Ogilvie Yukon Map

About Ogilvie, Yukon

Ogilvie is a locality in Yukon, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Ogilvie is located at 63.5607°N, 139.7332°W.

Ogilvie rests in a wide, expansive valley, a place where the sky seems to press down with a particular, weighty blue on clear days, and the air, when it’s cold, carries a crystalline sharpness. It lies 57.5 km south-south-west of Dawson, YT (from Dawson, YT: bearing 195°T), and is situated 30.9 km west-north-west of Dredge Creek. The land here is a study in muted greens and greys, a vast canvas brushed with hardy grasses and the occasional scattering of stunted spruce, their branches reaching out like supplicating arms against the prevailing winds. The Klondike River, a restless ribbon of glacial meltwater, carves its path through the valley floor, its murmur a constant, low hum beneath the vast silence of the north. Even in the brief, bright summers, a certain stillness pervades Ogilvie, a sense of patient waiting, as if the land itself holds its breath for the return of winter's deep slumber. This corner of the Yukon, once a vital artery in the gold rush, still bears the faint, shimmering echoes of that fevered past. Though the boom times have long since receded, leaving behind only whispers and the occasional weathered beam, the spirit of resilience remains. The local economy, once fueled by the relentless pursuit of alluvial gold, now leans more towards the quiet pursuits of trapping and the hardy cultivation of crops that can withstand the short, intense growing season. Ogilvie is a place where the past is not so much buried as it is woven into the very texture of the present, a palpable presence felt in the slow, deliberate cadence of life, and in the way the late evening light, a pale, ethereal gold, lingers on the horizon long after the sun has dipped below the jagged peaks.

About This Ogilvie Map Page

Explore Ogilvie, 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: 63.560676, -139.733206. 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. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Ogilvie includes the postal code (Y0B), telephone area code (867). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Ogilvie 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.