Watson Lake

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Watson Lake is a small town in southeastern Yukon, Canada, known as a key stop on the Alaska Highway and home to the famous Sign Post Forest.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Watson Lake, Yukon 3
Watson Lake canonical 2
Watson Lake area, Yukon 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
climate subarctic climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
governingBody Town of Watson Lake Council ⓘ
hasAirport Watson Lake Airport ⓘ
hasAttraction Sign Post Forest ⓘ
hasCulturalAttraction Northern Lights Centre ⓘ
Sign Post Forest ⓘ
hasEducationFacility public school ⓘ
hasFunction service centre for Alaska Highway travelers ⓘ
hasHealthFacility community health centre ⓘ
hasLandmark Northern Lights Centre ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Cassiar Mountains ⓘ
Liard River ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix Y0A ⓘ
hasRecreation fishing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
outdoor activities ⓘ
snowmobiling ⓘ
hasRole key stop on the Alaska Highway ⓘ
hasTransportation Alaska Highway ⓘ
isGatewayTo Northwest Territories ⓘ
Yukon interior ⓘ
isKnownFor Sign Post Forest ⓘ
isNamedAfter Watson Lake (body of water) ⓘ
linked to: Watson Lake
isTouristStop yes ⓘ
locatedIn Yukon ⓘ
southeastern Yukon ⓘ
locatedNear border of Yukon and British Columbia ⓘ
locatedOn Alaska Highway ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
populationRange between 1000 and 2000 inhabitants ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities forestry ⓘ
mining support services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
transportation services ⓘ
roadConnection Alaska Highway ⓘ
Robert Campbell Highway ⓘ
roadDistanceToBCBorder approximately 15 km ⓘ
roadDistanceToWhitehorse approximately 450 km ⓘ
significance important service hub on Alaska Highway in Yukon ⓘ
timeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yukon Time Zone → appliesTo → Watson Lake ⓘ
Alaska Highway → passesThrough → Watson Lake, Yukon ⓘ
linked to: Watson Lake
Kaska language → region → Watson Lake area, Yukon ⓘ
linked to: Watson Lake
Cassiar Highway → northernTerminusNear → Watson Lake, Yukon ⓘ
linked to: Watson Lake
Yukon–British Columbia border → passesNear → Watson Lake, Yukon ⓘ
linked to: Watson Lake