Destruction Bay

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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.

Demographics

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History

In 1942, a camp was set up to be used by crews working to build the Alaska Highway.[2] It was used for housing of workers, as well as a stopping place for truckers to rest, refuel, and service their equipment.[2] Not long after it was built, a severe windstorm destroyed many of the buildings in the camp, leading to the name Destruction Bay.[2][3]

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