Snag, Yukon


Snag was a village located on a small, dry-weather sideroad off the Alaska Highway, east of Beaver Creek, Yukon, Canada. The village of Snag is located in a bowl-shaped valley of the White River and its tributaries, including Snag Creek. It was first settled during the Klondike Gold Rush. An aboriginal village was also located approximately away. It was the site of a military airfield, established as part of the Northwest Staging Route, which closed in 1968. In 1947, the village of Snag boasted a population of eight to ten First Nation people and fur traders. An additional staff of fifteen to twenty airport personnel — meteorologists, radio operators, aircraft maintenance men — lived at the airport barracks.

Climate

Snag has a subarctic climate with mild summers and severely cold and long winters.
On February 3, 1947, the record-low temperature for continental North America was recorded in Snag:. That same winter, two previous records had already been set: one in December noted various phenomena, particularly sound such as voices being heard clearly miles from their source. There was a clear sky, and mild to little wind. There were of snow on the ground, but it was decreasing. Another town northeast of Snag, Fort Selkirk, claimed an even lower temperature of, but the claim could not be confirmed.

Disappearance of aircraft

On January 26, 1950, a Douglas C-54 Skymaster of the United States Air Force, with 34 service personnel, 2 civilians and a crew of 8, disappeared on a flight from Alaska to Montana. It was in the vicinity of Snag when last contact was made by radio at 17:09. No wreckage or remains have ever been located.