Burwash Landing

Arts, Culture and Heritage

The Burwash Landing area is home to the Southern Tutchone people of the Kluane First Nation (KFN). The Southern Tutchone belong to the Athapaskan language family. For thousands of years, the Southern Tutchone people have lived throughout the Kluane region, hunting, fishing and gathering food.

Today, the Kluane First Nation people of Burwash Landing carry on much of the traditional way of life of their ancestors. They have been exceptionally active in reviving their language, culture, and traditions, and in passing this knowledge on to their children.

Burwash Landing takes pride in their heritage and this is reflected in the upkeep of their century-old buildings, including:

• Kluane Museum of Natural History
• Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church
• Burlbilly Hill Cabin
• Jimmy Johnson House
• Moose Horn Cabin
• Burwash Landing Resort
• Kluane Lake Boats
• Boat House
• Gas House Dugout
• Ice House
• Old Copper Joe’s House
• Mary’s House

Take a walking tour of historic Burwash Landing.

More Information?

• Department of Tourism and Culture
• Reel Yukon
• Heritage Yukon