Special Events
FEBRUARY
• AVAILABLE LIGHT FILM FESTIVAL, WHITEHORSE • YUKON ARCTIC ULTRA, WHITEHORSE • YUKON QUEST INTERNATIONAL SLED DOG
RACE, WHITEHORSE TO FAIRBANKS, ALASKA • YUKON SOURDOUGH RENDEZVOUS
FESTIVAL, WHITEHORSE
MARCH
• PERCY DEWOLFE MEMORIAL MAIL RACE,
DAWSON CITY
• THAW DI GRAS SPRING CARNIVAL,
DAWSON CITY
• TREK OVER THE TOP, DAWSON CITY
JUNE
• DA KŲ NÄN TS’ÉTTHÈT DRUMMING &
DANCE FESTIVAL, HAINES JUNCTION • KLUANE MOUNTAIN BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL,
HAINES JUNCTION
• NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY,
TERRITORY-WIDE
• YUKON RIVER QUEST CANOE AND KAYAK
RACE, WHITEHORSE TO DAWSON CITY
JUNE JULY
• ADÄKA CULTURAL FESTIVAL, WHITEHORSE
JULY
• DAWSON CITY MUSIC FESTIVAL
• MAYO ARTS FESTIVAL AND CANADA DAY
CELEBRATION
• YUKON GOLD PANNING CHAMPIONSHIPS,
DAWSON CITY
AUGUST
• DISCOVERY DAYS FESTIVAL, DAWSON CITY • YUKON RIVER TRAIL MARATHON,
WHITEHORSE
• YUKON RIVERSIDE ARTS FESTIVAL,
DAWSON CITY
SEPTEMBER
• GREAT KLONDIKE INTERNATIONAL
OUTHOUSE RACE, DAWSON CITY • KLONDIKE TRAIL OF ’98 INT’L ROAD RELAY,
SKAGWAY, ALASKA TO WHITEHORSE