Aishihik is a mostly uninhabited former community at the north end of Aishihik Lake in Canada's Yukon. Until 1968, it was the location of a militaryairfield established during World War II as part of the Northwest Staging Route. The withdrawal of military service led to the community's depopulation, except for a small number of First Nations people. The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations continue to use it for traditional purposes such as meetings. It is 135 kilometres (84 miles) from the Alaska Highway on the Aishihik Road, most of which is no longer maintained. This article is about Yukon Territory in Canada. ... For other uses, see Airport (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Northwest Staging Route was a series of airstrips, airports and radio ranging stations built in British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska during World War II. Airfields were built or upgraded every 100 miles (160 kilometres) from Edmonton, Alberta to Fairbanks, Alaska. ... First Nations is a term of ethnicity used in Canada. ... The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations is a First Nation in the Yukon Territory in Canada. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ... Map of Alaska Highway (in red) The Alaska Highway, also the Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, and the Alcan Highway, runs from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Fairbanks, Alaska, via Whitehorse, Yukon. ...
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