Stewart Crossing, Yukon
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Stewart Crossing is a settlement in the Yukon
territory of Canada
, located on the Klondike Highway
at the junction with the Silver Trail
. A Yukon government highway maintenance camp and a highway lodge are the most prominent facilities at the location, named for where the Klondike Highway
or Mayo Road, as it was then known, crossed the Stewart River by means of a ferry from 1950 until completion of a bridge in the mid-1950s.
The settlement had a population of 35 in the Canada 2006 Census
.
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
territory of Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, located on the Klondike Highway
Klondike Highway
The Klondike Highway links the Alaskan coastal town of Skagway to Yukon's Dawson City and its route somewhat parallels that used by prospectors in the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush....
at the junction with the Silver Trail
Silver Trail
The Silver Trail connects the communities of Mayo, Elsa and Keno City with the Klondike Highway at Stewart Crossing, where that highway crosses the Stewart River....
. A Yukon government highway maintenance camp and a highway lodge are the most prominent facilities at the location, named for where the Klondike Highway
Klondike Highway
The Klondike Highway links the Alaskan coastal town of Skagway to Yukon's Dawson City and its route somewhat parallels that used by prospectors in the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush....
or Mayo Road, as it was then known, crossed the Stewart River by means of a ferry from 1950 until completion of a bridge in the mid-1950s.
The settlement had a population of 35 in the Canada 2006 Census
Canada 2006 Census
The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...
.