The Order of Polaris is awarded by the Government of Yukon's Transportation Hall of Fame for meritorious service in Yukon in the field of aviation.
The Order of Polaris was created by the Government of Yukon in 1973, to honour members of the Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, especially those who flew over Yukon. The medal and scroll were presented by the Commissioner of Yukon (or designate) at a ceremony at the Transportation Hall of Fame in Whitehorse. This medal is not part of the Canadian Honours System; an official Yukon honour, the Order of Yukon, was established in 2018.
Description The award is a simple, circular, silver medal. The obverse has a symbolic representation of the Polar star above and flanked by simulated aerial exhaust trails or stylized wings. Around the upper half of the medal are the words "Order of Polaris" preceded and followed by a maple leaf.
The reverse on the first series of medals is blank. The second series of medals have the coat of arms for Yukon with the word "YUKON" above it.
The ribbon has equal stripes of the colours of the Flag of Yukon - green, white and blue. For those recipients who flew over the territory during their aviation careers, a maple leaf bar, similar to that worn on the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal 1939–1945, is attached to the medal ribbon.
Eligibility Any Canadian citizen who is a current or former resident of Yukon is eligible for nomination.
Recipients There have been 88 appointments (including Chancellors) to the Order of Merit since its inception.
Agar, Carlyle Clare (Carl) Archibald, William Monroe Armstrong, Neil J. Audette, Julien Joseph Austin, John Alexander (Jack) Baker, Albert William (Bill) Baker, Ronald John Baker, Russell Francis Balchen, Bernt Baldwin, Frederick Walker (Casey) Bannock, Russell Barker, William George (Bill) Bartsch, Dawn Bartsch, Gordon Bazalgette, Ian Willoughby Bell, Alexander Graham Berry, Arthur Massey (Matt) Beurling, George Frederick (Buzz) Bishop, William Avery (Billy) Blakey, Thurston (Rusty) Brintnell, Wilfrid Leigh Bristol, Helen Marcelle Harrison Brown, Francis Roy Burbidge, Maurice (Moss) Burke, Carl Frederick Capreol, Erskine Leigh Caywood, Alfred Beebe (Alf) Collins, Kelly Collishaw, Raymond (Collie) Curtis, Wilfrid Austin Davoud, Paul Yettvart Dickins, Clennell Haggerston (Punch) Dodds, Robert Leslie (Bob) Douglas, D.J. (Don) 2009 Fallow, Maurice D'Arcy Allen Fauquier, John Emilius (Johnny) Finland, George Harold (Mike) Forester, Norman Gladstone (Norm) Fowler, Walter Warren (Walt) Fox, Thomas Payne (Tommy) Foy, James Henry Franks, Wilbur Rounding Fraser, Douglas Cowan Fullerton, Elmer Garfield Garratt, Philip Clarke (Phil) Gilbert, Walter Edwin Godfrey, Albert Earl Graham, Stuart Grandy, Roy Stanley (Bill) Gray, Robert Hampton Hartman, Paul Albert Hayter, Henry Winston (Harry) Hobbs, Basil Deacon Hollick-Kenyon, Herbert (Bertie) Hopson, Herbert Hornell, David Ernest Howe, Clarence Decatur Hutt, Albert Edward Jewitt, William Gladstone Kennedy, Harry Marlowe Knox, Wilbert George Melvin (Mel) Lawrence, Thomas Albert Leckie, Robert Leigh, Zebulon Lewis (Lewie) Lilly, Alexander John (Al) Lothian, George Bayliss Lucas, Joseph Henry MacDougall, Frank Archibald MacGill, Elizabeth Muriel Gregory (Elsie) MacInnis, Gerald Lester (Gerry) MacLaren, Donald Roderick MacLeod, Merlin William (Mac) May, Wilfrid Reid (Wop) May, William Sidney McCall, Fred Robert Gordon McConachie, George William Grant McCurdy, John Alexander Douglas McGregor, Gordon Roy McLean, Alexander Daniel (Dan) McLeod, Alan Arnett McMillian, Stanley Ransom (Stan) McMullen, Archibald Major (Archie) McNair, Robert Wendell (Buck) Mead, Bert william Michaud, Almer Leonard (Al) Middleton, Robert Bruce Moar, Jack Munro, Raymond Alan Mynarski, Andrew Charles (Andy) Neal, George Arthur Newson, William Francis Montgomery (Bill) Oaks, Harold Anthony (Doc) Orr, Marion Alice Powell Palmer, John Ender (Jock) Phillips, George Hector Reid Phipps, Welland Wilfrid (Weldy) Plant, John Lawerence Reid, Thomas Mayne (Pat) Reilly, John Hardisty (Jack) Reilly, Moretta Fenton Beall (Molly) Richardson, James Armstrong Russell, Frank Walter Ryder, Lloyd 2007 Sanderson, William John (Jack) Seagrim, Herbert Walter (Herb) Seymour, Murton Adams Showler, John Gavin (Jack) Siers, Thomas William (Tommy) Sims, Arthur George (Tim) Sloan, John Charles (Jaycee) Stedman, Ernest Walter Sutherland, Alexander Mackay (Mickey) Tomlinson, Samuel Anthony (Sammy) Tripp, Leonard John (Len) Tudhope, John Henry (Tuddy) Turnbull, Wallace Rupert Turner, Percival Stanley (Stan) Vachon, Joseph Pierre Romeo Vanhee, Achille (Archie) Williams, Thomas Frederic (Tommy) Wilson, Arthur Haliburton Wilson, John Armistead Woollett, Walter 'Babe' Yorath, Dennis Kestell Young, Franklin Inglee (Frank)
See also List of Canadian awards List of Canadian provincial and territorial orders
References
External links Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame image of the medal