Champagne is a small community on the Alaska Highway (historical mile 968, between Whitehorse and Haines Junction) in Canada's Yukon Territory. The few residents are citizens of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations. Resident population in 2001 was 20. Champagne is on the Dezadeash River, one of the affluents of the Alsek. The Alaska Highway, also Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, Al-Can Highway, runs from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Fairbanks, Alaska, via Whitehorse, Yukon. ... 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. ... {Canadian politics} Canada is a federation of ten provinces which, together with three territories, comprise the worlds second largest country. ... The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations is a First Nation in the Yukon Territory in Canada. ... The Alsek River is a wilderness river flowing from the Yukon into Northern British Columbia and into Alaska. ...

The settlement was on the original Dalton Trail, and a roadhouse was built there in 1902. The Alaska highway no longer routes through the community, having been rerouted in the fall of 2002, but the old roadway is still open to provide access. The Dalton Trail is a trail that runs between the Pacific Ocean at Pyramid Harbor, west of Haines, Alaska in the United States and Fort Selkirk, in the Yukon Territory of Canada. ... There are also 1948 and 1989 films entitled Road House. ...

External link

Champagne and Aishihik First Nations web site