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Keno Mining Museum |
Silver Trail to Keno City (pop 15) |
996-2317 |
Historic Silver mining town |
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Closed winter |
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Klondike Outhouse Race |
Dawson |
993-5575 |
Diamond Tooth Gerties |
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Aug 31, 2008 |
Kluane National Park Reserve |
Alaska Hwy N |
634-7250 |
Visitor Rec Ctre |
9:00am-5:00pm |
Closed winter |
May 15-Sept 15 |
Library |
1st & |
667-5239 |
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10:00am-9:00pm |
Weekly |
Year round |
Log Skyscraper |
Hanson between 2nd & 3rd |
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Street viewing year round |
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Year round |
Year round |
MacBride Museum |
1st & Steele |
667-2709 |
Downtown on First Avenue River side of City Hall |
9:00am-6:00pm |
May15-Sept 15 |
Year round |
MARKET Shipyards Community |
2nd Avenue Shipyards Park |
393-4828 |
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3:00-8:00pm |
Closed winter |
Thursdays |
Miles Canyon ‘Robert Lowe’ Suspension Bridge |
Robert Service Pkwy to Shwatka Lake Rd |
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Miles Canyon |
Natural walking trail |
Year round |
Year round |
Moosehide Gathering |
Dawson |
993-5385 |
Boat rides daytime |
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July 31-Aug 3 |
MV Shwatka Miles Canyon Boat Tour |
Robert Service Pkwy to Shwatka Lake Drive |
668-4216 |
Cruise spectacular & historical Miles Canyon |
Cruise at 2:00 pm |
Closed winter |
May 25-Sept 7 |
Old Log Church Museum |
3rd & Elliott |
668-2555 |
www.yukonmuseums.ca for events |
10:00-6:00pm |
Closed winter |
June 1-Sept1 |
Rendezvous Heritage week |
Whitehorse |
668-3331 |
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Feb, 3rd week |
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Riverside Arts Festival |
Dawson City |
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Aug-3rd weekend |
Road Relay Klondike Trail of ’98 |
Dawson City |
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Sept 12 |
S.S. Klondike National Historic Site Museum |
Robert Service Pkwy |
667-2511 |
Rotary Park on the River |
9:30-6:00 |
Closed winter |
May 15-Sept 15 |
Sled Dog Race |
Haines Junction |
634-7100 |
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March |
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Softball Yukon Dustball Tournament |
Whitehorse |
667-4487 |
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July 17-20, 2008 |
Sundog Carving & Studio Gallery |
4th & Ogilvy |
633-4185 |
Closed weekends |
9 :00-4 :30pm |
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Takhini Hot Springs |
Alaska Hwy N km 10 Takhini Hot Springs Rd |
456-8000 |
Horses |
8am-10pm |
Open |
May 1-Sept 30 |
Tombstone Territorial Park |
Dempster Highway |
993-6850 |
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Transportation Museum |
Alaska Hwy South Airport |
668-4792 |
10:00am-6:00pm |
by appointment off season |
May 15-Aug 31 |
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Up North Adventures |
Strickland # 109 |
667-7035 |
Rental canoes, boats & gear |
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Closed winter |
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Visitor Information Centre |
2nd & Hanson |
667-3084 |
??? weekends |
8:00am-8:00pm |
May15-Sept 15 |
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Dawson City Visitor Info Cetre |
Dawson |
993-5566 |
Log 2-storey |
8:00am-8:00pm |
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May 15-Sept 15 |
Walking Tours |
Lepage Park 3rd Avenue |
667-4704 |
Walking Tour Whitehorse |
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Closed winter |
May-Sept |
Waterfront Trolley |
2nd Ave N to Shipyards Park to/from Rotary Park |
667-6355 |
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9:00am-9:00pm |
Closed Winter |
May15-Sept 15 |
Watson Lake VIC |
Alaska Hwy S Watson Lake |
536-7469 |
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May-Sept |
Weathervane ‘worlds largest’ |
Alaska Hwy at Whitehorse |
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Weather Vane at the Whitehorse Airport |
Year round |
Year round |
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White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad |
Klondike Hwy S |
800 |
Historic Narrow Guage Rail Tours |
Sunday-Friday 10:30 am |
Closed winter |
May15-Sept 27 |
Worlds Smallest Desert |
Klondike Hwy South |
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Viewing Point |
Year round |
Year round |
May-Oct |
Yukon Alaska Tourist Tours |
2nd Ave & |
668-5944 |
Full Day Tour to Skagway Alaska |
8am departure |
Closed winter |
May-Sept |
Yukon Artists @ Work Studio & Gallery |
Alaska Hwy S to McCrae Gas Station (Signs) |
393-4848 |
12:00-5:00pm |
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May 15-Sept 15 |
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Yukon Arts Centre & Gallery |
Range Rd to Yukon College |
667-8575 |
Box Office |
12:00-6:00pm |
Tues-Fri |
Tues-Fri |
Yukon Brewing Company |
Copper R 132 A |
668-4183 |
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Tours |
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Yukon Quest |
Fairbanks to Whitehorse |
668-4711 |
1000 km International dog team race Whitehorse to Fairbanks Alaska |
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February |
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Yukon River Alaska Hwy Viewing Point |
Alaska Hwy S |
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Beginning of the famous Yukon River |
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Year round |
Year round |
Yukon Suspension Bridge |
Klondike Hwy S |
604 |
Walkway 57ft above Tutshi Rapids |
Daily |
Closed winter |
May 15-Sept27 |
Yukon Wildlife Preserve |
Alaska Hwy N Takhini Hot Springs Rd |
633-2706 |
Bus Tours |
Year round |
July 1-Sept 30 |
Prepared by Sue Greetham 867 660-4106
New attractions and special events are always welcomed.
