Destruction Bay | |
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Coordinates: 61°15′15″N 138°48′24″W / 61.25417°N 138.80667°W | |
Country | Canada |
Territory | Yukon |
Area | |
• Land | 13.57 km2 (5.24 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 55 |
• Density | 4.1/km2 (11/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
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.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Destruction Bay had a population of 40 living in 16 of its 32 total private dwellings, a change of -27.3% from its 2016 population of 55. With a land area of 13.9 km2 (5.4 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi) in 2021.[9]