Snag is a village located on a small, dry-weather
sideroad off the
Alaska Highway east 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 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 First Nation people and fur traders. An additional staff of 15 to 20 airport personnel — meteorologists, radio operators, aircraft maintenance men — lived at the airport barracks.