Exploring Yukon History
Engage with Yukon history and heritage. Exploring Yukon History is here for young Yukoners to interact online with our historic places.
On this page you can find resources for students, parents and educators:
- Activities for young Yukoners
- Heritage articles
- Posters, tours and information booklets
- Videos
Question of the month
What is the Hän name for the Moosehide Slide?
Hint: look for the answer in the new colouring sheet for the Moosehide Slide!
Send us your masterpiece
Send in photos of your completed colouring page or activity! You'll be entered into a draw for a monthly giveaway. Your work may be featured on this page.
Colour and create
Get out your crayons
Yukon artists have created posters and colouring sheets about Yukon’s historic places and buildings.
Download the sheets and colour the picture on the back.
Build something historic
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T.W. Fuller – Become an architect! Draw your room, your house or a friend's or your favourite historic site.
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Watson Lake Sign Post Forest – Build a sign post.
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Whitehorse Telegraph Office – Learn morse code.
Stories and tours
Check out these resources to learn more about Yukon heritage and historic sites.
Heritage Conversations
Yukon is full of people with fantastic stories to tell. Check out these articles by Leighann Chalykoff. They feature stories about people in your community and around the territory.
These articles were originally created for What's Up Yukon.
Featured stories include:
- Historic Buildings On Qikiqtaruk—Herschel Island
- Stolen Loot Or Hard-Earned Savings?
- ‘We Have Never Got Rich, But We Sure Have A Good Life Being Poor.’
- Unearthing A ‘Miracle’
- The ‘Impertinent, Wacky Disorder’ Of Whitehorse In The ’50s
- Breathing New Life Into A 1950s Mystery
- The Sibilla Gets A Facelift
- Community, Connection and Caribou
- Growing Up Van Bibber
- Ice Patch Melt
- A Changing Landscape
- Connecting to the land; connecting to each other
Booklets
Click to download these heritage booklets.
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Heritage Conversations: Stories of Yukoners connecting to their heritage
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The Wreck of the A. J. Goddard
A sternwheeler from the days of the Klondike Gold Rush
Tours
Find a historic places walking tour of your community.
Learn about Yukon historic sites with these guides:
Exhibits
Browse online exhibits from Yukon Archives.
Videos
These videos feature well-known Yukoners talking about their projects and involvement in Yukon history and heritage.
Whitehorse
Ione Christensen talks about the importance of writing about our history.
Caribou Hotel
Anne Morgan and Jamie Toole own the Caribou Hotel in Carcross. Anne talks about the restoration of this important historic site.
J. J. Van Bibber
Pat and Shannon Van Bibber describe their projects to document the remarkable life of Elder and storyteller extraordinaire JJ Van Bibber.
Contact us
If you have questions about these resources or about Yukon's historic places, email exploringhistory@yukon.ca.