Snag, Yukon

Snag is a former village in Yukon, Canada, located on a small, dry-weather sideroad off the Alaska Highway, 25 km (16 mi) east of Beaver Creek. The village of Snag was located in a bowl-shaped valley of the White River and its tributaries, including Snag Creek. It was first settled during the Klondike Gold Rush. A village of Indigenous peoples was also located approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) away. It was the site of a military airfield, established as part of the Northwest Staging Route, which closed in 1968. In 1947, the village of Snag had a population of eight to ten First Nations people and fur traders. An additional staff of fifteen to twenty airport personnel — meteorologists, radio operators, aircraft maintenance men — lived at the airport barracks.