Yukon Fire History Atlas
Newspaper
Articles
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| 1999 |
July 6, 1999 - The Whitehorse Star - Dawson gears up to assault forest fires
July 5, 1999 - The Whitehorse Star - Smoky conditions return to Dawson City
June 21, 1999 - The Whitehorse Star - Week proved to be firefighters' nemesis
June 16, 1999 - The Whitehorse Star - Firefighters must cope with nature's rules
June 15, 1999 - The Whitehorse Star - We'll be there, Keenan promises fire victims
June 14, 1999 - The Whitehorse Star - Fire prompts state of emergency declaration
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| 1998 |
Aug. 19, 1998 - The Whitehorse Star - Firefighters leap into pond to escape blaze
Aug. 18, 1998 - The Whitehorse Star - Wary residents poised for possible evacuation
July 23, 1998 - The Whitehorse Star - Fire forces residents to abandon Stewart Crossing
July 9, 1998 - The Whitehorse Star - Ontario provides more help as Indian River blaze worsens
July 6, 1998 - The Whitehorse Star - Inferno delays hundreds of weary travellers
July 3, 1998 - The Whitehorse Star - Fox Lake fire closes North Klondike Highway
June 5, 1998 - The Whitehorse Star - Bombing the Yukon
June 4, 1998 - The Whitehorse Star - Ontarians bolstering Yukon firefighting efforts
June 1, 1998 - The Whitehorse Star - Wind a concern in Haines Junction-area blaze
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| 1996 |
May 22, 1996 - The Whitehorse Star - Minister recognizes one half century of firefighting
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| 1995 |
July 21, 1995 - The Whitehorse Star - Fire in the forest
June 26, 1995 - The Whitehorse Star - Raging fire menaces Pelly, Fort Selkirk
June 22, 1995 - The Whitehorse Star - Exhausted crews save Minto Resort from fire's devastation
June 20, 1995 - The Whitehorse Star - Furious fire is deemed out of control
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| 1994 |
Aug. 31, 1994 - The Whitehorse Star - Firefighting costs down despite record numbers
Aug. 22, 1994 - The Whitehorse Star - Forest fires reach a record high of 244
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| 1992 |
August 25, 1992 - The Whitehorse Star - Forest fire centre dedicated to pilot
July 6, 1992 - The Whitehorse Star - 83 fires burning
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| 1991 |
July 1991 - Yukon Region Intercom - Whitehorse #32 invades the city
July 12, 1991 - The Whitehorse Star - Fires showing little mercy in Dawson area
June 28, 1991 - Yukon News - Watson Lake cabin destroyed by blaze
June 26, 1991 - The Whitehorse Star - Homes, lodge, highways still threatened by dawson fires
June 26, 1991 - The Whitehorse Star - Crestview fire's potential for destruction was awesome
June 25, 1991 - The Whitehorse Star - Fire threatens Dempster-area community
June 24, 1991 - The Whitehorse Star - Fire rekindles memories of 1958, 1969 nightmares
June 24, 1991 - The Whitehorse Star - Local fire under control
June 21, 1991 - The Whitehorse Star - 'High intensity' fire still raging out of control
June 21, 1991 - Yukon News - Crestview blaze still out of control
May 15, 1991 - Yukon News - Fighting the fires of a Yukon summer
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| 1990 |
Aug. 1, 1990 - The Whitehorse Star - After eight days, residents go home
July 26, 1990 - The Whitehorse Star - Canyon Creek fire closes highway briefly
July 23, 1990 - The Whitehorse Star - Old Crow emergency declared
July 11, 1990 - The Whitehorse Star - Mayo fire has cost $850,000 so far
July 9, 1990 - The Whitehorse Star - High winds help fire burn 5,000 hectares in a single night
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| 1989 |
July 14, 1989 - Yukon News - Forest fires are hitting the Yukon hard this year
July 10, 1989 - The Whitehorse Star - Forest firefighters need help from B.C. crews
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| 1988 |
Oct. 6, 1988 - The Whitehorse Star - Forest fires down drastically
May 27, 1988 - The Whitehorse Star - Forest fire season uncertain
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| 1987 |
July 23, 1987 - The Whitehorse Star - Northern fires slowing down
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| 1984 |
Aug. 3, 1984 - The Whitehorse Star - Smoke jumpers pad up to tackle fires
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| 1983 |
May 7, 1983 - The Whitehorse Star - Force trained to battle fires
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| 1982 |
Aug. 2, 1982 - The Whitehorse Star - Worst Yukon fire season ever
Aug. 2, 1982 - The Whitehorse Star - Fire burning out of control
July 20, 1982 - The Whitehorse Star - Watson Lake fire killed forestry budget
June 21, 1982 - The Whitehorse Star - Fires may flare up
June 29, 1982 - The Whitehorse Star - Five fires hit Whitehorse
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| 1972 |
July 14, 1972 - The Whitehorse Star - Largest forest fire spreads
July 10, 1972 - The Whitehorse Star - Lightning causes fires
July 7, 1972 - The Whitehorse Star - Forest fires rage
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| 1970 |
Aug. 24, 1970 - The Whitehorse Star - Forestry reports record number of small fires
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| 1969 |
Sept. 2, 1969 - The Whitehorse Star - Forest fires burned twenty times last year's total
June 19, 1969 - The Whitehorse Star - Half million acres burn
June 19, 1969 - Yukon News - Yukon hardest hit in Canada
June 16, 1969 - Yukon News - Fire levels Faro townsite
June 16, 1969 - The Whitehorse Star - Fires ravage the Yukon; Faro gone - maybe Pelly
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| 1967 |
Nov. 23, 1967 - The Whitehorse Star - Forest fire season second most serious
July 18, 1967 - Yukon News - 20,000 acre fire near Dawson
June 21, 1967 - Yukon News - Fires out of control
June 20, 1967 - Yukon News - Fires gut Yukon
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