List of national historic sites of Canada

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This is a list of the federal National Historic Sites of Canada. All such designations are made by the Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. As of 2006, there are 863 sites, 155 of which are administered by Parks Canada.

See also: Canadian Register of Historic Places for information on provincial and other Canadian historic sites.

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1 Alberta — 59
2 British Columbia — 87
3 Manitoba — 52
4 New Brunswick — 60
5 Newfoundland and Labrador — 41
6 Northwest Territories — 12
7 Nova Scotia — 81
8 Nunavut — 11
9 Ontario — 246
10 Prince Edward Island — 19
11 Quebec — 165
12 Saskatchewan — 37
13 Yukon Territory — 12
14 France — 2
15 External links

[edit] Alberta — 59

Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin — Early stone alpine cabin used by climbers, 1922
Áísínai'pi — Contains the largest concentration of rock art images on the Great Plains
Athabasca Pass — Major fur trade transportation route
Atlas No. 3 Coal Mine — Exceptionally well-preserved coal mine plant
Banff Park Museum — Early natural history museum in Rustic style, 1902-03
Banff Springs Hotel — Famous railway resort hotel in Château style, 1912
Bar U Ranch — Historic ranch in Alberta foothills, 1883
Beaulieu — Sandstone mansion of Sir James A. Lougheed, 1891
Blackfoot Crossing — Traditional meeting place on Blackfoot reserve
British Block Cairn — One of the best examples of a large boulder cairn
Brooks Aqueduct — Landmark irrigation project built by Canadian Pacific Railway in 1912-14
Calgary City Hall — Imposing civic building in Romanesque Revival style, 1907-1911
Cave and Basin — Hot springs, birthplace of national parks
Coleman — Coal mining landscape illustrating important aspects of mining culture
Earthlodge Village — Remains of aboriginal village
First Oil Well in Western Canada — First commercially productive oil well in Western Canada
Fort Assiniboine — Site of 1823 Hudson's Bay Company post
Fort Augustus and Fort Edmonton — Site of rival trading posts, 1795-1801; Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Calgary — Site of 1875 North West Mounted Police post
Fort Chipewyan — Site of major trading posts, 1800-present; Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Dunvegan — Site of 1805 North West Company post
Fort Edmonton III — Site of 1831 Hudson's Bay Company post
Fort Fork — Starting point of Alexander MacKenzie's route to Pacific, 1793
Fort Macleod — Site of North West Mounted Police headquarters, 1876-78
Fort Vermilion — Site of North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company posts
Fort Whoop-Up — Whiskey post, led to formation of North West Mounted Police
Frog Lake — Site of Cree uprising, 1885
Galt Irrigation Canal — First major irrigation project in Canada, 1898-00
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump — World Heritage Site - Aboriginal bison drive
Heritage Hall - Southern Alberta Institute of Technology — Early technical college in Collegiate Gothic Revival, 1921-1922
Howse Pass — First crossed by David Thompson in 1807
Jasper House — Archaeological remains of 1829 fur trade post
Jasper Park Information Centre — Picturesque fieldstone park building of Rustic design, 1913-14
Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage — First Roman Catholic mission to be established by the renowned priest, Albert Lacombe
Leduc-Woodbend Oilfield — Most important oil field in history of Alberta
Medalta Potteries — Early 20th-century beehive kilns and manufacturing buildings
Medicine Hat Clay Industries — Cultural landscape associated with the growth and diversification of the pottery industry
Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall — Outstanding, large-scale, World War I urban armoury, 1917-18
Nordegg — Coal mining landscape including numerous extant mining resources
Notre Dame des Victoires / Lac La Biche Mission — Important Roman Catholic mission, established in 1853 by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate
Old Women's Buffalo Jump — Aboriginal bison drive in use for 1500 years
Palace Theatre — Designed by internationally renowned theatre architect C. Howard Crane
Prince of Wales Hotel — Symbol of mountain tourism, chalet style hotel, 1926-27
Rocky Mountain House — Rival Hudson's Bay Company and North West Company posts
Rundle's Mission — Site of Methodist mission, agriculture and education
Skoki Ski Lodge — Ski lodge in rustic vernacular, 1930-31
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church — Fine example of Gothic Revival design, 1912-14
Stephen Avenue — Buildings along section of street illustrating prairie urban development
Stirling Agricultural Village — Distinctive Mormon pioneer dryland irrigation farming settlement pattern
Suffield Tipi Rings — Important example of Niitsitapi cultural heritage on the western Canadian plains
Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station — Remains of high altitude geophysical laboratory
Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — Monumental modern temple in historic Mormon centre, 1913-1923
Territorial Court House — Oldest court house in Alberta, completed in 1904
Treaty Nº 7 Signing Site — Treaty signed in 1877 with Blackfoot nation
Turner Valley Gas Plant — Early gas plant, central to the history of petroleum extraction technology
Turner Valley Oilfield — First major oil field in Alberta, 1914-47
Victoria Settlement — Cultural landscape illustrating major themes in Prairie settlement
Wetaskiwin Court House — Classic symbol of justice in the developing West, 1907-1909
Yellowhead Pass — Transportation route through Rocky Mountains

[edit] British Columbia — 87

223 Robert Street — Queen Anne Revival style residence, 1905
Abbotsford Sikh Temple — Oldest surviving Sikh temple in Canada
Bay Street Drill Hall — Fortress-like World War I drill hall, 1914-15
Begbie Hall — Nurses' residences were central to the nursing culture
Binning Residence — Early and remarkable illustration of architecture in the modern era; 1941
Boat Encampment — Key trans-shipment point on Columbia River
Brilliant Suspension Bridge — Doukhobor-built bridge; symbol of Doukhobor culture
Britannia Mines Concentrator — Important 1920s-30s copper mine concentrator
Britannia Shipyard — Historic ship repair and building facility
Butchart Gardens — World renowned floral garden started in 1904.
Chilkoot Trail — Transportation route to Klondike gold fields
Chilliwack City Hall — Attractive concrete civic building, 1912
Chinese Cemetery at Harling Point — Chinese-Canadian cemetery with significant pre-1950 mortuary features, distinctive plan and application of Feng Shui
Christ Church — Fine, early ecclesiological Gothic Revival church, 1861
Church of Our Lord — Fine example of Carpenter's Gothic Revival on the West Coast
Church of the Holy Cross — Fine Carpenter's Gothic Revival mission church in Skookumchuck, by Salish craftsmen, 1905-08
Congregation Emanu-el Temple — Oldest surviving synagogue in Canada, built in 1863
Craigdarroch — Baronial sandstone mansion of Robert Dunsmuir, 1887-90
Craigflower Manor House — Fine example of an agricultural settlement company residence, 1853-56
Craigflower Schoolhouse — Oldest surviving school building in western Canada, built 1854-55
Emily Carr House — Birthplace of Emily Carr, early West Coast Italianate, 1863-64
Empress Hotel — Landmark Château style railway hotel, 1904-08
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Roundhouse — Early West Coast railway facility, 1913
Esquimalt Naval Sites — Historic naval district with significant built resources
Estate of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia — Cultural landscape; served as the residence of the Governors and Lieutenant Governors of the province
Fisgard Lighthouse — First permanent lighthouse on Canada's West Coast, 1859-60
Former Vancouver Law Courts — Imposing urban court house in Beaux-Arts style, 1907-11
Former Victoria Law Courts — Earliest British Columbia court house, distinctive eclectic design, 1887-88
Fort Alexandria — Site of North West Company post, 1821-60s
Fort Hope — Site of Hudson's Bay Company post, 1848-60
Fort Kamloops — Site of North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company posts
Fort Langley — Early 19th-century Hudson's Bay Company post
Fort McLeod — Site of North West Company post built in 1805
Fort Rodd Hill — Late 19th-century fort to defend Victoria-Esquimalt fortifications
Fort St. James — Fur trade post founded by Simon Fraser, 1806
Fort St. John — Site of North West Company posts, 1806-23
Fort Steele — Site of 1887 North West Mounted Police barracks
Fort Victoria — Site of 1843 Hudson's Bay Company post
Gitwangak Battle Hill — 18th-century Gitwangak hilltop fortification surrounding five longhouses, Tawdzep
Gulf of Georgia Cannery — Outstanding West Coast fish processing complex, 1894
Hatley Park — Estate of Hatley Castle, built by James Dunsmuir, 1908
Kaslo Municipal Hall — Oldest municipal hall on British Columbia mainland, 1898
Kicking Horse Pass — Traversed by Palliser expedition, 1857-60
Kiix?in Village and Fortress — Archaeological sites of First Nations village and fortress with significant architectural remains
Kitselas Canyon — Remains of 2 aboriginal villages and petroglyphs
Kitwanga Totem Poles — Totem poles record families of Kitwanga Fort
Kitwankul — Gitksan village
Kiusta Village — Former Haïda village
Kootenae House — Site of North West Company post, 1807-12
Lions Gate Bridge — Outstanding engineering achievement; an undeniable and significant influence on the development of Vancouver
Malahat Building — First Victoria custom house; 1873-76; ; Second Empire style
Marpole Midden — Site of midden, excavated in 1892
McLean Mill — Lumber mill complex, buildings and equipment, 1926-27
Metlakatla Pass — Site of winter villages of Tsimshian peoples
Motor Vessel BCP 45 — Example of a wooden seiner, a class of vessel intimately associated with the commercial West Coast fishery
Myra Canyon Section of the Kettle Valley Railway — Outstanding engineering achievement in routing and constructing a railway in mountainous terrain
Nan Sdins — Remains of Haïda longhouses and totem poles
New Gold Harbour Area — Site of Haïda village
North Pacific Cannery — Oldest extant West Coast salmon cannery, 1889
Orpheum Theatre — Ornate 1920s movie palace
Pemberton Memorial Operating Room — Rare surviving example of a surgical facility from the period of transition of hospitals from primarily charitable to scientific institutions
Point Atkinson Lighthouse — Strategic light integral to growth of Vancouver harbour, 1912
Point Ellice House / O'Reilly House — Picturesque early house and gardens, 1861
Powell River Townsite Historic District — Largely intact early 20th-century planned single-industry town
Rogers Building — Intact retail building in Queen Anne Revival style; home of Rogers' Chocolates, 1903
Rogers Pass — Canadian Pacific Railway route through Selkirk Mountains
Rossland Court House — Early regional expression of a Canadian court house, 1898-1901
Royal Theatre — Classically inspired vaudeville theatre, 1913
S.S. Moyie — Restored riverboat launched in 1898
Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Church — Impressive 1884 Gothic Revival mission church
Skedans — Former Haïda village
St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral — Excellent example of High Victorian Gothic, 1892
St. Ann's Academy — 19th-century private girls' school
St. Roch — First vessel to navigate Northwest passage west to east, 1928
Stanley Park — Outstanding large urban park, 1890s
Stave Falls Hydro-Electric Installation — Excellent representation of the core period of hydro-electric technological development among the approximately 160 extant stations built between 1900-1920 across Canada
Tanu — Former Haïda village
Triple Island Lighthouse — Striking concrete station in isolated setting, 1920
Twin Falls Tea House — Early rustic tea house in Yoho National Park, 1923-24
Victoria City Hall — Earliest extant western town hall; Second Empire style, 1878-1890
Victoria's Chinatown — Oldest surviving Chinatown in Canada with cohesive groupings of historic buildings
Vogue Theatre — Moderne style theatre, 1941
Weir's (Taylor's) Beach Earthworks Site — Pre-contact site on Vancouver Island
Whaler's Shrine Site — Aboriginal ritual site, shrine removed
Xa:ytem / Hatzic Rock — Habitation site of Stó:lo peoples
Yan Village Indian Site — Former Haïda village
Yuquot — Centre of the social, political and economic world of the Mowachaht-Muchalaht

[edit] Manitoba — 52

Exchange District
Linear Mounds — Aboriginal burial mounds from 1000-1200 AD
Lower Fort Garry — Major centre in 19th-century fur trade
Prince of Wales Fort — 18th-century stone fur trade fort on Hudson Bay
Riding Mountain National Park East Gate Registration Complex — Three rustic buildings built under depression relief programs
Riel House — Family home of Métis leader Louis Riel
St. Andrew's Rectory — Example of mid 19th-century Red River architecture, 1852-1854
The Forks, Winnipeg, Manitoba — Historic meeting place, junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers
York Factory, Manitoba — Hudson's Bay Company's principal fur trade depot from 1684-1870s

[edit] New Brunswick — 60

Beaubears Island Shipbuilding — Archaeological site associated with nineteenth-century shipbuilding
Boishébert — Acadian refugee settlement, 1756-59
Carleton Martello Tower — Fortification built to defend Saint John during War of 1812
Fort Beauséjour — Remnants of 1751 French fort
Fort Gaspareaux — Military ruins and cemetery of 1751 French fort
La Coupe Dry Dock — Site may represent 18th-century Acadian construction
Monument Lefebvre — Multi-function building, symbol of Acadian cultural revival
St. Andrews Blockhouse — Restored wooden blockhouse from War of 1812

[edit] Newfoundland and Labrador — 41

Cape Spear — Oldest surviving lighthouse in Newfoundland, 1836
Castle Hill — 17th- and 18th-century French and British fortifications
Hawthorne Cottage — Picturesque cottage, home of Captain Robert Bartlett from 1875-1946
Hopedale Mission — Symbol of interaction between Labrador Inuit and Moravian Missionaires; representative of Moravian Mission architecture in Labrador
L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site of Canada — Only authenticated Viking settlement in North America
Port au Choix — Pre-contact burial and habitation sites
Red Bay — 16th-century Basque whaling industry complex
Ryan Premises — East Coast fishing industry complex
Signal Hill — Commemorates defence of St. John's; includes the Cabot Tower

[edit] Northwest Territories — 12

Church of Our Lady of Good Hope — Early northern Oblate mission church, outstanding interior decoration, 1865-85
Déline Fishery / Franklin's Fort — Wintering quarters of Sir John Franklin and his second expedition
Ehdaa — Traditional gathering site for the Dene
Fort McPherson — Hudson's Bay Company post, 1840
Fort Reliance — Oldest continuously operating Hudson's Bay Company post, 1833
Fort Resolution — Main post on Great Slave Lake, 1821; North West Company
Fort Simpson — North West Company (1804) and Hudson's Bay Company (1822) posts
Hay River Mission Sites — Mission buildings, significant to Dene community
Kittigazuit Archaeological Sites — Beluga hunting, Kittegaryumiut and Mackenzie Delta
Nagwichoonjik (Mackenzie River) — Flows through Gwichya Gwich'in traditional homeland and continues to be culturally, socially and spiritually significant
Parry's Rock Wintering Site — Wintering site of William Parry's expedition of the Northwest Passage, 1819
Sahoyúé-§ehdacho — Expression of cultural values through the interrelationship between landscape, oral histories, graves and cultural resources

[edit] Nova Scotia — 81

Alexander Graham Bell Museum — Commemorates famous inventor
Canso Islands — Site of fishing centre, 16th- to 19th-century
Fort Anne — 1695-1708 fortifications
Fort Edward (Nova Scotia) — Played a role in the struggle for predominance in North America, 1750-1812; oldest blockhouse in Canada, 1750
Fort McNab — Fort built in 1889 to defend Halifax Harbour
Fortress Louisbourg — Reconstruction of 18th-century French fortress
Georges Island HRM — Harbour fortification; contains Fort Charlotte
Grand-Pré — Commemorates Acadian settlement and expulsion
Grassy Island Fort — Centre of English fishery in 18th-century
Halifax Citadel — Restored British masonry fort, 1828-56
Kejimkujik — Important Mi'kmaq cultural landscape
Marconi — Site of first wireless station in Canada
Melanson Settlement — Pre-expulsion Acadian farm community, 1664-1755
Pier 21 — Point of entry for 1 million immigrants from 1928-1971
Port-Royal — Reconstruction of 1605 French settlement
Prince of Wales Tower — Late 18th-century stone defence tower, 1796-99
Province House — Oldest legislative seat in Canada and site of the country's first responsible government.
Scots Fort — Site of Sir William Alexander's settlement, 1629-31
St. Peters Canal — Operational canal; structures dating from 19th-century
St. Peters Trading Post — French trading post and fort, 1650-1758
York Redoubt — Major seaward defences of Halifax Harbour from the American Revolutionary War until World War II

[edit] Nunavut — 11

Arvia'juaq and Qikiqtaarjuk — Inuit summer occupation sites with rich history and surviving in situ resources
Beechey Island Sites — Sites related to 19th-century Arctic exploration, specifically: Franklin Wintering Site; Northumberland House; Cairns; Wreck of H.M.S. Breadalbane; and Devon Island Site at Cape Riley
Blacklead Island Whaling Station — Aboriginal and European bowhead whaling
Bloody Falls — Pre-contact hunting and fishing sites
Erebus and Terror — Ships of Franklin's last expedition, 1845
Fall Caribou Crossing — Site of critical importance to the historical survival of Inuit community
Igloolik Island Archaeological Sites — Archaeological sequence, 2000 BC - 1000 AD
Inuksuk — Inuit complex of 100 stone landmarks
Kekerten Island Whaling Station — Aboriginal and European bowhead whaling
Kodlunarn Island — Martin Frobisher habitation and iron smelting, 1576-1578
Port Refuge — Pre-contact occupations, trade with Norse colonies

[edit] Ontario — 246

Battle of the Windmill (Canada) — American invasion mission foiled, 1838
Battlefield of Fort George — War of 1812, capture of Fort George by Americans, 1813
Bellevue House — Important Italianate villa 1840's; home of Sir John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada (1867-73, 1878-91)
Bethune Memorial House — Birthplace of Doctor Norman Bethune; of symbolic significance to the Chinese
Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse — Round stone light tower, 1837
Booth House — Prominent heritage mansion in Ottawa. Residence for students of Trinity Western University's Laurentian Leadership Centre.
Butler's Barracks — Complex represents 150 years of military history
Cathcart Tower — Mid 19th-century British imperial masonry fortifications
Distillery District — Largest and best preserved collection of Victorian Industrial Architecture in North America. The Distillery District is a pedestrian village containing unique boutiques, art galleries, restaurants, artist studios and micro breweries, including the well-known Mill Street Brewery.
Fort George, Ontario — Reconstructed British fort from War of 1812
Fort Henry, Ontario — British fort completed 1836 to defend Rideau Canal
Fort Malden — 19th-century border fortification; Fort Amherstburg; War of 1812
Fort Mississauga — 19th-century brick tower within star-shaped earthworks; War of 1812
Fort St. Joseph (Ontario) — British military outpost on western frontier, 1796-1812; War of 1812
Fort Wellington — Military remains of 1813-38 fortifications; War of 1812
Glengarry Cairn — Conical stone monument, with stairway, to the Glengarry and Argyle Regiment, erected in 1840
HMCS Haida — Last of World War II tribal class destroyers
Inverarden House — Important 1816 Regency cottage with fur trade associations
Laurier House — Second Empire home, built in 1878, of two prime ministers of Canada, Sir Wilfrid Laurier and William Lyon Mackenzie King
Kensington Market — A culturally diverse hub of arts and culture in downtown Toronto
Merrickville Blockhouse — Part of lock system of Rideau Canal, 1832-33
Mississauga Point Lighthouse — Site of first lighthouse on great lakes, 1804
Mnjikaning Fish Weirs — Aboriginal fishing site
Murney Tower — Mid 19th-century British imperial masonry fortification
Navy Island — Archaeological remains related to ship building
Peterborough Lift Lock — World's highest hydraulic lift lock, 1896-1904
Point Clark Lighthouse — Imperial tower and lightkeeper's house, 1859
Queenston Heights — Site of 1812 Battle of Queenston Heights; includes Brock Monument; War of 1812
Rideau Canal — Operational canal; 202 km route, forty-five locks
St. James-the-Less Anglican Church (Toronto, Ontario) — Example of Gothic Revival architecture from 1860–1861
Saint-Louis Mission — Site of Huron village destroyed by Iroquois in 1649
Sault Ste. Marie Canal — First electrically-powered lock, 1888-94
Shoal Tower — Mid 19th-century British imperial masonry fortifications
Sir John Johnson House — House of famous Loyalist, 1780s
Southwold Earthworks — Site of Attiwandaronk Indian village, circa 1500 AD
Trent-Severn Waterway — Operational canal; 386 km route, forty-five locks
Woodside House — Boyhood home of William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (1921-26, 1926-30, 1936-48)
Willowbank Heritage Estate — Built in 1834 for Alexander Hamilton, the property illustrates the Romantic fusion of Classical Revival architecture, with a picturesque landscape.

[edit] Prince Edward Island — 19

Ardgowan, Prince Edward Island — Residence of Father of Confederation William Henry Pope, circa 1850
Dalvay-by-the-Sea Hotel — Queen Anne Revival summer home, built 1896-99
Green Gables — Victorian-era farmhouse owned by relatives of author Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Port-la-Joye—Fort Amherst — Remains of British and French forts
Province House — Neoclassical birthplace of Confederation and second oldest legislative seat in Canada.

[edit] Quebec — 165

Artillery Park (Québec, Québec) — An important complex of 18th and 19th-century defence structures
Battle of the Châteauguay — Site of 1813 battle in defence of Lower Canada; War of 1812
Battle of the Restigouche — Site of last naval battle in Seven Years' War
Carillon Barracks — Early 19th-century stone military building
Carillon Canal — Operational canal; site of two earlier canals, 1826-33
Cartier-Brébeuf National Historic Site — Wintering place of Jacques Cartier, 1535-36
Chambly Canal — Operational canal; nine locks, swing bridges
Coteau-du-Lac — 18th-century transportation and defence structures
Forges du Saint-Maurice — Remains of Canada's first industrial village
Fort Chambly — Restored and stabilized 1709 stone fort
Fort Lennox — Outstanding example of early 19th-century fortifications
Fort Témiscamingue — Remains of French fur trading post
Fortifications of Quebec City — 4.6-km network of walls, gates and squares
Grande-Grave (Gaspé, Québec) — A former coastal fishing village
Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial — Quarantine station for immigrants from 1832-1937
Lachine Canal — Operational canal; five locks, railway / road bridges
Lévis Forts — Part of Québec fortification system
Louis St. Laurent House — Childhood home of Louis S. St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada, 1948-57
Louis-Joseph Papineau House — Stone house built in 1785, associated with Louis-Joseph Papineau
Maillou House — Fine example of 18th-century Quebec town architecture, 1736
Manoir Papineau — 19th-century manor, home of Patriot leader, Louis-Joseph Papineau
Montmorency Park — Site of bishop's palace; Parliament of Canada 1851-55
Pointe-au-Père lighthouse — Early reinforced concrete lighttower at strategic location
Québec Garrison Club — Only private military club in Canada perpetuating the British colonial tradition of assembling military officers in a social environment, 1879
Saint-Louis Forts and Châteaux — Integral part of Québec's defence system; the seat of colonial executive authority for over 200 years
Saint-Ours Canal — Operational canal; 1933 (and remains of 1849) lock
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal — Operational canal; site of earlier 1843 canal
Sir George-Étienne Cartier House — Double house of prominent 19th-century politician, 1830s
The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site — Stone warehouse used as depot, 1803

[edit] Saskatchewan — 37

Batoche — Métis village; site of 1885 Battle of Batoche
Battle of Fish Creek — Site of battle between Métis and Canadian forces, 1885
Fort Battleford — North West Mounted Police headquarters, 1876
Fort Espérance — Remains of 2 North West Company fur trade posts
Fort Livingstone — Original headquarters of North West Mounted Police
Fort Pelly — Remains of Hudson's Bay Company fur trade post
Fort Walsh — Early North West Mounted Police post
Frenchman Butte — Site of 1885 battle, Cree and Canadian troops
Motherwell Homestead — Farm of William Richard Motherwell built in 1882, noted politician and scientific farmer

[edit] Yukon Territory — 12

Canadian Bank of Commerce — Important banking services were performed here from the gold rush of 1898 until 1989
Dawson Historical Complex — Important collection of buildings from the Klondike Gold Rush
Discovery Claim (Claim 37903) — Site of discovery of gold in 1896; marks the beginning of the development of the Yukon
Dredge No. 4 — Symbolizes importance of dredging operations (1899-1966) with the evolution of gold mining in the Klondike
Former Territorial Court House — Substantial frame judicial building, 1900-01
Northwest Mounted Police Married Quarters — Served as the North West Mounted Police married quarters; 1889-1905
Old Territorial Administration Building — Symbolizes the establishment of the linkage between the territories north of sixty and southern Canadian society
S.S. Keno — Wooden steamboat built 1922, 140 by 30 feet (43 by 9 m) three decks
S.S. Klondike — Largest and last Yukon commercial steamboat
St. Paul's Anglican Church — Fine example of Gothic Revival design, 1902
Tr'ochëk — Aboriginal cultural landscape
Yukon Hotel — The Binet Block stood at the southern end of a business district extending north to King Street; 1898