Brief History:
The area is near the lower section of Chasàn Chuà (Copper Creek) which we know as McIntyre Creek.
The Southern Tutchone people used to find raw copper nuggets along the upper part of this creek. They would use these to make arrowheads and knifes.
The English name of the creek comes from John McIntyre, from California, who staked the ‘Copper King’ claim in 1898. Several copper mines have operated in the Whitehorse area including one along McIntyre Creek.
Since it has significant importance to the Kwanlin Dün People, we talked to some Elders to get a better understanding of the area. Based off of that conversation, we're asking for your input to help choose names for the new subdivision.
Our intention is to name them using all of the Kwanlin Dün languages.