Old Crow

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Old Crow is a remote Indigenous community in northern Yukon, Canada, known as the home of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and accessible only by air.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Old Crow canonical 4
Old Crow, Yukon 4
Old Crow Airport 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous community ⓘ
community ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
accessibleBy air ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
governedBy Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation government ⓘ
hasClimate subarctic climate ⓘ
hasCommunicationLimitation limited road-based freight access ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation Gwichʼin language ⓘ
linked to: Gwich’in language

Vuntut Gwitchin culture ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance important centre for Vuntut Gwitchin traditions ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity subsistence fishing ⓘ
subsistence hunting ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
hasEconomicContext reliance on air freight for supplies ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalCondition long, cold winters ⓘ
short, cool summers ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalContext Porcupine caribou herd range ⓘ
hasFeature fly-in community ⓘ
remote location ⓘ
small population ⓘ
hasGovernanceContext Yukon territorial jurisdiction ⓘ
hasIndigenousLanguageContext Gwichʼin ⓘ
linked to: Gwich’in
hasInfrastructure airstrip ⓘ
community buildings ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea Vuntut National Park ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguageContext English ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic predominantly Indigenous residents ⓘ
hasPrimaryEthnicGroup Vuntut Gwitchin ⓘ
hasPrimaryInhabitants Vuntut Gwitchin people ⓘ
hasRegionalSignificance northernmost community in Yukon (commonly regarded) ⓘ
hasServiceRole administrative centre for Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation ⓘ
hasTimeZone Pacific Time Zone (Yukon Time) ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Time Zone
hasTransportationLimitation no marine access for most of the year ⓘ
no rail access ⓘ
no road access ⓘ
inferredFrom remote Indigenous community in northern Yukon, Canada, known as the home of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and accessible only by air ⓘ
isHomeOf Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation ⓘ
locatedIn Canadian North ⓘ
Yukon ⓘ
northern Yukon ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation traditional territory ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle (approximate vicinity) ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Circle
locatedOn Porcupine River ⓘ
partOf Arctic region of Canada ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region
servedBy Old Crow Airport ⓘ
linked to: Old Crow

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Vuntut National Park → nearestSettlement → Old Crow, Yukon ⓘ
linked to: Old Crow
Old Crow → servedBy → Old Crow Airport ⓘ
linked to: Old Crow
Vuntut Gwitchin → populationConcentratedIn → Old Crow, Yukon ⓘ
linked to: Old Crow
Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation → traditionalTerritoryIncludes → Old Crow Flats ⓘ
linked to: Old Crow
Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation → mainCommunity → Old Crow, Yukon ⓘ
linked to: Old Crow
Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation → capital → Old Crow, Yukon ⓘ
linked to: Old Crow
Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation → region → Old Crow Basin ⓘ
linked to: Old Crow