The
Atlin District, also known as the
Atlin Country, is a historical region located in the far northwestern corner of the
Canadian province of
British Columbia, centred on
Atlin Lake and the
gold-rush capital of the region, the town of
Atlin. The term "Atlin District" was also used synonymously with the official administrative area named the
Atlin Mining District, established during the gold-mining heyday contemporaneous with the
Klondike Gold Rush. The region also includes adjoining
Teslin and
Tagish Lakes and the
Bennett Lake area in the narrow strip of BC separating the
Alaska Panhandle from the
Yukon Territory. The Atlin District is currently part of the
Stikine District in the
regional district system (although it is not a regional district). The communities of the Atlin lakes district, as the area is casually called, are referred to in national weather reports as "the Southern Lakes", as in "Whitehorse and the Southern Lakes", although this also includes towns on the Yukon end of the lakes.