News History
Death wins on arctic trail
April 21, 1911
Dawson, April 17 - From the weird wilds within the Arctic Circle comes a story of hardship, starvation and death seldom equaled and which reads like fiction but is only too true.
Three Are Killed, Fourth Is Dying
October 1, 1915
Alex Gagoff, Russian, Runs Amuck Yesterday and Wipes Out Railroad Section Crew - Most Terrible Tragedy in Local Annals Takes Place on Railroad Track Three Miles South of Whitehorse - Murderer Comes To Town, Tells What He Had Done and is Taken to Jail - Believed to Be Insane.
Cave in at Pueblo
March 21, 1917
At 11:27 a.m. Wednesday, 21st inst., 18 minutes before the men on shift were to leave work for the noon meal, the west stope in the Pueblo mine caved in.
Yukon’s Great Showing
June 8, 1917
Yukon Territory's contribution to the Empire and Allied cause in this war is nothing short of magnificent.
Yukon’s Great Showing
June 8, 1917
Yukon Territory's contribution to the Empire and Allied cause in this war is nothing short of magnificent.
Percy De Wolfe: Iron Man of the North
May 16, 1919
Dawson News, April 28, 1919: Percy De Wolfe, the lower Yukon River mail carrier, of the Dawson-Eagle route, broke through the ice while traveling the river Saturday and had a thrilling experience in which he barely escaped losing his life.
Whitehorse paved the way for aviation in the north
August 16, 1920
For a history of aviation in the Yukon Territory we have to go back to June, 1920, when Capt. H.T. Douglas of the U.S. Air Force and Capt. H.A. Leroyer of the Canadian Air Board arrived in Whitehorse to talk over a proposed international aeroplane flight from Mineola, N.Y. to Nome Alaska.
There was a pair of queens
October 25, 1927
The QUEEN OF THE YUKON landed in the north "with her fuselage safely lashed to the upper deck...and the wings and engine stowed nearby."
A most bizarre case The Mad Trapper of Rat River
February 17, 1932
The aircraft not only ferried supplies to the pursuit parties, but was instrumental in spotting the fugitive's trail from the air.
Post force down in flat creek; continues flight
July 21, 1933
FLASH, July 21. - Post forced down at Flat Creek, Alaska, yesterday afternoon. Fairbanks planes left to assist him. Post left at 7:28 this morning.
Wily Post and Will Rogers Die In Plane Crash
August 16, 1935
Wiley Post, famous round-the-world flier noted for his stratosphere flights
THE SIX WHO VANISHED
August 20, 1937
Top ranking aviators of three nations were poised today on the rim of the Arctic for an intensive search of the polar wastes in quest of the vanished Soviet pilots, Sigismund Levanevsky and his five companions, awaiting better weather at Fairbanks.
NSAA BURNS
December 16, 1942
The North Star Athletic Association lasted 60 years in Whitehorse, then died November 8, 1963 as it had been created; by an ordinance passed at Yukon Territorial Council session.
Oil from Norman Wells piped to and refined in Whitehorse
March 2, 1945
Little was it thought when the original "Discovery Well" was drilled in 1928 in the Fort Norman area that, through the exigencies of war, the oil that flowed from there would be piped to Whitehorse, a distance of 595 miles, and refined here.
A Stroll Around Whitehorse
July 25, 1947
Having enjoyed all the comforts of home and congenial surroundings at the Whitehorse Inn, a good night's sleep and a hearty breakfast at the Inn Cafe, let's spend the morning visiting the stores and business houses in town, become acquainted at first-hand with the townspeople and visit the points of interest, bearing in mind that this article is offered as a substitute for a personally conducted tour of the town.
First Council For The City Of Whitehorse
August 4, 1950
A unanimous victory was scored by the Non-Partisan candidates in Monday's election, when citizens of Whitehorse elected Mr. Gordon Armstrong as their first Mayor and Mr. William G. Hamilton, Mr. Sam McClimon, Mr. George Ryder and Mr. James Norrington as the first city council for Whitehorse.
Tutshi trip hits the spot
August 4, 1955
More than one hundred Whitehorse residents and friends enjoyed a perfect weekend excursion to Ben-My-Chree from Carcross on board the steamer Tutshi last Saturday and Sunday, under the sponsorship of the local branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada.
TRAPPER FOUGHT TO LIVE - THOUGH STRICKEN BY HEART ATTACK
September 4, 1956
A tragic story that carries the reader back to the harsh days of the north has been told surrounding the death of William Couture, 68 year-old trapper, who died in hospital at Dawson a month ago. The story traced first by the Fairbanks News-Miner, tells of an appeal for help sent floating down the Yukon River on a tiny raft - a message that was found too late to save the stricken trapper.
Yukon Fireweed
March 27, 1957
The Fireweed, the official floral emblem of the Yukon Territory, was chosen by members of the Yukon Territorial Government on March 27, 1957.
1905 R.W. SERVICE: Bard of the Yukon
September 11, 1958
Robert W. Service, a young Englishman with a soft Scottish accent, was probably more responsible for making the Yukon known around the world than any other writer. His books of poems, particularly "The Songs of a Sourdough" are still steady sellers across the country and especially in the north.
