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Destruction Bay is a small community on the Alaska Highway (historical mile 1083) in Canada's Yukon on Kluane Lake.
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Populated mostly by non-aboriginal residents, community residents provide Yukon government services to residents in the area (school, highway maintenance), including nearby Burwash Landing and some tourism-related businesses along the Alaska Highway. The name is derived from the wind blowing down structures erected by the military during highway construction in 1942–43.
The community has a one-room school serving kindergarten through grade eight.
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Destruction Bay had a population of 40 living in 16 of its 32 total private dwellings, a change of -27.3% from its 2016 population of 55. With a land area of 13.9 km2 (5.4 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi) in 2021.[9]
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In 1942, a camp was set up to be used by crews working to build the Alaska Highway.[10] It was used for housing of workers, as well as a stopping place for truckers to rest, refuel, and service their equipment.[10] Not long after it was built, a severe windstorm destroyed many of the buildings in the camp, leading to the name Destruction Bay.[10][11]
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