Yukon First Nations and Tetlit Gwich'in settlement lands are mapped, including rural blocks and Fee Simple lands. The data was built using the 1:250,000 National Topographic Data Base and 1:30,000 signed Territorial Research Base Maps. Distributed from GeoYukon by the Government of Yukon, this layer is scheduled to be retired October 31, 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze land ownership types based on the described Category A, B, and Fee Simple classifications.
- Map the geographic distribution of First Nation settlement lands based on the described boundaries.
- Support land-use planning and resource management based on the described subsurface and surface ownership rights.
Strengths
- Data is derived from authoritative base maps: the 1:250,000 NTDB and 1:30,000 TRBM.
- Defines three specific types of settlement land ownership: Category A, Category B, and Fee Simple.
Limitations
- The layer is described as out of date and scheduled to be retired October 31, 2026.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Yukon | Gouvernement du Yukon
- Collection Method
- Built using the 1:250,000 National Topographic Data Base (NTDB) as the base and the 1:30,000 signed Territorial Research Base Maps (TRBM) to define boundaries.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-01 16:10:09.077358; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Yukon, Canada