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Burwash Landing
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Yukon |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 73 |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
Burwash Landing is a small community, at historical mile 1093[1] on the Alaska Highway, in the Yukon, Canada along the southern shore of Kluane Lake.
The present location of Burwash Landing was first used as a summer camp by the Southern Tutchone Athabascans until a trading post was built in the early 1900s by the Jacquot brothers.
As of the 2006 Census the population was 73, of which of which 80 percent were Aboriginal First Nations.[2] The community is 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 17,146 ft (5,226 m) Lucania peak and hiking over 150 mi (240 km) across the wilderness after their bush pilot was unable to retrieve them.[3]
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Burwash Landing is 2,647 ft (807 m)[4] above sea level at the airport. The elevation can be higher in some places and lower in the others. Burwash Landing is located on the Historic Milepost 1093 Alaska (Alcan) Highway. It sits on the southern shores of the Kluane Lake. Several prominent geographic features have been renamed in Southern Tutchone language.
| Climate data for Burwash Airport | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) |
10.6 (51.1) |
10.5 (50.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
29.7 (85.5) |
31.7 (89.1) |
28.9 (84.0) |
30.5 (86.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
31.7 (89.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −15.6 (3.9) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
5.3 (41.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
17.4 (63.3) |
11.4 (52.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
2.9 (37.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −22 (−8) |
−17.6 (0.3) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
5.4 (41.7) |
10.6 (51.1) |
12.8 (55.0) |
10.8 (51.4) |
5.1 (41.2) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−19.8 (−3.6) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −28.4 (−19.1) |
−25.1 (−13.2) |
−20 (−4.0) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
3.7 (38.7) |
6.3 (43.3) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
−20.4 (−4.7) |
−26.1 (−15.0) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −54.4 (−65.9) |
−55 (−67.0) |
−48.9 (−56.0) |
−35.1 (−31.2) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−22.3 (−8.1) |
−35.4 (−31.7) |
−44.7 (−48.5) |
−51.2 (−60.2) |
−55 (−67.0) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 9.6 (0.378) |
6.8 (0.268) |
7.5 (0.295) |
8.5 (0.335) |
25.4 (1) |
48.3 (1.902) |
66.2 (2.606) |
43.7 (1.72) |
25.0 (0.984) |
17.1 (0.673) |
10.8 (0.425) |
10.8 (0.425) |
279.7 (11.012) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 0.2 (0.008) |
0.1 (0.004) |
0 (0) |
0.7 (0.028) |
13.9 (0.547) |
47.0 (1.85) |
66.2 (2.606) |
42.9 (1.689) |
19.0 (0.748) |
1.9 (0.075) |
0.1 (0.004) |
0.0 (0) |
192.1 (7.563) |
| Snowfall cm (inches) | 12.2 (4.8) |
8.6 (3.39) |
9.3 (3.66) |
8.8 (3.46) |
12.0 (4.72) |
1.3 (0.51) |
0.0 (0) |
0.8 (0.31) |
6.2 (2.44) |
18.2 (7.17) |
14.8 (5.83) |
14.1 (5.55) |
106.4 (41.89) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 7.8 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 8.0 | 10.8 | 13.7 | 10.7 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 7.6 | 102.2 |
| Avg. rainy days | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.47 | 5.8 | 10.8 | 13.7 | 10.5 | 7.0 | 1.2 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 49.9 |
| Avg. snowy days | 7.9 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 0.37 | 0.0 | 0.31 | 2.4 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 7.6 | 56.4 |
| Source: 1971-2000 Environment Canada[5] | |||||||||||||
Burwash Landing has a post office, community hall, laundromat and church. Visitor services include gas, food, camping and lodging. Walking trail along the Alaska Highway between Duke Trading Post and Dalan Campground. Flightseeing trips of Kluane National Park and Reserve are also available out of Burwash Landing. Boat rentals and guided fishing trips on Kluane Lake are available locally. Canoeists may make a one-day float trip down the Kluane Lake to mouth of Kluane River to Kluane Wilderness village (25 mi (40 km)) from Burwash Landing. Beware of high winds on Kluane Lake. Wildlife on the Kluane River includes bears, wolves and eagles.
Burwash landing is the traditional home of the Southern Tutchone Athabascans. It used to be a summer camp. A revival of the Southern Tutchone language and culture has been taking place in this quiet lakeside community. This is readily apparent to visitors when they pull into town and are met with Southern Tutchone street and traffic signs, within and nearby Burwash Landing. Several prominent geographic features have been renamed in Southern Tutchone and signs can be seen along the Alaska (Alcan) Highway.
Burwash Landing is known for its black spruce burls. Burls start as an irritation in the spruce. The tree sends extra sap as healant, which creates a growth (burl). Burls are either "green," harvested from live trees in the spring, or they are "dry burls," taken from dead burl trees.Burls are peeled off their bark and used in their natural form as fenceposts, for example, or they may be shaped and finished into a variety of objects, such as bowls. Check the Burlbilly Hill on the Milepost 1061.6, the visitor will see rows of "burly logs" on the hill.
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