Moosehide (Hän: Ëdhä Dädhëchan) was an Indian reserve of the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation or Dawson band in the Canadian territory of Yukon between about 1906 and the early 1960s.[citation needed]

Moose Hide was a village at the time of the 1911 census when it recorded a population of 125.[1]

The Moosehide Village site (Jëjik Dhä Dënezhu Kek’it) became part of the Tr’ondëk-Klondike UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2023.

Federal census population history of Moose Hide
YearPop.±%
1911125—    
1941——    
195160—    
Source: Statistics Canada
[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Fifth Census of Canada, 1911 (PDF). Vol. Special Report on Area and Population. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. February 27, 1912. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  2. ^ "Table 6: Population by census subdivisions, 1901–1961". 1961 Census of Canada (PDF). Series 1.1: Historical, 1901–1961. Vol. I: Population. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. March 8, 1963. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  3. ^ Ninth Census of Canada, 1951 (PDF). Vol. SP-7 (Population: Unincorporated villages and hamlets). Dominion Bureau of Statistics. March 31, 1954. Retrieved February 2, 2022.

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