Community profile

Mayo

Log house in Mayo.
Mayo is situated on the Traditional Territory of the Nacho Nyak Dun First Nation.

Mayo is a popular wilderness tourism destination that offers good swimming, fly-in fishing and boating, as well as hiking and big-game hunting in the surrounding wilderness.

The village is the main service area for all highway travellers driving up the Silver Trail. You'll find essentials like gas, laundromat, campgrounds, restaurants, a grocery store and a post office.

Mayo is also an access point to historic Keno City and Elsa mining camp, and backcountry wilderness trips into the Peel Watershed.

An exterior view of JV Clark School in Mayo.
JV Clark School in Mayo offers education from kindergarten to Grade 12 in the community.
Volunteers put in an effort to help build the Teslin Disc Golf course.
Volunteers put in an effort to help build the Teslin Disc Golf course.
The Mayo Health Centre serves the community.
The Mayo Health Centre serves the community with a walk-in/outpatient clinic for primary care including dispensing specific medications and 24-hour emergency services.

Quick facts

Population: 449

Distance to Whitehorse: 407 km

Did you know? Na-Cho Nyäk Dun translates into "big river people."

Village of Mayo
Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nation
Mayo community statistics
Mayo community services
Map of Mayo