1991
Elijah Smith
It was an historic day for native people in the Yukon. In February, 1973, representatives for the Yukon Native Brotherhood were in Ottawa to present…
1967
The Whitehorse Star Reports in 1967
| January | |
| January 19, 1967 | New city constable Lorne Dean Phillips is sworn in January 17, 1967 by Judge John Parker. |
| January 19, 1967 | Members of the Lion's Club erect survival shelters along the highway between Mayo Elsa and Mayo. |
| January 19, 1967 | The search for oil is on in the Yukon. Close to two million acres north of the B.C. border, near Watson Lake, have been filed for exploration. |
| January 26, 1967 | The Yukon is allowed to have its own pavillion at Expo '67. During the Expo, Al Oster and Hank Karr entertain fair goers for weeks. |
| January 26, 1967 | Frank Goulter, the oldest surviving member of the Royal North West Mounted Police, celebrates his 90th birthday. |
| February | |
| February 2, 1967 | Northern Development Minister Laing agrees to ask the cabinet to approve a commission of inquiry into the development of self-government for the Yukon. |
| February 6, 1967 | Ellijah Smith is elected Chief of the Whitehorse Indian Band February 5, 1967. |
| February 6, 1967 | A proposal comes from Alaskans that as many Yukon river steamers as possible be repaired and refitted in time for opening of navigation in 1967, as a measure to increase tourism in the region. |
| February 9, 1967 | The Commissioner of the Yukon is now reporting directly to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development |
| February 9, 1967 | Pierre Berton writes a Canadian musical, set in the days of the Klondike goldrush. |
| February 13, 1967 | The first Canadian Winter Games flag flutters in Whitehorse February 13, 1967. The flag was raised simultaneaously with the one at Quebec City where the games take place. |
| February 16, 1967 | With 10-year-old Joanne Snyder and 67-year-old Clem Eminger, the Yukon sends the youngest and the oldest participants to the Games. |
| February 16, 1967 | A.P. Philipsen is re-elected president of the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce February 14, 1967. |
| February 27, 1967 | Miss Dawson City, Lenore Hakonson, is Rendezvous Sourdough Queen 1967. Sourdough Rendezvous is held from Feb. 23rd to Feb. 26th. |
| March | |
| March 9, 1967 | The Whitehorse Lions Club suggests March 8, 1967 to name a mountain in the Arkell (Kusawa) Lake district after General Georges Vanier who died a few days earlier. |
| March 13, 1967 | Hanna Phelps, wife of W.L. Phelps, passes away in Vancouver March 9, 1967 at the age of 86. She was predeceased by her husband Willard "Deacon" Phelps in 1951. Their home on Main Street is now the location of Murdoch's Gem Shop. Mr. Phelps was a member of the Yukon Territorial Council and started the Yukon Electrical Company. |
| March 16, 1967 | Victoria Faulkner is presented a life membership by the Yukon Historical Society March 9, 1967. |
| March 20, 1967 | Cyprus Mines Corporation announces that its 60 percent owned affiliate Anvil Mining Corporation Ltd. Has decided to proceed with production from its lead-zinc-silver orebody in the Vangorda-area of the central Yukon Territory. |
| April | |
| April 6, 1967 | Lynn Lambert of Destruction Bay is the winner of the Yukon Flag contest. The flag becomes the Yukon's official flag and Lambert receives $100 for his design. |
| April 6, 1967 | White Pass & Yukon Route report that 1966 was the best in the Corporation's history. |
| April 20, 1967 | Whitehorse City Council orders a new building code because the present requirements are "raising costs to an impossible level". |
| April 20, 1967 | Territorial council agrees to Anvil's plan to develop a townsite between Ross River and Faro, near the Anvil mining operation area. |
| April 24, 1967 | Yukon Commissioner James Smith officially opens April 20, 1967 the new Ross River school. |
| May | |
| May 4, 1967 | The first open pit mine in the Yukon goes in operation as of May 1, 1967. |
| May 11, 1967 | The Yukon goes on a new double time system as of May 28, 1967. The residents of Haines Junction are now on the same time as Whitehorse. (see also November 24, 1966) |
| May 11, 1967 → June 19, 1967 |
The first shipment of copper concentrate leaves the New Imperial copper mine near Whitehorse on May 11, 1967. On June 16, 1967, President Arnold Pitt declares New Imperial Mines near Whitehorse officially open. |
| May 11, 1967 | National Museum scientists uncover the oldest evidence of man yet found in the Canadian north. The discovery of prehistoric bones in the Old Crow river flats indicate early man may have lived in the Yukon as long as 40,000 years ago. |
| May 29, 1967 | Princess Alexandra and her husband, Hon. Angus Ogilvie, visit Whitehorse May 28, 1967. They plant a new tree at F.H. Collins school and open the new MacBride Museum. |
| June | |
| June 5, 1967 | The Ferry 'George Black' arrives by road in Whitehorse and is assembled for the trip down the Yukon river to Dawson City where it will ferry vehicles across the river including trucks loaded with asbestos from the Clinton Creek Mine. The ferry is launched June 3, 1967 for service on the Yukon River at Dawson. |
| June 5, 1967 | A government contract is awarded for surveying a route that could mean a highway between the Pacific and Arctic Oceans. The road would lead from east of Dawson City to Fort MacPherson. |
| June 29, 1967 | The Whitehorse Star issues a special edition for the opening of the new City Hall on July 1, 1967. |
| June 29, 1967 | Two companies of the Regiment of the Canadian Guards receive colours representing the Yukon and the Northwest Territories in a ceremony June 26, 1967 on Parliament Hill. |
| July | |
| July 6, 1967 | Pam Reeves is elected Strawberry Queen July 1, 1967. |
| July 20, 1967 | Dr. Hilda Hellaby officiates at her first marriage July 15, 1967 in Mayo. |
| July 31, 1967 | Four Whitehorse men apply to the Board of Broadcast Governors for a broadcast television station licence. |
| August | |
| August 3, 1967 | Mabel R. Wernecke, widow of Livingston Wernecke, passes away on July 22, 1967. |
| August 4, 1967 | Hougens' Ltd. publishes the architect's drawing of the new store extension. |
| August 21, 1967 | The Yukon has its own special day at Expo '67. |
| September | |
| September 7, 1967 | The Russian ambassador to Canada Ivan F. Shnedko visits Whitehorse. |
| September 14, 1967 | Yukoners elect a new city council on September 11, 1967. |
| September 21, 1967 | CBC announces that 8 or 10 frontier TV stations are to be established in remote Canadian communities in 1968. The "frontier package" -a four hours a day of delayed black and white programming. |
| September 28, 1967 | N.V.K. (Vic) Wylie, representing a group, appears before the Board of Governors applying for license to install a private T.V. station in Whitehorse. The Board of Broadcast Governors defers private T.V. application, stating it wants another look at CBC plans for Whitehorse TV. |
| October | |
| October 9, 1967 | City Council decides to install parking meters in Whitehorse. The cost to park at a meter is 5 cents per ½ hour and 10 cents per hour. |
| October 12, 1967 | The construction of a 300 ton-per-day mill is under way at the silver-gold mine of Arctic Mining and Exploration Ltd. at Carcross. |
| October 14, 1967 | Jackie Kennedy visits the Yukon Pavillion at Expo '67. |
| October 14, 1967 | Mayor Howard Firth donates a bronze plaque to the city council. |
| October 19, 1967 | A new Yukon political party, dedicated to acquiring more autonomy for the territory, is proposed. The party would be made up of members of both Liberal and Progressive Conservative supporters. |
| October 26, 1967 → November 9, 1967 |
The Yukon Electrical Company moves its offices to First and Elliott Streets. The building is officially opened November 7, 1967. |
| October 26, 1967 | The Toronto-Dominion Bank announces it will open a branch in Whitehorse on November 10, 1967. Bert Giesbrecht becomes manager. |
| November | |
| November 2, 1967 | The first haul of asbestos fibre from the new Clinton Creek mine travels down the highway from Dawson City November 1, 1967. |
| November 9, 1967 | The Yukon Territory's first woman councillor, Joan Gordon, takes her oath of office November 6, 1967. |
| November 13, 1967 | A number of Yukon residents receive Confederation of Canada Centennial medals: Among the recipients are Dr. Hilda Hellaby, Howard Firth, Robert Campbell, Henry H. Marsh, Alan Innes-Taylor, John Parker, James Philip Mulvihill, Harold Marston, H.A. Johnson. |
| November 13, 1967 | A mountain peak in the McArthur Group of mountains is officially named after the late Ira van Bibber. |
| November 30, 1967 | Laura Beatrice Berton, mother of Pierre Berton and author, dies on November 25, 1967. |
| December | |
| December 4, 1967 | Clyde G. Wann, who came to the Yukon in 1927 and established Yukon Airways, dies suddenly December 3, 1967 in Whitehorse at the age of 67. He built several lodges on the Alaska Highway and established a Chrysler Dealership. |
| December 7, 1967 | The Yukon officially adopts its official flag December 1, 1967. |
| December 18, 1967 → December 23, 1967 |
Bert Wybrew wins the municipial elections on December 14, 1967 and is the new mayor of Whitehorse. However, Duke Collins and R.B. Cousin contest the results of the municipal elections and file a petition. |
