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Haines Junction is a village in Yukon, Canada. It is at Kilometre 1,632 (historical mile 1016) of the Alaska Highway at its junction with the Haines Highway, hence the name of the community. According to the 2021 census, the population was 688. [3] However, the Yukon Bureau of Statistics lists the population count for 2022 as 1,018. [4]
It follows the route of the old Dalton Trail from the port of Haines inland for about 180 km (110 mi) to Klukshu, Yukon, and then continues to Haines Junction. The highway is about 244 km (152 mi) long, of which 72 km (45 mi) is in Alaska. The highway was known as Yukon Highway 4 until 1978, when it was renumbered Highway 3.
The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) is a First Nation band government in Yukon, Canada.Historically its original population centres were Champagne (home of the Kwächä̀l kwächʼǟn - "Champagne people/band") and Aishihik (home of the Äshèyi kwächʼǟn - ″Aishihik people/band″), with bands active in both coastal and interior areas.
Prior to 1986, US Border Inspections were conducted at Haines, which was recognized as inefficient since many people lived and worked between the town and the border 42 miles (68 km) to the north. Construction of the US Border Inspection Station at Dalton Cache involved rehabilitating the historic structures at the border. [citation needed]
The Shakwak Project completed the Haines Highway upgrades in the 1980s between Haines Junction and the Alaska Panhandle, then funding was stalled by Congress for several years. The Milepost shows the Canadian section of the highway now to be about 1,187 miles (1,910 km), but the first milepost inside Alaska is 1222.
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Champagne Landing or Champagne Landing 10 is a First Nations settlement in Yukon, Canada. It is located on the Alaska Highway (historical mile 968, between Whitehorse and Haines Junction ). Its residents are citizens of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations .
The Southern Tutchone [1] people named by the late Catharine McClellan; are a group of Athabaskan speaking indigenous people of Southern Yukon, Canada.Today, the Southern Tutchone language is more often being called, "Dän'ke" which means 'our way' or, "Dän k'e kwänje" which means 'our way of speaking' in the Athabaskan language.