Tagish is an unincorporated community in
Yukon, Canada. It is 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of
Carcross, Yukon, on the
Tagish Road at the northern end of
Tagish Lake. The greater Tagish area also includes the Tagish Estates, Tagish Beach and Taku subdivisions, the latter two developed for cottages but now serving for many year-round homes. (California Beach is a part of Tagish Beach subdivision.) Tagish Beach and Taku have their own community hall. The
Tagish Road was built in 1942 as part of an oil pipeline project, and the community sprouted around a bridge built over the narrow water between Tagish Lake and
Marsh Lake.[1]
A previous community known as Tagish was located about 3 km (2 mi) south of the current community, along Tagish Lake. The
North-West Mounted Police maintained a post in that community during the
Klondike Gold Rush.[1]
The area code for Yukon is 867. In it, Tagish is served by prefix 399.
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada, Tagish had a population of 311 living in 164 of its 413 total private dwellings, a change of 24.9% from its 2016 population of 249. With a land area of 45.26 km2 (17.47 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.9/km2 (17.8/sq mi) in 2021.[9]