Guidebook for Whitehorse
Shopping
Excellent shop for natural and herbal products. Very helpful and friendly staff. The owner, Beverley Gray, is extremely knowledgeable about local plants and medicines.
Aroma Borealis
504B Main StExcellent shop for natural and herbal products. Very helpful and friendly staff. The owner, Beverley Gray, is extremely knowledgeable about local plants and medicines.
The Fireweed Market takes place each Thursday afternoon in Shipyards Park from the end of May to mid-Sep. There's also a Yukon Made Store where you can buy unique, locally made art, crafts, and other things year-round.
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Fireweed Community Market
100 Ogilvie StThe Fireweed Market takes place each Thursday afternoon in Shipyards Park from the end of May to mid-Sep. There's also a Yukon Made Store where you can buy unique, locally made art, crafts, and other things year-round.
The North End Gallery is a great place to look for local arts and crafts. Lots of excellent art pieces to buy here.
North End Gallery
1116 Front StThe North End Gallery is a great place to look for local arts and crafts. Lots of excellent art pieces to buy here.
Indian Craft Shop Ltd
504 Main StLocally made and handcrafted indigenous crafts.
Food Scene
Delicious local bakery with great breakfast and lunch foods. Their bread is fantastic!
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Alpine Bakery
411 Alexander StDelicious local bakery with great breakfast and lunch foods. Their bread is fantastic!
THE place to go to if you want local wild meat: e.g. moose, bison, elk. It's also a good cafe and they have other yummy foods too.
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The Deli
203 Hanson StTHE place to go to if you want local wild meat: e.g. moose, bison, elk. It's also a good cafe and they have other yummy foods too.
Baked is a popular spot on Main St. They've got good coffee and tea and they have good food and treats, too. They often have events and shows going on in the evenings.
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Baked Café
100 Main StBaked is a popular spot on Main St. They've got good coffee and tea and they have good food and treats, too. They often have events and shows going on in the evenings.
This is one of the nicer restaurants in Whitehorse. Their menu rotates but usually has a Caribbean flare. It's often got live music, too.
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Antoinette's Restaurant
4121 4 AveThis is one of the nicer restaurants in Whitehorse. Their menu rotates but usually has a Caribbean flare. It's often got live music, too.
Nice little cafe and coffee roaster out near the Takhini Hot Springs.
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Bean North Coffee Roasting Co Ltd
Takhini Hot Springs RoadNice little cafe and coffee roaster out near the Takhini Hot Springs.
Great little restaurant for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. All solid menu items, reasonably priced, and lots of veggie/gluten-free options. Sometimes they have live music too!
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Burnt Toast Cafe
2112 2nd AveGreat little restaurant for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. All solid menu items, reasonably priced, and lots of veggie/gluten-free options. Sometimes they have live music too!
Drinks & Nightlife
Fun, popular spot for after-work or weekend drinks. They often have live music. Good food, too.
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Dirty Northern
103 Main StFun, popular spot for after-work or weekend drinks. They often have live music. Good food, too.
Great place to meet locals and old-timers, like Jim Robb and Captain Dick Stevenson. On Thursday nights they have an open mic which is often well attended and is attended by some of Whitehorse's up and coming musicians.
Best Western Gold Rush Inn
411 Main StGreat place to meet locals and old-timers, like Jim Robb and Captain Dick Stevenson. On Thursday nights they have an open mic which is often well attended and is attended by some of Whitehorse's up and coming musicians.
New microbrewery in town. Lots of popular beers and some food, too. Great place to meet locals!
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Winterlong Brewing Co
83 Mt Sima RdNew microbrewery in town. Lots of popular beers and some food, too. Great place to meet locals!
Fun little bar with a great deck. They often have live music. Well done cocktails with house-made ingredients!
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Woodcutter's Blanket Bar
112 2nd AveFun little bar with a great deck. They often have live music. Well done cocktails with house-made ingredients!
Essentials
Smaller grocery store with fewer people and less time spent waiting in line. Decent selection of food and good prices.
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Wykes' Your Independent Grocer
303 Ogilvie StSmaller grocery store with fewer people and less time spent waiting in line. Decent selection of food and good prices.
Shoppers Drug Mart
303 Ogilvie StGood place to go for pharmaceutical and misc items.
If you don't have that one strange recipe item, Riverside Grocery probably does. This is the place to go to find odds and ends. (You'll pay for it, though!)
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Riverside Grocery
201 Lowe StIf you don't have that one strange recipe item, Riverside Grocery probably does. This is the place to go to find odds and ends. (You'll pay for it, though!)
Arts & Culture
This cultural centre is a big asset to the community. It's interior is very beautifully designed, and it has an impressive outdoor ampitheatre looking out over the Yukon River. If you want to learn more about the local First Nation, visit this cultural centre.
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Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre
1171 1st AveThis cultural centre is a big asset to the community. It's interior is very beautifully designed, and it has an impressive outdoor ampitheatre looking out over the Yukon River. If you want to learn more about the local First Nation, visit this cultural centre.
There's often live music in the ampitheatre and local art in the gallery. Outside is an excellent view of downtown Whitehorse.
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Yukon Arts Centre
300 University DriveThere's often live music in the ampitheatre and local art in the gallery. Outside is an excellent view of downtown Whitehorse.
Rotating gallery of local visual art. Centrally located, and has a nice little shop so you can bring back a piece of the Yukon with you.
Arts Underground
305 Main StRotating gallery of local visual art. Centrally located, and has a nice little shop so you can bring back a piece of the Yukon with you.
Sightseeing
The SS Klondike is the largest of the sternwheeler riverboats that used to travel up and down the Yukon River between Whitehorse and Dawson City. It's a national historic site.
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S.S. Klondike National Historic Site
10 Robert Service WayThe SS Klondike is the largest of the sternwheeler riverboats that used to travel up and down the Yukon River between Whitehorse and Dawson City. It's a national historic site.
A 700+ acre refuge for 13 species of northern mammals, including bison, sheep, muskoxen, lynx, and caribou. Guided, interpreted wildlife viewing tours; or you can walk yourself around.
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Yukon Wildlife Preserve
Takhini Hot Springs RoadA 700+ acre refuge for 13 species of northern mammals, including bison, sheep, muskoxen, lynx, and caribou. Guided, interpreted wildlife viewing tours; or you can walk yourself around.
Entertainment & Activities
In winter, over 100km of some of the best cross-country ski trails in Canada; in summer, these trails become a great way to blow off some steam on a mountain bike.
Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club
1 Sumanik DrIn winter, over 100km of some of the best cross-country ski trails in Canada; in summer, these trails become a great way to blow off some steam on a mountain bike.