Talk:Whitehorse

message: WHO named Whitehorse, Yukon the city with the cleanest air. Might want to pop that in there. link: http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/09/27/the-10-most-air-polluted-cities-in-the-world/?hpt=hp_t2  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.81.94.68 (talk) 13:52, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Air Quality

message: *i am about to tell you thath there are there are 4 different populations listed on this page! 23,205 in the opening paragraph; 19,058 for City and 21,405 for Metro in the fact box on the right; and 252 000 listed under Community Profile. Luigi, which is correct?
**19,058 was the population inside the Whitehorse City limits counted by Statistics Canada in the 2001 Census. 21,405 was the number of people in the Whitehorse Census agglomeration in 2001. 23,205 is the population count supplied by the Yukon Bureau of Statistics  in December 2004. Generally speaking, the Census tends to undercount people (the YBS has shown this to Stats Can's satisfaction, which resulted in the Yukon government getting an extra $30 million), while the YBS numbers are based on the number of people with Yukon health care cards with Whitehorse postal addresses, which is an overcount, since it can take up to a year to remove people from the health care rolls. So, the answer to your question is none of the above. Luigizanasi 15:18, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Population

message: as far as i can read, theres nothing on here explaining why buildings can't be more then 4 stories...can anyone add reasons why  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.130.211.27 (talk) 15:12, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The main reason given is that Whitehorse is in an earthquake zone, but citizens also oppose high rises because of aesthetics.  Even at four stories, some residents immediately to the north of such structures are blocked from sunlight during the later fall and early winter. GBC (talk) 16:38, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  explain 

message: Lots of clunky language here.  It reads like a tourist's guide with many pieces of irrelavent information.  There also needs to be a history section, perhaps created by someone who knows more than I do (of course).  Reference to "the village" (The Kwanlin Dun First Nation) is derogatory and I have removed it.
: Done well partially--Tallard (talk) 13:48, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Page Needs an update

message: All articles regarding capital cities in Canada should strive to at least achieve Good Article (GA) status, if not Featured Article (FA) status. As you can see I have been expanding sections pretty significantly, using as models other smaller Canadian cities which have achieved GA status, such as Coquitlam. One of the major challenges on this article is to apply Wikipedia:Manual of Style. Please help by inserting content into the empty sections and bringing further suggestions to this talk page. --Tallard (talk) 22:15, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Getting this article from B class to GA class 

message: From: Bell's Travel Guides, Whitehorse Log Skycrapers. During the construction of the Alaska Highway every hotel and home in Whitehorse was overflowing with army and air force  personnel.  Even the riverboats that tied up overnight were used to accommodate construction crews. The shortage of rental units and space promoted Martin Berrigan then in his early 70's, to begin building the log skyscrapers.
The three-story skyscraper was the last of Berrigan's many log buildings and was completed in 1947. It is 58 logs high and is made of logs  weighing at least 300 pounds each. It was originally founded on the ground but concrete footings have been recently added. Both skyscrapers have been  insulated, drywalled and equipped with plumbing and electric heating. The original five rental units are still leased as apartments.
See also: Photograph of 4-storey one
From Yukon Historical & Museums Association Log Skyscraper, building description:Two log dwellings stood beside the skyscrapers until they were removed to make way for the construction of the office building located on the corner of Second Avenue and Lambert. That site is now a parking lot. Refer to Berrigan Cabins, and Mah Bing Cabin. Berrigan built all five buildings located within the first two blocks of Lambert Street. This site was once the location of Roland Ryder's house, stables, and vegetable garden. Ryder operated a water delivery business and kept his horses at this site.
The skyscrapers were built by Martin Berrigan in 1947. Berrigan moved to Whitehorse in 1939 after spending time working on the dredges in Dawson. He is quoted as having said "Life is too short to allow for getting sick, so I started building cabins for rent." This log cabin was the last of many built by Berrigan. He began with several one-storey log dwellings at a time when Whitehorse was experiencing a shortage of accomodation due to wartime construction. Three of these cabins are located in the first block of Lambert Street. This three storey structure was built of logs which Berrigan cut from the east bank of the Yukon River and skidded to the location with a horse team. In the late 1970's, the Skyscrapers were in danger of demolition when the lot was put up for sale; however, the demolition was not carried out and a new owner was found. 
Question: Does anyone have references relative to how many there were? Were there only 3 of them? a 2-storey, a 3-storey, and a 4-storey?--Tallard (talk) 14:26, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Log Skyscrapers info 

message: It may be just me, but after reading this section under "History":
"In 1950 the city was incorporated and by 1951, the population had doubled from its 1941 numbers. On April 1, 1953, the city was designated the capital of the Yukon territory when the seat was moved from Dawson City after the construction of the Klondike Highway.[27] On March 21, 1957, the name was changed to Whitehorse.[28]"
It's unclear what the former name is.
132.177.218.60 (talk) 17:04, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I looked it up, and prior to that date it was spelled as two words instead of one. All they did was change it from White Horse to Whitehorse.Thatotherperson (talk/contribs) 00:12, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Former name 

message: I was cruising through Wikipedia and somehow ended up looking at a red link for Grey Mountain.  I'm in the process now of creating a Grey Mountain page (for now it will live in my user page, since this is my first article.)  I was wondering if there is anyone out there that would like to edit/add to the page once I get the basics in? (If I've broken any talk page rules here, feel free to delete, etc.) --JonGDixon (talk) 17:09, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I've started and put what I have so far here: Grey Mountain Draft.  It is nowhere near complete, but as I said, this is my first article and I'd appreciate a little help if anyone out there is interested.  I have posted a bit of discussion on my talk page, so as to not clutter up this talk page.  --JonGDixon (talk) 23:44, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grey Mountain 

message: IMDB has a page on this documentary, a bizarre event which happened on 
9/11/2001.http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi3759118873/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.9.112.31 (talk) 02:33, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Never Happen Here: the Whitehorse 9/11 story. 

message: "Whitehorse was ranked among Canadian cities with the most comfortable climate." Canadians like it cold, huh? In the source the city is not even in the top three. I believe this should not be mentioned in the article. --212.226.66.147 (talk) 06:58, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Comfortable climate

message: This article badly needs a section on the economy.  Why are people here? How do they earn a living?  What are the economic sectors: government? forestry? mining? tourism? Bare minimum we should learn approximately how many people are engaged in the various sectors. 107.197.156.7 (talk) 22:21, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Economy 

message: Yukonpearl's revision notes suggest a reroute in 2005.  Actually, rerouting and shortening of the Alaska Highway has been under way since 1943, with pauses in some years.  What happened in 2005 was that the kilometreposts in the Yukon were recalibrated between the BC border near Watson Lake and the west end of the Champagne "revision", counting up from the last BC milepost, which itself was no longer accurate but had not been recalibrated since about 1990.  Since that time, the revisions have been extended twice to now reach the Alaska border. GBC (talk) 02:16, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Km 1426 vs 1476 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

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thread_title: Move discussion in progress

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thread_title:  Move discussion in progress 

message: This stub article is unsourced and probably should be merged. 162 etc. (talk) 05:48, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Weak oppose on the grounds that occupied places are usually notable. Klbrain (talk) 18:37, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging [[Riverdale, Whitehorse]] 

message: I stumbled upon this file on the YG website: https://yukon.ca/en/population-report-q2-2021 - could the population numbers be updated based on this new data? Currently Wikipedia has numbers from 2016. Thanks! 9dfjyee6t5 (talk) 21:29, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: , population and dwelling counts from the 2021 census will be released by StatCan on February 9, 2022. See this link and click "By Topic" for confirmation. Since that is a month away, surely we can wait since we have come so far already. If you do want to add it, then please first read WP:CANPOP carefully. The provincial June 2021 estimate of 30,081 (on page 6) can be added so long as the 2016 population county from StatCan remains in the article. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 22:35, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

text: - ah! I wasn't aware of that. Thanks! :) We can wait 9dfjyee6t5 (talk) 02:00, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update population count? 

message: In the Climate section, it's claimed that WH has "just over 19 hours" of Summer daylight. No, it doesn't. Yes, daylight peaks on/about June 21st at 19.1 hrs. Peak. (It's only over 19 hrs for about 3-4 days before and after then.) I did a rough estimate (original research) based on a graph of daylight there and the "Summer" daylight (Jun-1 to Aug-31) is averages 17.6 hrs. (I'd not trust that last significant figure to more than +/-0.5) but clearly it is NOT 19 hours. Civil Twilight (plus daylight) averages 21 hrs in that same period. (Twilight around June 21st is 24 hrs.) But Civil Twilight is not daylight. (I mean, that's why there is something called Civil Twilight (along with Nautical as well as Astronomical twilight)). It would probably be better to say something like Summer daylight averages over 17 hrs. and around Summer Solstice Civil Twilight persists for 24 hrs. (If you can find a good reference...would an online calculator work?)174.130.71.156 (talk) 14:55, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I use Sunrise/sunset calculator from the National Research Council Canada on other Wikipedia pages. Nobody has questioned it before but use the coordinates. I discovered that using the named city was not always correct. By the way the sentence reads "...and summer days have up to about 19 hours of daylight." It should say that "...and summer days can have up to 19 hours of daylight." There's a 19 day period where the total hours are over 19 and there is no civil twilight. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 04:32, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Summer Daylight