Yukon Register of Historic PlacesYRHP

Watson Lake Air Terminal Building

Watson Lake Air Terminal Building

Watson Lake Air Terminal Building

Watson Lake Air Terminal Building

Watson Lake Air Terminal Building

Watson Lake Air Terminal Building

Watson Lake Air Terminal Building

Character Defining Elements

Watson Lake Air Terminal Building

Character Defining Elements

- Location and orientation of the building to the airport runway and aprons and spatial relationship with the hangar;

- One-storey building with hip roof and four-storey control tower;

- Log construction with logs sawn on three sides using butt and pass corners that encompasses the ground floor walls up to the underside of the second floor of the tower including the corbelled remnants of the original exterior tower walkway;

- The building’s original design elements such as fenestration and style associated with 1940s-era Yukon Northwest Staging Route air terminals; and

- Viewscapes to and from the airport and Watson Lake.