Carcross
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Carcross, originally known as Caribou Crossing, () is an unincorporated community in Yukon, Canada, on Bennett Lake and Nares Lake. It is home to the Carcross/Tagish First Nation.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Carcross
- Settlement.native_name
- Nadashaa Héeni
- Settlement.other_name
- Caribou Crossing
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Carcross, Yukon (14109531945).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Carcross, Yukon
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Canada Yukon#Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Territory
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Yukon
- Settlement.area_land_km2
- 16.14
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2016
- Settlement.population_total
- 301
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 18.7
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Change 2011-16
- Settlement.population_blank1
- 4.2%
- Settlement.timezone
- MST
- Settlement.utc_offset
- −07:00
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Yukon
- Elevation
- 2161
- Time zone
- Pacific Time Zone
- Image
- Carcross, Yukon Territory 2.jpg
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- Carcross, Yukon
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Carcross, originally known as Caribou Crossing, () is an unincorporated community in Yukon, Canada, on Bennett Lake and Nares Lake. It is home to the Carcross/Tagish First Nation.
It is south-southeast by the Alaska Highway and the Klondike Highway from Whitehorse. The south end of the Tagish Road is in Carcross. Carcross is also on the White Pass and Yukon Route railway.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carcross” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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