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 canonical 1
Watson Lake area, Yukon 1
Watson Lake, Yukon 1

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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
surface form: Watson Lake (body of water)
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

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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
this entity surface form: Watson Lake, Yukon
Kaska language region Watson Lake
this entity surface form: Watson Lake area, Yukon