Burwash Landing, Yukon
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Burwash Landing is a small community, at historical mile 1093 on the Alaska Highway, in the Yukon, Canada along the southern shore of Kluane Lake. Latitude 61.3542 N, longitude 138.9944 W.
Burwash Landing was settled in 1904 by the Jacquot Brothers.
Home to approximately 80 people, and the administrative centre of the Kluane First Nation. In addition to the Alaska Highway, the community is served by the Burwash Airport.
Home of the Kluane Museum of Natural History and the Kluane First Nation. It is also home to the world's largest gold pan.
In July 1937, Robert Bates and Bradford Washburn, two members of the Harvard Mountaineering Club, made their way into Burwash Landing after climbing the 17,150 foot Lucania peak and hiking over 150 miles across the wilderness after their bush pilot was unable to retrieve them.[1]
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- ^ Anchorage Daily News. "Climber's exploits earned little recognition" by Craig Medred. October 7, 2007.
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