TR'ONDËK HWËCH'IN

The idea of designating the Klondike region as a World Heritage site has been around since the 1970's, but really picked up momentum after 2013 when the World Heritage project was flagged as a key priority during regional economic planning. Over the following four years, a community-based initiative led by the Tr'ondëk-Klondike World Heritage Site Advisory Committee resulted in the nomination that was submitted by the State Party for Canada, Parks Canada, to the World Heritage Centre in 2017... In May 2018 it was jointly decided to withdraw this nomination from consideration before the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee meeting... Parks Canada engaged an independent world heritage expert to review the nomination, and provide advice to either not proceed, revise the current nomination, or develop a new nomination. In October 2018, the world heritage expert visited Dawson, toured the site and conducted workshops with the..

Primary location: Dawson