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12 unusual facts about Whitehorse


2009 NWT/Yukon Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The 2009 NWT/Yukon Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Canada's women's territorial curling championship) will be held January 29 - February 1 at the Whitehorse Curling Club in Whitehorse, Yukon.

Carmacks, Yukon

Carmacks is situated at the confluence of the Nordenskiold and Yukon rivers, approximately 180 km (112 miles) north of Whitehorse and 360 km (224 miles) south of Dawson City on the North Klondike Highway.

Dean Hassard

After moving his family permanently to Whitehorse, Hassard stood as the Yukon Party's candidate in the Whitehorse-area electoral district of Porter Creek South in the 2006 territorial election.

Direct distance dialing

Whitehorse, Yukon, had seven-digit numbers from 1965, but the necessary switching equipment was not in place locally until 1972.

Frederick Schwatka

Schwatka Lake in Whitehorse, Yukon, is named after him, as is Mount Schwatka, Alaska.

Height restriction laws

Whitehorse: No buildings should be taller than four stories due to the nearby fault line.

Marsh Lake, Yukon

Marsh Lake is an unincorporated bedroom community on the Alaska Highway on the shores of Marsh Lake southeast of Whitehorse in Canada's Yukon.

The municipal boundary of the community of Marsh Lake extends along the Alaska Highway from the Yukon River bridge east of Whitehorse to include all of the residential areas up to Judas Creek along the Alaska Highway.

The area is served by a volunteer fire and rescue service, as well as 911 calling for other emergency services out of Whitehorse.

Paulette Steeves

Paulette Steeves born, on 25 November 1955, in Whitehorse, Yukon moved with her family a year later to British Columbia, Canada where she grew up among a traditional Salish community.

Pelly Crossing, Yukon

The Selkirk First Nation community was established as a ferry crossing and a highway construction camp when the Klondike Highway from Whitehorse to Dawson City was built in 1950.

Ross River, Yukon

It is serviced by Ross River Airport, used mainly for charter and scheduled flights to and from Whitehorse and Watson Lake.


2012 ISF Women's World Championship

The 2012 ISF Women's World Championship is an international softball competition being held at Pepsi Softball Centre in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada from July 13 to July 22, 2012.

Adam Henrique

He was a member of the Gold Medal Team Ontario U-17 team at the Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse, Yukon in February 2007.

APTN National News

In addition to its main newsroom in Winnipeg, APTN National News has news bureaus in Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Vancouver, Iqaluit, Yellowknife and Whitehorse.

Blackburn Lake Sanctuary

It is the most significant of the many parks in the City of Whitehorse, featuring areas of regenerated bushland and various walking tracks.

Box Hill, Victoria

The neighbouring Centro Box Hill (north section, formerly Centro Whitehorse), includes a Coles Supermarket, Harris Scarfe, Priceline, EB Games, Game, House, Homeart, another food court and a selection of specialty fashion retail stores.

Brayden Schenn

Schenn started his Hockey Canada career by representing Saskatchewan at the 2007 Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse, Yukon where his team finished 7th.

CFWH

CFWH-FM, a radio rebroadcaster (104.5 FM) licensed to Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, rebroadcasting CBU-FM

CFWH-TV, a television station (channel 6) licensed to Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

CKRW

CKRW-FM, a radio station (96.1 FM) licensed to Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

Jordan Eberle

Eberle represented Alberta at the 2007 Canada Games in Whitehorse, Yukon.

Keith Peterson

Peterson attended F.H. Collins Secondary school in Whitehorse and graduated from Sir John Franklin High School in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

Les Nessman

While Sanders simply flew into Anchorage to make the appearance, Les took the wrong bus, wound up in Texas, hitchhiked from there to North Dakota and then to Great Slave Lake, rode with a bush pilot to Whitehorse, bought a motorscooter, was sighted near Tok, was arrested for a minor traffic infraction, and then was bailed out of jail by the station.

Mount Lorne, Yukon

It is located just south of Whitehorse, comprising rural residential areas along the South Klondike Highway, the Annie Lake Road and connecting sideroads.

Northwestel

The microwave system on the Alaska Highway was inaugurated with a phone call from Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, visiting Whitehorse, to President John F. Kennedy in Washington, D.C..

Rob Oliphant

Oliphant has been stationed in diverse communities such as Montreal, Toronto, Quyon, Quebec, Newfoundland and Whitehorse.

Service Improvement Plan

The CRTC held regional consultations on the issues of PN 97-42 in eight locations from Whitehorse, Yukon to Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador during May and June 1998, and received comments and submissions from the public, telephone companies and other organizations.

Teslin Lake

On the Yukon portion of the lake there are three Indian Reserves of the Teslin Tlingit Council - Teslin Post Indian Reserve No. 13, Nisutlin Indian Reserve No. 14 and Nisutlin Bay Indian Reserve No. 15, and the community of Teslin, which is located where the Alaska Highway meets the lake, following its northern/eastern shore from there towards Whitehorse.

Timetable of major worldwide volcanic eruptions

McDermitt volcanic field, or Orevada rift volcanic field, Nevada/ Oregon, nearby are: McDermitt, Trout Creek Mountains, Bilk Creek Mountains, Steens Mountain, Jordan Meadow Mountain (6,816 ft), Long Ridge, Trout Creek, and Whitehorse Creek.

Tutchone language

Southern Tutchone is spoken in the Yukon communities of Aishihik, Burwash Landing, Champagne, Haines Junction, Kloo Lake, Klukshu, Lake Laberge, and Whitehorse.

Yukon Energy

YEC has developed a grid that connects hydro facilities in Whitehorse (Schwatka Lake Dam - 40 MW from four wheels, the fourth added in 1983), Aishihik Lake - 30 MW, and the YECL facilities at Fish Lake near Whitehorse.

The communities on the "Whitehorse-Aishihik-Faro" grid include Whitehorse, Champagne, Johnson's Crossing, Faro, and the following communities where it is distributed by YECL: Haines Junction, Carcross, Tagish, Marsh Lake, Teslin, Carmacks and Ross River.

YXY

Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport, (IATA: YXY, ICAO: CYXY) is located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.