High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Snag is a village
located on a small, dry-weather sideroad off the Alaska Highway a
few kilometres south of Beaver Creek, Yukon, Canada. The village of
Snag is located in a bowl-shaped valley of the White River and its
tributaries, including Snag Creek. It was first settled during the
Klondike Gold Rush. An aboriginal village was also located about 8
kilometres (5 mi) away. It was the site of a military airfield,
established as part of the Northwest Staging Route, which closed in
1968. In 1947, the village of Snag boasted a population of 8 to 10
natives and fur traders. An additional staff of 15-20 airport
personnel meteorologists, radio operators, aircraft maintenance men
lived at the airport barracks.
