Primary contact
400 College Drive, Yukon Place
Whitehorse, Yukon
CA Y1A 2C6
Identity area
Identifier
YCNYA
Authorized form of name
Yukon Archives
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
Type
- Regional
Contact area
Type
Address
Street address
400 College Drive, Yukon Place
Locality
Whitehorse
Region
Yukon
Country name
Canada
Postal code
Y1A 2C6
Telephone
867-667-5321
Fax
867-393-6253
yukon.archives@gov.yk.ca
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Description area
History
The Yukon Archives acquires, preserves, and provides access to the Yukon's documentary heritage.
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Records management and collecting policies
Government Records
The Yukon Archives continuously acquires significant Yukon records through the government's records management program.
Documents from the central registry date back to 1896 and pertain to a wide range of subjects, including education, elections, wildlife, transportation, legislation and land. Also among the territorial records are Territorial and Gold Commissioner's Court records, and estate files of the Public Administrator.
The Archives also serves as a repository for the records of Yukon municipalities, including Dawson City, Whitehorse, Mayo, Faro, Watson Lake, and Haines Junction.
Some series of federal government records held by the Yukon Archives are Mining Recorders' documents and record books, Mounted Police material, Yukon Telegraph Service records and microfilm copies of the United States Army, Northwest Service Command records relating to the construction of the Alaska Highway and the Canol pipeline.
Buildings
Holdings
Photographs
The photograph collection of more than 150,000 prints portrays and documents Yukon events and people, including miners and mining activities, First Nations communities, dredges, sternwheelers and river travel, pack-trains and stagelines, aviation, the Alaska Highway, White Pass & Yukon Route construction and operation, boat building, Yukon Order of Pioneers, North West Mounted Police, churches, schools, portraits, sports and leisure pursuits, celebrations and social events, panoramas of communities, river front and street scenes, exteriors and interiors of buildings, and scenes of the Klondike Gold Rush and Trails of '98.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Access area
Opening times
Tuesday - Friday: 9am - 5pm
Saturday: 1pm - 9pm
Closed Sunday and Monday
Access conditions and requirements
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
If you are unable to visit the Archives in person, reference assistance is available through correspondence. The Archives also offers periodic lecture series, film showings, displays, radio broadcasts, and newspaper articles on selected topics in Yukon history.
Reproduction services
Public areas
Control area
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Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
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Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Aboriginal Peoples (Thematic area)
- Industry, Manufacturing and Commerce (Thematic area)
- Environment (Thematic area)