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Burwash Landing Locator MapPopulation: 84
Burwash Landing is located at Historic Milepost 1093 Alaska Highway, on the shore of Kluane Lake, 76 miles from Haines Junction.

Burwash Landing is one of the oldest settlements in the Yukon. The original trading post was established in 1904 by the Jacquot brothers, Louis and Eugene, as a supply centre for local miners. A lodge was built here in 1944-45 to serve highway travelers.

Burwash Landing MapVisitor services include gas, food, camping and lodging at Burwash Landing Resort. Burwash Landing has a post office, community hall, laundromat and church.

Burlbilly Hill in Burwash Landing is known for its black spruce burl bowls. Burls start as an irritation in the spruce. The tree sends extra sap, which creates a growth or 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 of their bark and used in their natural form.

Attractions:

  • Kluane Museum of Natural History has wildlife exhibits and displays of Native clothing, tools and weapons, and Yukon minerals.
  • Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Mission, built in 1944, the first church northwest of Whitehorse on the new Alcan Highway. 
  • Boat rentals and guided fishing trips on Kluane Lake are available locally.

 

 

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