Whitehorse

The landscape around Whitehorse is a broad Yukon River valley, framed by boreal forest and rounded hills, which has shaped the city’s layout and its role as Yukon’s service centre. Canada’s northernmost territorial capital stands on the historic route linking the coast with the Klondike goldfields; it expanded during the 1898 gold rush and took its name from river rapids said to resemble the manes of white horses. Miles Canyon, cut through dark volcanic rock south of downtown, is one of the Yukon River’s defining stretches. The restored S.S. Klondike sternwheeler, preserved as a national historic site, recalls the period when riverboats supplied interior communities. Continue through nearby webcams to explore Whitehorse and the wider Yukon.

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