00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.851513 CaOODSP 20221107154407 cr ||||||||||| 170209s2016 qucadb #obs f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn-yk SF31-134/11-2016E-PDF The French presence in Yukon [electronic resource]. [Gatineau, QC?] : Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages, [2016?]. [1] p. : ill., graphs, maps Title from caption. Issued also in French under title: Le fait français au Yukon. Includes bibliographical references. "In 1840, Robert Campbell explored inland Yukon for the Hudson's Bay Company with the help of French-Canadian guides. In 1874, Francophone fur trader François-Xavier Mercier built the Fort Reliance trading post near the mouth of the Klondike River. During the Klondike Gold Rush in the late 1800s, Francophones were already well established in the area. In the 1980s, the Franco-Yukonnais flag was adopted, and a French school and daycare centre opened. In 1982, the Association franco-yukonnaise was established. École Émilie-Tremblay, the only French-language school in the territory, opened in 1984 and is named in honour of the pioneering spirit and contributions to the community of one of the first Francophone women from Quebec to make the long journey to Dawson, Yukon. In 1988, the Yukon Languages Act was passed, and the French Language Services Office was created. In 2007, the Yukon government proclaimed May 15 as Yukon Francophonie Day"--History, p. [1]. gccst Francophonie gccst Statistics gccst Territories Canada. Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages. Le fait français au Yukon (CaOODSP)9.851514 PDF 1.05 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/clo-ocol/SF31-134-11-2016-eng.pdf