We did not intend on staying there more than two days in Whitehorse, but ended up staying 5 days. We found out about the WhitePass/Yukon railroad to Skagway and a catamaran boat tour from Skagway to Juneau that we decided to take. Skagway was about 105 miles south down the road from Whitehorse. I will tell you about those two trips later.
This is Miles Canyon, near Whitehorse, where years ago it was very treacherous with rapids, before they built a dam. The gold prospectors had to travel through this canyon on their way to the gold in Dawson City area. Many didn't make it.
This log cabin highrise is right in the city of Whitehorse. Whitehorse is the largest city so far that we have encountered in Canada. They even have a McDonalds.
This wooden fish ladder was built near the dam to enable the Salmon & other fish to swim up and over the dam to their spawning areas. It is the longest wooden fish ladder in the world.
Hereis a view of the Miles Canyon from the suspension bridge. I was brave, wasn't I? I tell you that I held on; actually, maybe Jim took this photo! :-) (Remember that I am afraid of heights!)
Here is the supension bridge we crossed to view the Miles Canyon.
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This is the SS Klondike, a restored paddlewheeler on the Yukon River in Whitehorse. It was the last paddlewheeler to carry cargo and passengers before the road was built. It is steam driven. We toured it.
This is the Captain's Bridge where the navigation took place. Imagine steering this through Miles Canyon!
This is the captain's cabin, which was nicer than first class cabins! I understand he earned a great deal of money; more than any other position on the boat by hundreds of dollars a month.
This is the first class lounge/viewing area. It is very nice.
We also visited a museum there which was very interesting. They had all the Yukon animals stuffed & on display there. These are the mountain goats which can range from a dusty white to a very white color. Note that their horns are very spike-like. (Versa Mountain Sheep)
This is a typical, or actually, better than typical, log cabin at the museum.
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This is a paddlewheeler navigating that Miles Canyon before the dam, about 1900. It is quite different, isn't it!
This is a Musk Ox, only found way up north in the Yukon. It is difficult to see because he is bending to the ground with his head.
This is a Northwest Mounted Police cabin. They were brought in to try to establish order in the yukon during the gold rush years.
This is a typical cache where the pioneers keep their food safe from bears, and kept bears from ruining their cabins looking for food. How would you like to climb this everytime you cooked a meal?
This is Jim peeking into the real Sam McGee's cabin. This is the man that Robert Service wrote the poem about, although he took a lot of poetic license with the poem. He did get permission from Sam to use his name. Even though the poem is not all truthful about Sam, it does depict some of the hardships of these prospectors.
This is a trolley which runs down along the river in Whitehorse. It was taken from across the river from our church's driveway.
This log cabin highrise is right in the city of Whitehorse. Whitehorse is the largest city so far that we have encountered in Canada. They even have a McDonalds.
This wooden fish ladder was built near the dam to enable the Salmon & other fish to swim up and over the dam to their spawning areas. It is the longest wooden fish ladder in the world.
Hereis a view of the Miles Canyon from the suspension bridge. I was brave, wasn't I? I tell you that I held on; actually, maybe Jim took this photo! :-) (Remember that I am afraid of heights!)
Here is the supension bridge we crossed to view the Miles Canyon..JPG)
This is the SS Klondike, a restored paddlewheeler on the Yukon River in Whitehorse. It was the last paddlewheeler to carry cargo and passengers before the road was built. It is steam driven. We toured it.
This is the Captain's Bridge where the navigation took place. Imagine steering this through Miles Canyon!
This is the captain's cabin, which was nicer than first class cabins! I understand he earned a great deal of money; more than any other position on the boat by hundreds of dollars a month.
This is the first class lounge/viewing area. It is very nice.
We also visited a museum there which was very interesting. They had all the Yukon animals stuffed & on display there. These are the mountain goats which can range from a dusty white to a very white color. Note that their horns are very spike-like. (Versa Mountain Sheep)
This is a typical, or actually, better than typical, log cabin at the museum..JPG)
This is a paddlewheeler navigating that Miles Canyon before the dam, about 1900. It is quite different, isn't it!
This is a Musk Ox, only found way up north in the Yukon. It is difficult to see because he is bending to the ground with his head.
This is a Northwest Mounted Police cabin. They were brought in to try to establish order in the yukon during the gold rush years.
This is a typical cache where the pioneers keep their food safe from bears, and kept bears from ruining their cabins looking for food. How would you like to climb this everytime you cooked a meal?
This is Jim peeking into the real Sam McGee's cabin. This is the man that Robert Service wrote the poem about, although he took a lot of poetic license with the poem. He did get permission from Sam to use his name. Even though the poem is not all truthful about Sam, it does depict some of the hardships of these prospectors.
This is a trolley which runs down along the river in Whitehorse. It was taken from across the river from our church's driveway.
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