Destruction Bay

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Destruction Bay is a small community on the Alaska Highway (historical mile 1083) in Canada's Yukon on Kluane Lake.

Populated mostly by non-aboriginal residents, community residents provide Yukon government services to residents in the area (school, highway maintenance), including nearby Burwash Landing and some tourism-related businesses along the Alaska Highway. The name is derived from the wind blowing down structures erected by the military during highway construction in 1942–43.

The community has a one-room school serving kindergarten through grade eight.

Demographics

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|1981|49

|1986|48

|1991|32

|1996|34

|2001|43

|2006|55

|2011|35

|2016|55

|2021|40

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| source = Statistics Canada
{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS92-101-1987.pdf | title=1986 Census: Population - Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=September 1987 | accessdate=January 30, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS93-304-1992.pdf | title=91 Census: Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions - Population and Dwelling Counts | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=April 1992 | accessdate=January 30, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/statcan/rh-hc/CS93-357-1997.pdf | title=96 Census: A National Overview - Population and Dwelling Counts | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=April 1997 | accessdate=January 30, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-P.cfm?T=1&SR=1&S=1&O=A&PR=60 | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Subdivisions (Municipalities), 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Yukon Territory) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=August 15, 2012 | accessdate=January 30, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=60 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Yukon Territory) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=August 20, 2021 | accessdate=January 30, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=51&O=A&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=60 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Yukon) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=July 25, 2021 | accessdate=January 30, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Yukon) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | accessdate=January 30, 2022}}

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Destruction Bay had a population of {{val|40|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|16|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|32|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:40-55}}|55|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|55|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|13.9|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|40|13.9|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000260 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Yukon | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 18, 2022}}

History

In 1942, a camp was set up to be used by crews working to build the Alaska Highway.{{Cite web |title=Destruction Bay |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/destruction-bay |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |language=en}} It was used for housing of workers, as well as a stopping place for truckers to rest, refuel, and service their equipment. Not long after it was built, a severe windstorm destroyed many of the buildings in the camp, leading to the name Destruction Bay.{{Cite web |title=Destruction Bay {{!}} Travel Yukon - Yukon, Canada {{!}} Official Tourism Website for the Yukon Territory |url=https://www.travelyukon.com/en/discover-yukon/regions-communities/destruction-bay |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=www.travelyukon.com |language=en}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070424224240/http://www.yukoncommunities.yk.ca/communities/burwash-destruction/ Community Profile]
"[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/destruction-bay Destruction Bay]", The Canadian Encyclopedia
[http://m.accuweather.com/en/ca/destruction-bay/y0b/weather-forecast/56861/ AccuWeather]

Category:Settlements in Yukon