The Yukon’s capital city, Whitehorse, has welcomed a striking new addition with the opening of Hyatt Place Whitehorse, the brand’s first property in Canada’s North and only the second purpose-built hotel to open in Whitehorse in more than 50 years.
Located in the heart of downtown Whitehorse and minutes from Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport, the hotel puts guests within steps of Main Street’s cafés and shops, the Yukon River waterfront and cultural landmarks such as the MacBride Museum of Yukon History.
Developed by majority First Nations owned Northern Vision Development Limited Partnership (NVD), the 115-room, $50 million hotel, with views of the city’s surrounding mountains, embraces a “strong sense of place” by featuring locally inspired dining and interiors enriched with carvings and artwork created by Indigenous artists showcased throughout the property,.
“As well as creating 40 jobs, every detail has been designed to connect guests with the cultural heritage, landscapes and community of Whitehorse and the Yukon,” said a spokesperson.
Rooms start from around £136 (C$255) a night.
Whitehorse is a magnet for outdoor enthusiasts, culture vultures, culinary aficionados and history buffs.
Known as the ‘Wilderness City’, Whitehorse is where the outdoors meets great cuisine, live theatre, abundant wildlife and gold rush history.
The Yukon is home to Canada’s highest mountain, Mount Logan, and the planet’s largest non-polar icefields—found in Kluane National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Despite its scale, Yukon remains one of North America’s best-kept secrets: nearly 80% of the territory is untouched wilderness.
Wildlife in the territory includes and estimated 220,000 caribou, 70,000 moose, 22,000 mountain sheep, 7,000 grizzly bears, 10,000 black bears 250 bird species – and a human population of just 46,000.
