The Atlin District, also known as the Atlin Country, is a historical region located in the far northwestern corner of the
Canadian province
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of
British Columbia
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, centered on
Atlin Lake
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and the
gold-rush capital of the region, the town of
Atlin. The term "Atlin District" was also used synonymously with the official administrative area named the Atlin Mining District, established during the gold-mining heyday contemporaneous with the
Klondike Gold Rush. The region also includes adjoining
Teslin and
Tagish Lakes and the
Bennett Lake area in the narrow strip of BC separating the
Alaska Panhandle
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from the
Yukon
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. The Atlin District is currently part of the
Stikine Region in the
regional district system (although it is not a regional district). The communities of the Atlin Lakes district, as the area is casually called, are referred to in national weather reports as "the Southern Lakes", as in "Whitehorse and the Southern Lakes", although this also includes towns on the Yukon end of the lakes.
Atlin Mining District
The Atlin Mining District, also known as the Atlin District, was described as:
The Atlin District proper embraces the Atlin and Bennett Lake Mining Divisions; these take up the Eastern and Western halves of the District, respectively, and they extend from the Dalton Trail on the West to the watershed between Surprise and Glady Lakes on the East. The North boundary is the Sixtieth Parallel of Latitude; on the south is United States territory.
See also
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Birch Creek
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Wright Creek
References
''The Atlin Gold Fields: A short account of the district and its resources'' F.W. Howay, publ. Atlin Board of Trade
Northern Interior of British Columbia
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