Snag is a former village in Yukon, Canada, located on a small, dry-weather sideroad off the Alaska Highway, 25 km east of Beaver Creek. 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 village of Indigenous peoples was also located approx…Snag is a former village in Yukon, Canada, located on a small, dry-weather sideroad off the Alaska Highway, 25 km east of Beaver Creek. 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 village of Indigenous peoples was also located approximately 8 km 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 eight to ten First Nations people and fur traders. An additional staff of fifteen to twenty airport personnel — meteorologists, radio operators, aircraft maintenance men — lived at the airport barracks.
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