Benson Creek

Benson Creek is a stream in Yukon, Northern Canada. Benson Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet West Dawson, as well as near Moosehide Creek Indian Reservation 2.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yukon Hotel and St. Paul’s Anglican Church.

Yukon Hotel

Historic building

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The Yukon Hotel is a National Historic Site of Canada and part of the Dawson Historical Complex. It is a log building with a three-storey false facade on First Avenue at the corner of Church Street in Dawson City, Yukon. Yukon Hotel is situated 2½ km south of Benson Creek.

St. Paul’s Anglican Church

Church

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St. Paul's Anglican Church is a historic Carpenter Gothic style Anglican church building located on the corner of Front and Church streets in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. St. Paul’s Anglican Church is situated 2½ km south of Benson Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moosehide and Dawson City.

Moosehide

Hamlet

Moosehide is a traditional village of the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation in the Canadian territory of Yukon between about 1906 and the early 1960s. Located near a traditional salmon-fishing ground, Moosehide was first occupied about 9,000 years ago.

Dawson City

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Dawson City is a historical town of 2,270 people in Yukon. It invites visitors to celebrate its heritage as a late 19th-century gold rush town, with frontier buildings and boardwalks, saloons, and a vintage sternwheeler.

Benson Creek

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Yukon, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude

64.08196° or 64° 4′ 55″ north

Longitude

-139.44417° or 139° 26′ 39″ west

Elevation

330 metres (1,083 feet)

Open location code

94P23HJ4+Q8

GeoNames ID

5898535

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Localities in the Area

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