Beaver Creek, Yukon
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Beaver Creek is a community in Yukon, Canada.
Located at Kilometre 1,934 of the Alaska Highway, close to the Alaska-Yukon border, it is Canada's westernmost community. The community's main employers are a Canada Customs post, the White River First Nation and a number of tourist lodges.
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Beaver Creek has a population of approximately 100 individuals and is the home of the White River First Nation, an Upper Tanana speaking people. In addition to the Alaska Highway, the community is served by the Beaver Creek Airport.
Climate
Like most of the Yukon, Beaver Creek has a subarctic climate. Beaver Creek experiences annual temperature average daily highs of 20°C in July and average daily lows of −32°C in January. Record high temperature was 35°C in September 2000 and the lowest was −55°C in January 1971. Beaver Creek has an average annual snowfall of 123cm and 296 mm of rainfall.
The airstrip at Snag, 25 kilometres east of Beaver Creek, experienced the lowest ever temperature measured in North America, -63.0°C (-81.4°F) on February 3, 1947.
Links
- Community Profile (http://www.yukoncommunities.yk.ca/communities/beavercreek/)
- White River First Nation (http://www.cyfn.ca/ournationswrfn2?noCache=40;1113913923)