Explorer's Guides to Yukon Communities

The Whitehorse Star today (The final edition of the Whitehorse Star was published on May 17, 2024.)

Dateline: November 23, 2019. Last update: January 8, 2026.

    These highlights have been greatly expanded from lists originally compiled by the Hougen Group of companies. That section of the Hougen website was deleted in the spring of 2019, but luckily, we had downloaded it (as we do many particularly useful websites that we think may disappear), and that formed the foundation for this ongoing, ever-changing project.

    History is subjective. What we hear, read, and view is determined by the people who present such history. Everyone has filters - conscious or unconscious - and that determines what we learn. In choosing which information to post here, we have attempted to give a wide range of of topics, including mining, transportation, big game guiding/hunting, biographies, tragedies and triumphs, quirky comments on life at a specific point in history, and world events that affected the Yukon.

    Our long-term goal is to have 3 entries per issue. As of January 8, 2026, there are a total of 9,258 entries:

• 1900-1909: 1,434   (with 106 links to complete articles)
• 1910-1919: 1,557   (with 105 links to complete articles)
• 1920-1929: 1,084   (with 43 links to complete articles)
• 1930-1939: 1,027   (with 95 links to complete articles)
• 1940-1949: 1,115   (with 42 links to complete articles)
• 1950-1959:    946   (with 50 links to complete articles)
• 1960-1969:    666   (with 43 links to complete articles)
• 1970-1979:    527   (with 17 links to complete articles)
• 1980-1989:    594   (with 8 links to complete articles)
• 1990-1999:      82   (with 66 links to complete articles)
• 2000-2009:      43   (with 23 links to complete articles)
• 2010-2019:      78   (with 6 links to complete articles)
• 2020-2024:    105   (with 58 links to complete articles)

1901 - 1909

January 1, 1901

March 1, 1904

December 7, 1905

1910 - 1919

January 21, 1910

1920 - 1929

January 2, 1920

November 18, 1921

March 28, 1924

February 6, 1925

January 20, 1928

1930 - 1939

January 14, 1938

1940 - 1949

January 12, 1940

1950 - 1959

January 27, 1950

January 5, 1956

March 3, 1956

1960 - 1969

January 7, 1960

September 7, 1961

December 16, 1963

June 6, 1966

1970 - 1979

January 5, 1970

1980 - 1989

January 2, 1980

1990 - 1999

February 1, 1990

2000 - 2009

January 4, 2000

2010 - 2019

February 3, 2010

March 11, 2019

December 2, 2019

2020 - 2024

January 3, 2020