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The writer is a resident of Canada's Yukon Territory with a passion for Exploring the North. This blog is one of the vehicles used to share that passion through words and images.
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A Railway History Day at Myra Canyon
One of the highlights of the Okanagan Valley for anyone with an interest in history has to be the Myra Canyon section of the former Kettle Valley Railway. Now a hiking and biking trail, this 12-kilometer section of the rail line has 18 trestles and 2...
Chilkoot Trail Photojournal
I’ve finally posted the photos from the Chilkoot Trail hike that Steve and I did in late July. I’ve still got a lot of captioning to do but that could take weeks yet. All of the 100+ photos have the time that they were taken noted, though...
The Chilkoot Trail
My son and I have just returned from a 3-day hike on the world-famous Chilkoot Trail. It will take a few days to put together a report in the way I did my 1997 hike of the trail, but here are a few photos from the 350 I shot. As you can see, the weat...
Honouring a Real Hero – Captain Bob Bartlett
In this modern age when hockey players and musicians are considered “heroes”, I think it’s important to occasionally point out what a real hero is. In 2009 Canada is celebrating the life of Captain Robert Bartlett, one of the greate...
Extreme Day Hike – Venus Mine 1901
Everyone who has ever driven the South Klondike Highway has seen a few bits and pieces of various incarnations of the Venus silver mine – the mill is impossible to miss and some of the buildings higher up the mountain are easy to spot. There...
Genealogy - Off to the Yukon
A few days ago my mailbox contained a copy of the beautifully-produced newsletter of the Tay Valley Family History Society from Dundee, Scotland. I had supplied the cover art so of course was interested in seeing the article that it was tied to. A br...
Atlin, British Columbia in the 1930s
I often see what little value many people place on their family’s history, and today I have the pleasure of showing you the other side of that coin. A collection of photos shot on a cruise and land tour of Alaska and neighbouring regions in the...
Taking it Easy by Going Back in Time
I’m somewhat limited in both my physical and mental abilities until my body gets used to the dilantin I’m now on, so I’m undertaking some “occupational therapy” by doing something I love - digging into Yukon-Alaska histo...
Yukon Gold Rush Roadhouses
This is a video that well-known broadcaster Les McLaughlin shot with me at the Robinson Roadhouse in 2005 - he’s just posted it on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSc_onUmGIs. There are many excellent videos about the Klondike Gold R...
World War II in Alaska
I’m in Week 3 of a major upgrade of ExploreNorth, removing dead links and adding new ones. This morning I’ve discovered news about a new US National Historic Monument and an excellent NPS teachers’ resource. The World War II Valor i...
Historic Christmas Cards
Every once in a while during my eBay cruising, I’ve found a real gem among all the run-of-the-mill stuff. Once such piece that I bought in 2003 is a special embossed RCMP Christmas card mailed from Dawson City in 1940. Click on the image below ...
So Much to See….
…. and never enough time. Two of the many places in this area that remain on my “must-see” list are the historic Engineer Mine, and Ben-My-Chree. Both of them were famous around the world in the 1920s and now have all but disappeare...
