Destruction Bay

Destruction Bay is a small community on the Alaska Highway (historical mile 1083) in Canada's Yukon on Kluane Lake.

Destruction Bay
Welcome sign made on an old bulldozer
Destruction Bay
Coordinates: 61°15′15″N 138°48′24″W
CountryCanada
TerritoryYukon
Area
 • Land13.57 km2 (5.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total55
 • Density4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)

Populated mostly by non-aboriginal residents, community residents provide Yukon government services to residents in the area (school, highway maintenance), including nearby Burwash Landing and some tourism-related businesses along the Alaska Highway. The name is derived from the wind blowing down structures erected by the military during highway construction in 1942–43.

The community has a one-room school serving kindergarten through grade eight.

Demographics
Historical populations
YearPop.±%
200143—    
200655+27.9%
201135−36.4%
201655+57.1%

The population in 2001, according to the Census, was 43.[2] The population was 55 at the 2006 census. The population of Destruction Bay in 2011 has dropped to 35 people.[3] Most recently, the population increased by 57% to 55 individuals at the 2016 census.




References
  1. "Census Profile". 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  2. "Population and Dwelling Counts" (PDF). Executive Council Office, Government of Yukon. May 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2014.
  3. Statistics Canada. Released October 24, 2012. "Destruction Bay, Yukon (Code 6001049) and Yukon, Yukon (Code 6001) (table)". Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Retrieved July 30, 2015.


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