Burwash Landing, Yukon

Burwash Landing is a small community, at historical mile 1093 on the Alaska Highway, in the Yukon, Canada along the southern shore of Kluane Lake. Latitude 61.3542 N, longitude 138.9944 W.

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.

Home to approximately 87 people, and the administrative centre of the Kluane First Nation. In addition to the Alaska Highway, the community is served by the Burwash Airport.

Home of the Kluane Museum of Natural History and the Kluane First Nation. It is 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 17,150 foot Lucania peak and hiking over 150 miles across the wilderness after their bush pilot was unable to retrieve them. [ [http://www.adn.com/outdoors/story/9362435p-9276110c.html Anchorage Daily News. "Climber's exploits earned little recognition" by Craig Medred. October 7, 2007.] ]

Geography

Latitute 61.350 Longitude 139.000Burwash Landing is 2,560 feet(780.29meters) above sea level. The elevations is estimate for the area - it 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 southern shores of the Kluane Lake. Several prominent geographic features have been renamed in Southern Tutchone language.

Tourism

Burwash Landing has a post office, community hall, laundromat and church. Visitor services include gas, food, camping and lodging. Walking trail along the Alaska Highway beetween Duke Trading Post and Dalan Campground. Flightseeing trips of Kluane National Park are also available out of Burwash Landing. Boat rentals and guided fishing trips on Kluane Lake are available locally. Canoeists may make a 1-day float trip down the Kluane Lake to mouth of Kluane River to Kluane Wilderness village(25 miles/40km) from Burwash Landing. Beware of high winds on Kluane Lake. Wildlife on the Kluane River includes bears, wolves and eagles.

outhern 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 sighns, within and nearby Burwash Landing. Several prominent geographic features have been renamed in Southern Tutchone - watch for signs along the Alaska(Alcan)Highway.

Burls

Burwash Landing is known for it's 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.

Citations

External links

* [http://www.yukonweb.com/tourism/dalan/ tourist info]
* [http://www.kfn.ca/ Kluane First Nation]