Department of Tourism and Culture

Yukon Archives Displays

Displays

The Yukon Archives Reference Room has photocopies of all displays. These can be examined during Yukon Archives' regular hours. All exhibits include text, historic photographs with captions, and reproductions of archival documents. Yukon Archives bears the cost of sending out displays. Borrowers are responsible for return shipping costs. Yukon Archives does not provide display panels.

Organizations and institutions interested in borrowing any of the displays should contact the Yukon Archives.

Displays Available from the Yukon Archives

The following are larger displays, each about 35 running metres, and are suitable for exhibition in a hall, auditorium, or large meeting room. Most displays have backings of string and self-sticking velcro to make hanging convenient. Smaller displays are listed below.

At Home in the Yukon, 1898-1998

This display takes an intimate look at what it means to make Yukon our home. Prepared for the Yukon's Centennial, it examines the themes "We have always been here"; "A century of changes"; "Family life"; "Making a living"; "Home sweet home"; "What makes a house a home." The display is in 18 separate laminated panels 34" wide x 54" high with velcro hangers. The panels can be rolled and transported in tubes.

Days Gone By

This display illustrates, through photographs, the lifestyle of the First Nations peoples of the Yukon from the turn of the century to the 1960s.

Early Yukon Business

This display depicts the history of private enterprise from before the Gold Rush to the present.

Fort Selkirk

This display depicts the history the Yukon River settlement of Fort Selkirk.

Highway to the North

This display illustrates the construction of the highway and the enormous impact it had on all aspects of Yukon life. This display also includes a section on the construction of the Canol Pipeline.

Impressions of the Yukon

This display is a cartographic interpretation of the Yukon from 1731-1993.

Nothing is as Certain as Change

This display traces the changing lifestyles of Yukon's First Nations peoples from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

Opening the Yukon

This display explains the story of trade, transportation and exploration in the Yukon over the past three hundred years. (This display has neither string nor velcro for hanging; it can hang from pushpins stuck to a fabric display board.)

Oral Traditions

This display depicts Yukon Archives' involvement with First Nations people, government and other agencies to help to preserve our northern history. The display illustrates that oral tradition retains an integral place in the transmission of information and preservation of our history.

Police for the People

This display tells the story of Yukon First Nations people who worked with the NWMP and RCMP from the days of the Gold Rush to the present. Photographs, oral history interviews, and historical documents tell the story of First Nations Special Constables from communities around the Yukon.

Safe Harbour: Herschel Island

This display documents early years of Herschel Island including whaling, church, RCMP and Hudson Bay Company activities, 1826-1938.

The Force in the Yukon

This display portrays the activities of the NWMP in the Yukon from the years before the Klondike Gold Rush through to the saga of the Mad Trapper.

Whitehorse Remembered

This display depicts the history and growth of Whitehorse from the time of the Klondike Gold Rush to the building of the Alaska Highway.

Women and Children

This display illustrates the many roles of Yukon women and activities of children from the Gold Rush to the present.

Small Displays

The following displays are smaller and can be accommodated in a space as small as 10 square metres, which makes them suitable for hanging in a foyer, lobby, or small meeting room.

75th Anniversary of Aviation

This display tracks the development of aviation in the territory and shows the importance of air travel in the context of a large area not entirely connected by roads and highways.

Agriculture

This display illustrates the various forms of northern agriculture production from the past.

Alaska Highway

A smaller version of the Highway to the North display.

Communities of Yesterday

This display traces the boom and bust history of Rampart House, Forty Mile and Conrad.

Discovery of Gold

This display follows the men and women who made the arduous trip to the Klondike Gold Fields and takes a look at their lives on the creeks.

Early Yukon Aviation

This display traces the development of commercial flying in the Yukon from the 1920s to the mid-1940s.

Entertainment in the Klondike

This display portrays the evolving world of entertainment from early floor shows to "cultured" theatre in Dawson City from 1898-1901.

The Mad Trapper

This display includes articles and photographs of historic Yukon murder cases with an emphasis on the notorious Mad Trapper of Rat River.

The White Pass & Yukon Route

This display features the history of rail, road, river, ocean and air operations of this transportation network.

Winter Activities

A small display depicting winter celebrations throughout the Territory.

Yukon Order of Pioneers (YOOP)

A small display commemorating the centenary of the YOOP in the Territory, focusing on the first chapter in Forty Mile.

Yukon Sternwheelers

This display covers sternwheeler traffic on the Yukon River and its tributaries from 1869 until the 1950s.