The Copperbelt Railway & Mining Museum opened in 1999 by the Miles Canyon Historic Railway Society. The museum covers mining history from the copper belt area and Yukon railway history.
The CR&MM is located on a rich copper-bearing skarn, 4 km west of the city of Whitehorse. Copper deposits were first discovered in this area in 1897 as Gold Rush stampeders were making their way to Dawson. Because of the Gold Rush, most people overlooked the outcroppings of copper on their way to the Klondike. Copper stakes were not claimed until the following year. John McIntyre staked the first claim on July 6th, 1898 and called it the “Copper King”.
The copper belt is 30km long and extends from south of the intersection of the South Klondike and Alaska Highways to an area west of Porter Creek subdivision in the north of Whitehorse.
