Government of Yukon

The Yukon Geological Survey (YGS) has compiled over 195 surficial geology maps into a standardized GIS format, providing approximately 80% coverage of the territory. The maps range in scales from 1:250,000 to 1:10,000 with spatial overlap between scales. The original maps were produced by various...

1:250,000 NTDB Hydrographic Point Features.

A Surveyed Sub-Surface Area Object that represents the spatial extent of a mineral claim to which sub-surface rights can be registered. In the Yukon, mineral claims can be classified as Quartz or Placer Claims, where as in other regions they are generically called mineral claims Distributed from...

The integration of till geochemistry and glacial geology into Yukon mineral exploration has been largely underused. In the Anvil district, thick glacial deposits have consistently hampered exploration. From the time of the initial discovery made in Vangorda Creek, it took an additional 20 years...

This map of the total magnetic field was derived from data acquired during an aeromagnetic survey carried out by EON Geosciences Inc. in the period between April 10, 2009 and September 16, 2009. The data were recorded using split-beam cesium vapour magnetometers (sensitivity =0.005 nT) mounted in...

A placer claim is a parcel of land located or granted for placer mining. A claim also includes any ditches or water rights used for mining the claim and all other things belonging to or used in the working of the claim for mining purposes. A placer claim is a rectangular plot of ground. All...

New geochemical data from re-analysis of archived stream sediment samples have been assessed using weighted sums modeling and catchment basin analysis as described in the methodology report that accompanies this map (YGS Open File 2015-10). Both commodity and pathfinder element abundances are...

This image service contains Yukon government medium resolution satellite imagery. Resolutions range from 150 cm to 5 m. All imagery in this service is licensed for Yukon government use only. Please contact Geomatics.Help@gov.yk.ca for more information about Yukon government imagery, or image...

Landscape hazard maps were completed as part of a community hazards mapping program coordinated by the Northern Climate ExChange (Yukon Research Centre, Yukon College). Potential landscape hazards were assessed under changing future conditions by incorporating a variety of data sets, including...

Yukon Geological Survey re-analyzed stream sediment sample pulps from GSC's archives in Ottawa. As a next step to improving the dataset, two of the areas covered by the recently-released Open Files were selected for further data processing to add value to the raw data. Catchment areas were...

This is point GIS coverage consisting of either fire ignition locations or centroids of fire polygons where the exact location of fire ignition were unknown for fires within the Yukon, spanning a period from 1946 to present. Although the temporal scale of the coverage goes back to late 1940's,...

A claim is a parcel of land located or granted for hard rock mining. A claim also includes any ditches or water rights used for mining the claim and all other things belonging to or used in the working of the claim for mining purposes. A claim is a rectangular plot of ground that does not exceed...

This feature displays annotation codes for easy display of vegetation inventory polygons. Used in conjunction with the data set for Vegetation Inventory Poly 40K, this dataset shows labels describing the contents of each forest inventory polygon. The annotation is at a fixed scale, and is...

This GIS dataset is a Yukon-wide compilation of surficial geology lines derived from 75 published and unpublished 1:50,000 surficial geology maps produced by the GSC, Yukon Geological Survey and various universities. Surficial geology line features captured in this compilation include: surficial...

Airborne electromagnetic/magnetic survey data were acquired for the area between April 17 and April 30, 2015. The aircraft flight elevation was maintained at a nominal ground clearance of 83 m. Aircraft navigation used a 12-channel NovaTel dual frequency GPS. A vertically mounted video camera was...

The Community Roads Names dataset was created to enable road labeling for Yukon Communities. Roads in the communities are mapped and the road names are attributed to allow labeling. The only communities included in the dataset are: Whitehorse and Dawson City. Distributed from GeoYukon by the...

The purpose of this feature class is to identify those areas that are in the process of Timber Harvest Planning, process being a continuum from proposed plan through to approval and eventually plan expiration. Subsection 20(3) of the Forest Resources Act establishes that an approved Timber...

Electoral districts as defined by the "Electoral Districts Boundaries Act" (SY 2008, c. 14) as amended. The linework was created by interpreting the "Electoral Districts Boundaries Act" (SY 2008, c. 14) using thethe 1:50 000 scale national topographic database data (NTDB), National Road Network...

Transportation annotation captured at 1:250,000 scale. Part of the digital NTDB (National Topographic Data Base) from NRCAN (Natural Resources Canada)

1:250,000 NTDB Vegetation areas - Forested Areas