Mayo, Yukon
Mayo is a village in the Yukon, Canada, along the Silver Trail and the Stewart River. The population is around 400 people. It is also the home of the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun, whose primary language is Northern Tutchone. Nacho Nyak Dun translates into "big river people". It is serviced by Mayo Airport. It was formerly known as Mayo Landing.
The only school is J. V. Clark School, which is named after Dr. Clark. It had about 50 students as of 2012.
The village was named after former circus acrobat turned settler and explorer Alfred Mayo.[1]
History
Before Europeans came there were in the area two communities of the Nacho Nyak Dun people, who lived by hunting and trapping. The river now known as the Stewart River was known as the "Náhcho Nyäk" ("Great River"). The people lived across the Stewart River from the main focus of today's Mayo, in a district today called "Old Mayo village". The old settlement was reinstated on the initiative of a missionary, but in 1934 the river burst its banks and flattened much of the old village, destroying the church and many cultural treasures.
The first gold discoveries in the area were made in the 1880s: silver was also discovered some time later. Till the mid-twentieth century Mayo was connected with the outside world by the river and received any supplies by boat. In the 1950s the construction of the Klondike Highway and the Silver Trail provided Mayo with a road link to Stewart Crossing.
Between 1973 and 1984 negotiation took place between the government and the northern Tutchone leaders over land rights and self-government. A breakthrough came only in 1993 with a treaty [2] between the residents and the lawmakers concerning an area of 1,830 square miles and a payment, over fifteen years, totalling 14.5 Million Canadian Dollars.
Together with the Tr'ondek Hwech’in First Nation an agreement has been made with Yukon Energy to supply electricity to Dawson City using the Mayo-Dawson Power Line.
May 2008 saw a preliminary agreement with Alexco Resource Corp. concerning silver extraction in the Keno Hill Silver area near the far end of Mayo lake where the corporation operates approximately 40 silver mines.[3]
Climate
| Climate data for Mayo Airport | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) |
12.2 (54) |
12.2 (54) |
22.8 (73) |
33.5 (92.3) |
36.1 (97) |
35.6 (96.1) |
32.6 (90.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
13.9 (57) |
11.8 (53.2) |
36.1 (97) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −20.5 (−4.9) |
−12.7 (9.1) |
−2.8 (27) |
6.8 (44.2) |
14.8 (58.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
12.1 (53.8) |
1.1 (34) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
2.8 (37) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −25.7 (−14.3) |
−19 (−2) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
0.9 (33.6) |
8.4 (47.1) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.0 (60.8) |
13.1 (55.6) |
6.4 (43.5) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−15.9 (3.4) |
−22.3 (−8.1) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −31.0 (−23.8) |
−25.3 (−13.5) |
−16.4 (2.5) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
2.0 (35.6) |
7.1 (44.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
6.4 (43.5) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−20.5 (−4.9) |
−27.6 (−17.7) |
−8.9 (16) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −58.3 (−72.9) |
−62.2 (−80) |
−48.9 (−56) |
−41.1 (−42) |
−21.7 (−7.1) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−2.8 (27) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
−36.7 (−34.1) |
−50.6 (−59.1) |
−57.8 (−72) |
−62.2 (−80) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 16.6 (0.654) |
13.5 (0.531) |
10.0 (0.394) |
9.2 (0.362) |
23.5 (0.925) |
40.5 (1.594) |
54.4 (2.142) |
41.8 (1.646) |
36.6 (1.441) |
29.5 (1.161) |
19.2 (0.756) |
18.1 (0.713) |
312.9 (12.319) |
| Source: 1971-2000 Environment Canada[4] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ YukonWeb: The Village of Mayo
- ↑ A summary of the treaty appears at First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun Self-Government Agreement
- ↑ 'No cloud' over mining plans after Alexco, Yukon First Nation sign deal, in: CBC News, 26. Mai 2008
- ↑ Environment Canada—Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
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Coordinates: 63°35′35″N 135°53′44″W / 63.59306°N 135.89556°W