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Burwash Landing is a small community, at historical mile 1093〔(Historic Mileposts on the Alaska Highway (Alcan) )〕 on the Alaska Highway, in Yukon, Canada along the southern shore of Kluane Lake. The present location of Burwash Landing was first used as a summer camp by the Southern Tutchone Athabascans until a trading post was built in the early 1900s by the Jacquot brothers. At the 2011 census, the population was 95, an increase of 30.1% over the 2006 census.〔 The majority of the population are Aboriginal peoples, First Nations. The community is the administrative centre of the Kluane First Nation. In addition to the Alaska Highway, the community is served by the Burwash Airport. It is the home of the Kluane Museum of Natural History and the Kluane First Nation, and also home to the world's largest gold pan. In July 1937, Robert Bates and Bradford Washburn, two members of the Harvard Mountaineering Club, made their way into Burwash Landing after climbing the Lucania peak and hiking over across the wilderness after their bush pilot was unable to retrieve them.〔('Anchorage Daily News''. "Climber's exploits earned little recognition" by Craig Medred. October 7, 2007. )〕 ==Geography== Burwash Landing is above sea level at the airport. The elevation can be higher in some places and lower in the others. Burwash Landing is located on the Historic Milepost 1093 Alaska (Alcan) Highway. It sits on the northwest shore of Kluane Lake. Several prominent geographic features have been renamed in Southern Tutchone language. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burwash Landing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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