Pierre Berton is a noted author of non-fiction, especially a serious popularizer of Canadian history, and was a well-known television personality and journalist. He was born in Whitehorse, Yukon, where his father had moved for the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush. Berton spent his early newspaper career in Vancouver.
In 2016, Whitehorse Mayor Dan Curtis unveiled Pierre Berton’s sculpture on Main Street downtown.
