Population: 84

Burwash Landing is located at Historic Milepost 1093 Alaska Highway, on the shore of Kluane Lake, 76 miles northwest of Haines Junction and 106 miles southeast of Beaver Creek.

Burwash Landing is one of the oldest settlements in the Yukon. The original trading post was established in 1904 by the Jacquot brothers, Louis and Eugene, as a supply centre for local miners. A lodge was built here in 1944-45 to serve highway travelers.

Visitor services include gas, food, camping and lodging at Burwash Landing Resort (email). Burwash Landing has a post office, community hall, laundromat and church.

Look for black spruce burl bowls in gift shops. Burls start as an irritation in the spruce. The tree sends extra sap, which creates a growth or burl. Burls are either “green,” harvested from live trees in the spring, or they are “dry burls,” taken from dead burl trees. Burls are peeled of their bark and used in their natural form.