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August 2023 - Whitehorse Yukon

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Tuesday Treasures - Carcross Yukon

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August 2023 - Carcross Yukon Canada

Road to the Arctic Sea Itinerary and Recaps

Toronto to Whitehorse Yukon

Whitehorse McBride Museum Day 2

Whitehouse - Alaska - Whitehouse Yukon Day 3

Taylor House Whitehorse

Whitehouse Yukon Tour Day 1

Whitehorse - Dawson City Yukon

Dawson City

Dawson City - Eagle Plains YT

Eagle Plains YT - Inuvik Northwest Territories 

Inuvik NT - Tuktoyaktuk NT

Tuk - Inuvik - Whitehorse - Vancouver - Toronto Aug 26 -28

I never wrote about Carcross Yukon YT.

The village of Carcross—originally called Caribou Crossing—is located on the South Klondike Highway, between Whitehorse and Skagway. It is 74km (46mi) south of Whitehorse. The elevation is 662 metres (2,170 feet). The population is around 500 people, comprised of an even mix of First Nations and white people.

The original name of the village (Caribou Crossing) came from the miners, who observed large herds of caribou that swam the narrows between Bennett and Nares lakes twice a year. The name was changed to Carcross in 1902. The reason being that the postal mail for the local school kept being redirected to Caribou Crossing in British Columbia and to the one in Alaska.

While the post office adopted the name change, the railway kept the station name of Caribou Crossing until 1916. The railway station is still used during the summer months by White Pass & Yukon Route for scenic rail excursions to Bennet, British Columbia and to Skagway, Alaska. The original station burned down during a fire in 1910. That same fire also destroyed the Caribou Hotel and most of the other buildings in downtown Carcross. The station, hotel and store were rebuilt within a year.

For many years the sternwheeler Tutshi stood along the shore of the community; but it too was destroyed by fire in July 1990. The ruins of the boat have been converted into a viewing platform with interpretive displays.

The oldest operating store in the Yukon is the Matthew Watson General Store in Carcross. It was established during the Klondike Gold Rush and is known for its historic ambiance and selection of souvenirs, clothing, and ice cream. The store is also noted for its antique goods and the "genuine vibe" it offers, transporting visitors back to the Gold Rush era.

The Commons is a beautifully designed street lined with small buildings. The shops are covered in vibrant Indigenous art with totem poles rising before you. Each shop offers a range of local crafts,

Each building in the Commons is uniquely decorated with designs representing the local First Nations’ clans. The Carcross Tagish First Nations people follow a matriarchal lineage and belong to one of two larger groups: the Wolf or the Crow.

The Wolf moiety is further divided into the Whale and Wolf clans, while the Crow moiety is made up of the Beaver, Raven, Frog, and Crow clans. Symbols representing these six clans were painted on the building and carved into the totem poles decorating the Carcross Commons.

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More photos around town.

The Carcross cemetery has two famous Tagish First Nation residents. Skookum Jim and Dawson “Tagish” Charlie struck gold at Bonanza Creek—which was a significant find, as it sparked the Klondike Gold Rush. Skookum Jim’s First Nation name is Keish, and Tagish Charlie’s name is Káa Goox. Also buried in the cemetery is Kate Carmack, whose First Nations’ name was Shaaw Tláa. She was Skookum Jim’s sister; and, at the time of the strike, the wife of the third man in the Bonanza Creek strike, George Carmack.

Weekend Roundup

 

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Starts with W (BIGGEST/SMALLEST/LONGEST/SHORTEST/OLDEST/FIRST)

WYTHEVILLE WELCOME Virginia

FAVOURITE

WEIRD Dawson City Yukon Sourtoe Cocktail

WHITE

Transport

 One Word Sunday

Whitehorse Yukon

Star

 One Word Sunday

Whitehorse, Yukon.

WELCOME

 One Word Sunday

Dawson City Yukon

Weekend Roundup

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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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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

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.

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August 2023 - Dawson City Yukon

Drunken Goat Taverna

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.