Building in the main Street of Dawson City, Yukon Dawson City was once a small outpost at the mouth of the Klondike River in the valley of the Yukon River, used by Indians to dry their salmon. This shanty town was transformed, however, by gold rushers who set up timber shacks and canvas tents. Almost […]
Emerald Lake, Yukon territory, Canada. Whitehorse was built almost overnight by gold rushers making their way to Dawson City. While navigating the White Horse Rapids on the Yukon River, many of them set up camp at Whitehorse. In 1942, the city’s population exploded when the U.S. and Canadian army arrived into town while the Alaska […]
Arctic Ground Squirrel Haines Junction is a village of about 800 people in the Yukon Territories of Canada. It is located along the Alaska Highway and the junction of the Haines Highway. The Haines area was used for thousands of years as a trade centre between the Southern Tutchone and the coastal Tlingit natives because […]
Not a Pussy Cat Yukon is Canada’s most northwestern territory, a wilderness of stunning beauty. Its clean crisp air, endless skies, pristine wilderness, forested valleys, and crystal clear waters forming gigantic lakes provide good reasons for visitors to come. The nights are also lit with illuminated colors known as the Northern Lights (or aurora borealis). […]