Old Crow, Yukon
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Old Crow Teechik |
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| Coordinates: 67°34′N 139°48′W / 67.567°N 139.800°WCoordinates: 67°34′N 139°48′W / 67.567°N 139.800°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Yukon |
| Area | |
| • Land | 14.17 km2 (5.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 245 |
| • Density | 17.3/km2 (45/sq mi) |
| • Change 2006-11 |
 -3.2% |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| Canadian Postal code | Y0B 1N0 |
| Area code(s) | 867 |
| Telephone exchange | 966 |
Old Crow (Teechik in Gwich’in) is a dry community in the Canadian Territory of Yukon and is a periglacial environment. It had 245 inhabitants as of 2011, most of them belonging to the Gwichʼin-speaking Aboriginal Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. The community is situated on the Porcupine River in the far north of the territory. Old Crow is the only Yukon community that cannot be reached by car, requiring visitors to fly in to Old Crow Airport in order to reach it.
A large number of apparently human modified animal bones have been discovered in the Old Crow area, notably at Bluefish Caves, located near the shores of the Arctic Ocean, that have been dated to 25,000-40,000 years ago by carbon dating, several thousand years earlier than generally accepted human habitation of North America.
An indigenous chief named Deetru` K`avihdik, literally "Crow-May-I-Walk", helped settle a community here around the 1870s. The town was named after him. The village was founded around muskrat trapping, which continues to provide basic income.
The people of Old Crow are dependent on the Porcupine caribou herd for food and clothing. The Porcupine caribou herd migrates to the coastal plain in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska to give birth to their young. Many citizens of Old Crow believe the herd is being seriously threatened by oil-drilling in the ANWR and have been heavily involved in lobbying to prevent it.
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