It started as a long weekend grad party for some Whitehorse teenagers and a camping trip for two groups of young adults from Whitehorse and the Northwest Territories, all at the Pine Lake campground.

By Sunday morning, it had turned into evictions and four public nuisance tickets.

Erik Val, director of Parks Yukon, said this morning the eviction saw about 100 people leave the campground near Haines Junction at around 8:30 a.m. Sunday after the RCMP and parks officers were at the site from about 1:30 a.m.

Over the course of the night, there was an attempt to burn down an outhouse, a vehicle was driven over a campground sign and a campsite post was removed.

Haines Junction RCMP, who had been patrolling the campground Friday and Saturday nights, called parks officials in Whitehorse at around 11:30 p.m. Saturday to inform them of the partying happening at the campground, which has quiet hours set after 11 p.m.

'There is a point where this isn't reasonable,' Val said of the situation.

Eight parks officers left Whitehorse and met up with RCMP officers at the campground before attempting to get the people back to their campsites.

By 3 a.m., the 100 campers were back at their sites. At 8:30 a.m., the eviction notices were issued along with the four public nuisance tickets to those who gave the officers the most resistance.

Val was clear though that there was no physical contact between the officers and the campers.

All in all, he said, most campers returned to their sites when they were told to.

The eviction notices and tickets weren't issued until 8:30 a.m. because officials wanted to ensure those who were intoxicated weren't on the road, Val explained.

Initially, he said, the goal is to ensure the campsite becomes quiet, with public safety a priority.

Sometimes, other campers can become frustrated at the situation and decide to take matters into their own hands, which becomes a safety issue for everyone, he said.

Most of the partying, he said, was happening on the beach as well as between the six campsites.

After campers were back at their sites, staff remained on the scene to ensure the situation didn't flare up again, he said.

There were no problems last Friday night when police were patrolling the area, Val said.

The campers had started out as three groups Whitehorse teenagers celebrating graduation, a group of Whitehorse adults in their 20s, and the group of N.W.T. campers also in their 20s that merged into the one big party by Saturday night.

'Things started to rev up Saturday night,' Val said.

About 80 per cent of those camping at Pine Lake for the weekend were there to enjoy the recreational and tourism features of camping.

Val also praised the work of the RCMP in informing officials of the situation, then assisting them to get things quiet.

'We co-operate closely with them,' Val said.

The RCMP serve as a 'very strong partner and ally' in assisting Parks Yukon to keep an eye on each of the campsites.

While Parks Yukon places alcohol bans and/or keeps a registration of campers when there has been a pattern of problems for various events like the Dawson City and Alsek music festivals, Val doesn't expect there to be such a ban next year at Pine Lake during the Victoria Day long weekend.

As he pointed out, this seemed to be more of a one-time event which happened with the convergence of three groups.

The Kusawa Lake campground, which has seen problems on the Victoria Day long weekend in the past, experienced a quiet weekend this year with many families who were registered using the site, Val said.