Baby Charlotte and little George will accompany their royal parents on their visit to the Yukon and British Columbia later this month, Kensington Palace confirmed today.

More details emerged this morning about the trip the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will make to the Yukon, including stops in Whitehorse and Carcross.

Prince William, Kate Middleton, and their young children will begin their Yukon jaunt in Whitehorse.

The royal family will fly into the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport on the evening of Sept. 27.

There, they will be greeted by members of the Canadian Rangers and Junior Rangers, Canadian Armed Forces reserve personnel who patrol the north.

The Duke and his brother, Prince Harry, were made honourary Canadian Rangers in 2009.

The royal entourage will then move to the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre for a performance called Land of Gold – A Yukon Cultural Celebration. This is an invitation-only event.

At the cultural centre, Chief Doris Bill of Kwanlin Dün First Nation, and Chief Kristina Kane of Ta’an Kwäch’än Council will welcome the Duke and Duchess to their traditional territories.

“Kwanlin Dün has a history of welcoming chiefs and peoples from many nations to its homeland along Chu Niikwan, also known as the Yukon River,” Bill said in a statement from the Yukon government.

“It is a pleasure for me to continue this long tradition.”

Kane’s family has its own history with the British royals.

Her great-grandfather, Jim Boss (Kishxóot), was chief of Ta’an Kwäch’än at the turn of the century – the peak of the Klondike Gold Rush.

As the non-indigenous population spiked in 1900, Boss recognized an urgent need to protect his people’s lands and hunting grounds.

The chief asked then-Commissioner of the Yukon, William Ogilvie, for a 1,600-acre reserve of land around Lake Laberge (Tàa’an Män), which had already been surveyed by Boss.

The Commissioner offered 320 acres, a fifth of the original request.

Boss would not sit by as Ta’an Kwäch’än land was overrun with outsiders and over-hunted, and responded with a letter to the Department of Indian Affairs in Ottawa.

In it, he said, “Tell the King very hard we want something for our Indians, because they take our land and our game.”

“The only response Chief Boss received was that the police would protect his people and their land,” Kane said in an email today.

“This represents the first attempt at land claims negotiations in the Yukon! And it’s an interesting coincidence that exactly 100 years later, TKC (Ta’an Kwäch’än Council) became a self-governing nation.”

Kane was not available for a phone interview.

In a news release issued by the Yukon government this morning, she said the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council is honoured to host the Duke and Duchess, to show them “what Yukon First Nations have achieved, and to share in our culture and traditions.”

The next day will begin with a tour the MacBride Museum and the Telegraph Office.

Queen Elizabeth and husband Philip visited the Telegraph Office on their trip to the territory in 1959.

After that, the royal couple will stop by a street party on Main Street, held in their honour.

Local craftspeople and artists will have their works on display and there will be music, food and “performances that highlight Yukon talent,” according to the department of Canadian Heritage.

The public will have an opportunity to see the royals as they enter and leave the MacBride Museum, and at the street festival, which will continue through the day.

Mayor Dan Curtis expressed delight at the upcoming royal visit in today’s statement.

“City staff are proud to be supporting this historical event that I believe residents will be talking about for many years,” he said.

Following the party, the Duke and Duchess will drive out to Carcross. There, they will be given a traditional welcome from the Carcross-Tagish First Nation at the Carcross Commons.

They will get to see some new buildings and meet people in the community.

After this, the royal couple will visit Montana Mountain, where they will be treated to a mountain biking demonstration by young people from the First Nation’s Single Track to Success (S2S).

For the last seven years, S2S has been bringing young people from the community out on the land to build mountain biking trails.

S2S crew members learned trail construction, first aid, basic carpentry and chainsaw safety on Montana Mountain.

The Montana Mountain trails are now considered by avid mountain bikers to be some of the best in the world.

“The next generation is carrying on our traditions by looking after our heritage trails and creating an economic opportunity like our ancestors did,” said Khà Shâde Héni Andy Carvill.

In Carcross too, there will be festivities all day to celebrate the royal visit.

This is not the first royal visit to Carcross.

In 2001, Prince Charles visited the community and received a carving from Tlingit artist and master carver Keith Wolfe Smarch.

“We are honoured to host a celebration 15 years later for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,” said Carvill.

The royal tour of the Yukon will wrap up that evening when the Duke, Duchess, and crew will return to Whitehorse for their flight to Victoria.

The public is welcome to see the royals off at the Whitehorse airport on Sept. 28.

“We’re very excited to welcome Their Royal Highnesses to Yukon and to showcase the territory to the world,” said Premier Darrell Pasloski.

“Yukon’s exceptional hospitality will be on display, and Yukoners can expect to participate in a number of exciting community events.”

Residents and visitors be warned: there will likely be road closures and traffic disruptions in and around Whitehorse and Carcross during the two-day royal visit.

See gov.yk.ca/royalvisit2016 in the coming days for events and traffic alerts.