Mayo, Yukon
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Mayo is a village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....

, Canada, along the Silver Trail
Silver Trail
The Silver Trail connects the communities of Mayo, Elsa and Keno City with the Klondike Highway at Stewart Crossing, where that highway crosses the Stewart River....

 and the Stewart River
Stewart River
The Stewart River is a long river in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It originates in the Selwyn Mountains, which stand on the border between the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory. From there, the Stewart flows west, past the village of Mayo...

. The population was 248 in 2006. It is also the home of the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun
First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun
The First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun is a First Nation in the Yukon Territory in Canada. Its main population centre is in Mayo, Yukon, but many of its members live across Canada and the United States. The language originally spoken by the people of this First Nation is Northern Tutchone...

, whose primary language is Northern Tutchone
Tutchone language
Tutchone is a threatened Athabaskan language spoken in the Yukon Territory in Canada. It has two varieties that are sometimes considered separate languages, Southern Tutchone and Northern Tutchone....

. Nacho Nyak Dun translates into "big river people". It is serviced by Mayo Airport
Mayo Airport
Mayo Airport is located north of Mayo, Yukon, Canada, and is operated by the Yukon government....

. It was formerly known as Mayo Landing.

The only school is J. V. Clark School, which is named after Dr. Clark. It had about 80 students as of 2008.

The village was named after former circus acrobat turned settler and explorer Alfred Mayo.

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