31 Days in Canada

  In honour of CANADA DAY  I plan to post a daily image of Canada and a link to a random Canadian location we have visited.

KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH VIDEO

Canada’s gold rushes—most notably the 1896–1899 Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon and the 1858 Fraser Canyon Rush in British Columbia—transformed the nation’s west. They spurred mass migration, reshaped Indigenous territories, catalyzed the creation of new territories and railways, and brought global attention to Canada’s rugged frontier.

The Klondike Gold Rush (1896–1899): Sparked by a gold discovery on August 16, 1896, at Rabbit Creek (renamed Bonanza Creek) near the Klondike River. When news of the gold arrived in Seattle and San Francisco a year later, it triggered a stampede of approximately 100,000 prospectors. The influx led to the rapid establishment of Dawson City and the formal creation of the Yukon Territory in 1898.

Whitehorse to Dawson City - random post

Gold Rush and Panning for Gold

McBride Museum Whitehorse Yukon

31 Days in Canada

 In honour of CANADA DAY  I plan to post a daily image of Canada and a link to a random Canadian location we have visited.

WHITEHORSE YUKON - random post

Canada’s Yukon Territory is a vast northern wonderland but with a tiny population of about 46,000. It is a land of extremes, famous for its abundant wildlife, sweeping wilderness, gold-rush history, and world-class views of the aurora borealis.

It is the smallest of Canada’s three territories. The Yukon covers an area of 186,272 sq. mi (482,443 km sq)—that’s larger than California, almost the same size as Spain and a little bit smaller than Thailand.

 Moose outnumber human residents by about 2 to 1. You're far more likely to get stuck in a "moose jam" than a traffic jam!

Despite its snowy northern reputation, the Yukon features the Carcross Desert. At just 2.6 square kilometers, it is widely considered the world's smallest desert.

In 1947, in Snag, Yukon temperatures dropped to a teeth-chattering -63° C (-81.4° F), the lowest recorded temperature in North America. When Snag residents stepped outside, their breath froze mid-air. 

Weekend Roundup

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1. Starts with "W"
2. A Favorite
3.  WATER - Chosen by Tom

Starts with W

FAVOURITE

WORMS

Chiang Mai Thailand

WATER

Iceland

Foto Tunes

Tom the backroads traveller hosts this weekly meme

May 2026 - Toronto ON

LOVE LOVE LOVE Queen and their songs.

"Radio Ga Ga"

Radio.

Radio.

I'd sit alone and watch your light
My only friend through teenage nights
And everything I had to know
I heard it on my radio


Franz Josef New Zealand




You gave them all those old time stars
Through wars of worlds invaded by Mars
You made 'em laugh, you made 'em cry
You made us feel like we could fly.
Radio.


Madrid Spain






So don't become some background noise
A backdrop for the girls and boys
Who just don't know or just don't care
And just complain when you're not there

You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio, Radio.




Whitehorse Yukon






All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio ga ga
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio, what's new?
Radio, someone still loves you!




New York City NY





We watch the shows, we watch the stars
On videos for hours and hours
We hardly need to use our ears
How music changes through the years.


Edmonton AB



Let's hope you never leave old friend
Like all good things on you we depend
So stick around 'cause we might miss you
When we grow tired of all this visual


Toronto ON






You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio, Radio.


Rochester MN

Signs

  Joining Tom at Signs2

Wordless Wednesday Wordless Be There 2day

August 2023 - Whitehorse Yukon

Las Vegas NV

Transport

 One Word Sunday

Whitehorse Yukon

Star

 One Word Sunday

Whitehorse, Yukon.

Weekend Roundup

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1. Starts with "K"
2. A Favorite
3. KING - chosen by Tom

Starts with K

KLONDIKE KETTLE

FAVOURITE

Skagway Alaska

KING

KING KAMEHAMEHA KAPAAU Big Island Hawaii

Taylor House Whitehorse Yukon

 August 2023 - Whitehorse Yukon 

The Taylor House was built in 1937 by Bill and Aline Taylor and their family. In 2015, it officially became Yukon Government House when the Office of the Commissioner of Yukon moved in. The Commissioner of Yukon is the territory’s Head of State and performs legislative and social duties.

Bill Taylor was the oldest son of Isaac Taylor who founded the Taylor and Drury business with William Drury in 1899. Aline Cyr’s family was one of the first francophone families in Whitehorse. In 1969, the family sold the house to the Yukon Chamber of Mines. Over the years, it was the home to the Yukon Heritage Resources Board and the Arctic Winter Games office. The exterior of the house looks the same as it did when built but the inside has been turned into office space.

Weekend Roundup

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1. Starts with "F"
2. A Favorite
3. FLOWER - chosen by Tom

Starts with F

SCOTLAND - The FIRTH OF FORTH (Scottish Gaelic: Linne Foirthe) is the estuary, or firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North Sea with Fife on the north coast and Lothian on the south.

FAVOURITE

FALL FOLIAGE

FLOWER

Monday Mural

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August 2023 - Whitehorse Yukon

MURAL 1

MURAL 2

MURAL 3

Asia Hyde is the designer and illustrator behind the new mural in downtown Whitehorse. Hyde said she stayed away from the "standard Whitehorse mural themes," wanting her art to be more imaginative and less historical.

"It's still kind of Yukon-y. A little bit fantastical and a little bit whimsical," she said.

"I wanted to go with something kind of relaxing that a lot of people might enjoy. So, we ended with fish, very big fish and a very small island," said the Whitehorse-born artist.
The painting features large fish in and out of the water surface and a small island with cherry blossom trees surrounding it. The mural comes in various shades of blue, orange, bright pink, and tones of purple.

Monday Mural

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August 2023 - Whitehorse Yukon

The lower floor of the north wall of the RBC Royal Bank building at 4110 - 4th Avenue, facing the parking lot, hosts a mural by Lance Burton, showing a White Pass & Yukon Route steam locomotive behind men building the new railway.

This is the route we took into Skagway Alaska.

Weekend Roundup

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1. Starts with "Y"
2. A Favorite
3.  - chosen by Tom

Starts with Y

FAVOURITE

Whitehorse Yukon airport code is YXY

YAK : to talk persistently : CHATTER

Monday Mural

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August 2023 - Whitehorse Yukon

NorthwesTel's main office parking lot is the beneficiary of this grand piece. This is one of 5 murals painted by Lance Burton and a crew of 10 talented young assistants from the Youth of Today Society in 1998.

It depicts miners doing the arduous climb over the mountains in the quest for gold.. 

Monday Mural

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August 2023 - Whitehorse Yukon

Bill Oster painted the mural depicting a miner resting in his tent that graces the rear wall of Klondike Rib & Salmon, 2116 - 2nd Avenue.

I was looking forward to eating here but it had closed down.

Monday Mural

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August 2023 - Whitehorse Yukon

This scene of dog sledding at sunset is on the 3rd Avenue wall of The Claim (formerly The Chocolate Claim), at 305 Strickland Street. It was painted by Colin Alexander.

Monday Mural

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August 2023 - Whitehorse Yukon

I can't find any information on this mural, I even uploaded the photo to Google Camera and got nothing.

John found it in behind a government(?) building.

Monday Mural

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August 2023 - Whitehorse Yukon

The parking lot behind the Hougen's retail complex on Main Street was painted to look like a frontier main street during the filming of a movie in 1993. The work of Haines Junction artist Lance Burton and the Youth of Today Society, this was the first of Whitehorse's murals.

Monday Mural

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August 2023 - Whitehorse Yukon

A shed behind Riverside Grocery at 201 Lowe Street received a mural by Colin Alexander in 2015, and the process of painting it was captured by Christopher di Armani. The name of the city of Whitehorse came from the White Horse Rapids, whose foaming crests were said to make some people think of the manes of a herd of white horses.

In the McBride Museum we saw this painting.

The White Horse Rapids swiftly became known as the greatest peril on the Trail of '98. More treacherous than Miles Canyon or Five Finger Rapids, the White Horse Rapids were in fact the greatest threat to navigation on the entire Yukon River. For many who tried to conquer the turbulent water in this area, the waves resembled the long flowing manes of white charging horses.

This painting depicting the rapids has recently been moved to the Land and Light Gallery. Painting by Edith Jerome.