Moosehide (Hän: Ëdhä Dädhëchan) was an Indian reserve of the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation or Dawson band in the Canadian territory of Yukon between about 1906 and the early 1960s.

Moose Hide was a village at the time of the 1911 census when it recorded a population of 125.[1]

The Moosehide Village site (Jëjik Dhä Dënezhu Kek’it) became part of the Tr’ondëk-Klondike UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2023.

Federal census population history of Moose Hide
YearPop.±%
1911125    
1941    
195160    
Source: Statistics Canada
[2][3]

References

  1. Fifth Census of Canada, 1911 (PDF). Vol. Special Report on Area and Population. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. February 27, 1912. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  2. "Table 6: Population by census subdivisions, 1901–1961". 1961 Census of Canada (PDF). Series 1.1: Historical, 1901–1961. Vol. I: Population. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. March 8, 1963. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  3. Ninth Census of Canada, 1951 (PDF). Vol. SP-7 (Population: Unincorporated villages and hamlets). Dominion Bureau of Statistics. March 31, 1954. Retrieved February 2, 2022.

64°05′47″N 139°26′17″W / 64.09639°N 139.43806°W / 64.09639; -139.43806


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