Explore Destruction Bay, Yukon, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Destruction Bay, Yukon. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Yukon or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Destruction Bay and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Destruction Bay.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Destruction Bay |
| Type | Settlement |
| Province / Territory | Yukon (YT) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 61.251951 |
| Longitude | -138.804387 |
| Population | 40 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | Y1A |
| Area Code | 867 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | KABQL |
Destruction Bay is a settlement in Yukon, Canada. It is classified as a town. Destruction Bay is located at 61.2520°N, 138.8044°W.
Destruction Bay rests quietly upon the expansive shore of Kluane Lake, framed by the looming presence of the Red Castle Ridge. It lies 89.1 km north-west of Haines Junction, YT (from Haines Junction, YT: bearing 309°T), and is situated 15.2 km south-east of Burwash Landing. The wind off the water carries a sharp, metallic clarity, often catching the light of a low sun to turn the surface of Kluane Lake into a field of hammered silver. Beyond the immediate reach of the shore, the land rises toward the formidable Red Castle Ridge, a constant guardian against the vast northern sky. The air here holds a thin, crystalline quality that magnifies the silence, broken only by the occasional shift of ice or the distant, restless movement of the wind. Even with the Kluane River winding its path some 23 km away and the Burwash Glacier lingering 35 km distant, the immediate presence of the lake defines the horizon, anchoring the gaze toward the water’s edge. Growth in Destruction Bay emerged from the necessity of the Alaska Highway, evolving from a construction camp into a permanent outpost where the pace of life aligns with the seasonal transition of the light. The economy maintains a practical focus, serving those traveling through the interior and supporting the local needs of residents who adapt to the long, cold winters. People here move with a deliberate purpose, familiar with the way the frost behaves on the windows and how the ground hardens as the year darkens. Burwash Glacier and the surrounding terrain exert a quiet influence on the local character, fostering a resilience that values self-reliance and a deep, observant stillness. Destruction Bay persists as a waypoint of endurance, where the history of road-building and survival lingers in the quiet operations of daily life.
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Explore Destruction Bay, Yukon, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 61.251951, -138.804387. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Destruction Bay includes the postal code (Y1A), telephone area code (867). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for Destruction Bay is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |