Carmacks is a village in the Yukon on the Yukon River along the Klondike Highway. Population 392 (Yukon Bureau of Statistics, Dec. 2004). Home of the Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation, a Northern Tutchone language people. Carmacks is the site of one of the four bridges over the Yukon River. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Motto: none Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Whitehorse Largest city Whitehorse Commissioner Jack Cable Premier Dennis Fentie (Yukon Party) Area 482,443 km² (9th)  - Land 474,391 km²  - Water 8,052 km² (1. ... The Yukon River is a watercourse of northern North America. ... The Klondike Highway is a highway that leads from Skagway, Alaska in the United States to Dawson City, Yukon in Canada. ... First Nations is the current title used by Canada to describe the various societies of the indigenous peoples, called Native Americans in the U.S. They have also been known as Indians, Native Canadians, Aboriginal Americans, Amer-Indians, or Aboriginals, and are officially called Indians in the Indian Act, which... Athabaskan or Athabascan (also Athapascan or Athapaskan) is the name of a large group of distantly related Native American peoples, also known as the Athabasca Indians or Athapaskes, and of their language family. ... This article is about the edifice. ... The Yukon River is a watercourse of northern North America. ...

It was named after George Carmack, one of the discoverers of gold in the Klondike, who had tried mining coal in the area in the early 1890s. The area around Carmacks has large mineral resources, including coal, copper, and gold but none are actively mined today. A typical gold mining operation, on Bonanza Creek The Klondike Gold Rush was a frenzy of immigration to and gold prospecting in the Klondike near Dawson City in the Yukon Territory, Canada, after gold was discovered in the late 19th century. ... Coal Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground either by underground mining, open-pit mining or strip mining. ... Coal Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground either by underground mining, open-pit mining or strip mining. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 , 4, d Density, Hardness 8920 kg/m3, 3. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19300 kg/m3, 2. ...

Community profile

According to the Canada 2001 Census: The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ...

Links

• History of Carmacks (http://www.yukonalaska.com/communities/carmackshist.html)
• Community Profile (http://www.yukoncommunities.yk.ca/communities/carmacks/)
• Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation (http://www.lscfn.ca)