page_title: Destruction Bay
hierarchical_section_title: Destruction Bay
caption_attribution_description: English: Welcome sign made out of wood and plywood by Charles Eikland Jr. to mimic an old bulldozer, Destruction Bay, Yukon Territory
context_page_description: Destruction Bay is a small community on the Alaska Highway in Canada's Yukon on Kluane Lake.
  Populated mostly by non-aboriginal residents, community residents provide Yukon government services to residents in the area, including nearby Burwash Landing and some tourism-related businesses along the Alaska Highway. The name is derived from the wind blowing down structures erected by the military during highway construction in 1942–43.
  The community has a one-room school serving kindergarten through grade eight.
context_section_description: Destruction Bay is a small community on the Alaska Highway (historical mile 1083) in Canada's Yukon on Kluane Lake.
  Populated mostly by non-aboriginal residents, community residents provide Yukon government services to residents in the area (school, highway maintenance), including nearby Burwash Landing and some tourism-related businesses along the Alaska Highway. The name is derived from the wind blowing down structures erected by the military during highway construction in 1942–43.
  The community has a one-room school serving kindergarten through grade eight.
caption: Welcome sign made on an old bulldozer
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