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Whitehorse Pioneer Cemetery

  • Country Canada
  • Total identified casualties 1 Find these casualties
  • Region Yukon Territory
  • Identified casualties from Second World War
  • GPS Coordinates Latitude: 60.71909, Longitude: -135.06107
WHITEHORSE PIONEER CEMETERY - CWGC

History information

Whitehorse, capital of the Territory, is on the Alaska Highway about 80 kilometres north of the British Columbia border. It was the most northerly post occupied by the Canadian Army on a long-term basis during the 1939-1945 War. The aerodrome was an important link on the North-West Staging Route. The cemetery contains the 1939-1945 War grave of an airman of the Royal Canadian Air Force.