Carcross, originally Caribou Crossing, is a village in the Yukon Territory of Canada on Lake Bennett. It has a population of about 400 people. It is 64 km (40 miles) south-southeast of Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon Territory, at .
Carcross was a fishing and hunting camp for Inland Tlingit and Tagish people. 4,500-year-old artifacts from aboriginal people living in the area have been found in the region.
Carcross got its name from the migration of huge number of caribou across the small piece of land between Lake Bennett and Tagish Lake.
The modern village begain in 1896, during the Klondike Gold Rush. During the gold rush, Carcross was a popular stopping place for prospectors going to and from the gold fields of Dawson City.
Caribou Crossing was also a station for the Royal Mail and the Dominion Telegraph Line, and it served as a communications point on the Yukon River.
Silver mining was promoted in the area in the early 1900s, but there was little silver to be found and the attempts to find silver soon ended.
