Find research related to:

  • heritage resources;
  • archaeology;
  • palaeontology and Beringia;
  • earth sciences;
  • Yukon history and Indigenous Peoples' oral history; and
  • historic sites.

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Heritage publications
Learn about Yukon's historic sites
Access Yukon archaeology collections for exhibits or research
Access the Yukon fossil collection or request a presentation

Palaeontology and Beringia

Ice Age Klondike
Ice Age Mammals of Yukon
Learn about ice age animals at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre
Beringian research notes

Archaeology booklets

A Look Back in Time: The Archaeology of Fort Selkirk
Archaeology at Forty Mile/Ch'ëdä Dëk
Désdélé Méne': The Archaeology of Annie Lake
From Trail to Tramway: The Archaeology of Canyon City
The Frozen Past: The Yukon Ice Patches
Łutthi Män & Tachän Män Hude Hudän – Frenchman and Tatchun Lakes: Long Ago Peop…
Łu Zil Män – Fish Lake: Uncovering the Past
Ta’an Kwäch’än: People of the Lake
Tatl’á Män
Tr’ochëk: The Archaeology and History of a Hän Fish Camp
Qikiqtaruk: Inuvialuit Archaeology on Herschel Island
The Wreck of the A.J. Goddard
The archaeology of the M’Clintock region

Archaeology Occasional Papers series

The A.J. Goddard: Reconstruction and Material Culture of a Klondike Gold Rush S…
Archaeological Investigations of Transient Residences on the Hillsides Surround…
The Archaeological Sequence in the Northern Cordillera
The Archaeology and History of an Arctic Mission, Herschel Island, Yukon
Caribou Exploitation at the Trail River Site
Dechyoo Njik (MIVm–4) and the Traditional Land Use Patterns in the Southwestern…
Fort Selkirk: Early Contact Period Interaction Between the Northern Tutchone an…
Geoarchaeological Studies at the Dog Creek Site, Northern Yukon
Holocene Occupations in the Southern Yukon: New Perspectives from the Annie Lak…
KaVn–2: An Eastern Beringian Tradition Archaeological Site
Microblade Complexes and Traditions in the Interior Northwest, as Seen from the…
The Nii’ii Hunting Stand Site
North to the Yukon Territory via the Alcan Highway in 1948: Field Notes of the …
On the Periphery of the Klondike Gold Rush: Canyon City, an Archaeological Pers…
Salmon and Storage: Southern Tutchone use of an “Abundant” Resource
Schaeffer Creek Campsite (MlVm–6), a Possible Cold Season Site in Southwestern …
Special Brew: Industrial Archaeology and History of the Klondike Brewery
Ta'Tla Mun: An Archaeological Examination of Technology, Subsistence Economy an…
Women and hide-working at the Little John Site (KDVO-6), Yukon Territory : a fe…
Human and ecological responses to the northern White River ash eruption
An archaeological investigation of subalpine and alpine use in the southeast Yu…
Detecting and monitoring change to an Arctic heritage site Using UAV photogramm…

Earth Sciences Occasional Papers series

3rd International Mammoth Conference: Field Guide to Quaternary Research in the…
3rd International Mammoth Conference: Program and Abstracts
Canadian Quaternary Association Meetings, 2001: Program and Abstracts
Field Guide to Quaternary Research in Central and Western Yukon Territory
Field Guide to Quaternary Volcanism, Stratigraphy, etc., Fort Selkirk Area, 2001
Locomotor Adaptations and Ecomorphology of short-faced bears
The Ni'iinlii Njik Caves, Northern Yukon: Notes on Geology and History
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Yukon history

Donuts and Silver Dollars: The Life of Captain Frank Slim
Historical Climatology of the Southern Yukon
Journal of Occurrences at the Forks of the Lewes and Pelly Rivers: May 1848 to …
My Old People's Stories: Part 1 – Southern Tutchone Narrators
My Old People's Stories: Part 2 – Tagish Narrators
My Old People's Stories: Part 3 – Inland Tlingit Narrators
Oral History as History: Tuchone Athapaskan in the Period 1840 – 1920, Part 1
Oral History as History: Tuchone Athapaskan in the Period 1840 – 1920, Part 2
Yukon Northern Slope Inuvialuit Oral History

Historic sites

Learn about Yukon's historic sites
Historic sites community walking tour booklets

Best management practices

Protect heritage resources during land development and mining
Handbook for the Identification of Heritage Sites and Features

Outreach

Access Yukon archaeology collections for exhibits or research
Access the Yukon fossil collection or request a palaeontology presentation
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