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Beaufort Sea 0 90 miles 0 145 kilometres SS Klondike, Whitehorse ALASKA Old Crow Whitehorse A R C T I C C I R C L E Named after the rapids on the Yukon River that reminded gold prospectors of the ‘flowing manes of albino Appaloosas’, Whitehorse was built by prospectors who flooded into the region at the height of the Klondike gold rush. This is where they set up camp after surviving the arduous Chilkoot Trail from Skagway and before negotiating the perilous waters of the Yukon River and Miles Canyon that still blocked their route to the goldfields. Today Whitehorse is an easier place to reach and, with 23,000 inhabitants, is by far the largest town in the Yukon. Urban highlights include tours of the SS Klondike, one of only two surviving paddle steamers, Old Log Church Museum, the MacBride Museum and the Yukon Brewing Company. The area’s mineral wealth might be exhausted, but the surrounding mountain wilderness, speckled with tranquil lakes, is beautiful and wholly unspoiled: it will make you want to put on your boots and explore. Beaver Creek St Elias Mountains Dempster Highway Dawson City Yukon River Tincup Lake Haines Junction Kluane National Park Mayo Keno YUKON WHITEHORSE Skagway Marsh Lake Carcross Ross River BRITISH COLUMBIA NORTHWEST TERRITORIES Watson Lake HIGH COUNTRY INN, WHITEHORSE One of Whitehorse’s greatest attractions is its historic waterfront and nearby you’ll find the High Country Inn. Offering the easiest access of any hotel in town, it is locally owned and extends a warm and friendly welcome. The rustic décor of the Yukon Mining Company Saloon creates a warm ambience where you can try northern cuisine and even pan for gold. With a 13 metre high wooden mountie guarding the entrance there is an air of eccentricity. Outside, the largest heated deck in town is the perfect spot to enjoy a locally-produced beer with the residents, or watch, on long summer evenings from late August onwards, as the Northern Lights play across the sky. Sunset canoeing Yukon fishing INN ON THE LAKE, MARSH LAKE Reached by a scenic 40 minute drive south of Whitehorse, the Inn on the Lake has been beautifully constructed from logs to provide 16 comfortably furnished rooms and suites. The inn enjoys a magnificent location overlooking Marsh Lake in the heart of pristine countryside, at its best when seen from the spacious deck. Many guests come here from late August onwards to see the Aurora Borealis. The library and great room are perfect places to relax whilst the inn also boasts solariums, a hot tub, sauna and a well-appointed fitness centre. The inn’s sister property, the eight bedroom Inn on the River, is a delightful alternative. TINCUP WILDERNESS LODGE, ST ELIAS MOUNTAINS Tincup Wilderness Lodge is a luxury fly-in lodge nestled at the foot of Yukon’s St. Elias Mountains, home to some of the tallest peaks and most breathtaking glaciers in North America. This dramatic landscape offers guests a huge variety of activities such as exceptional fishing, especially for lake trout and arctic grayling, guided hikes, canoeing and kayaking. Each guest cabin has a wood-burning stove, private bathroom and a covered veranda with views over the crystal blue waters of Tincup Lake. José, your hostess, is also a renowned chef so meals here are a perpetual delight and can be followed by a sauna or a soak in the hot tub, with the chance to listen to the tales of old recounted by a local First Nations storyteller. Inn on the Lake The Yukon: Canada Telephone: 01993 838 700 95
96 Dawson City Dawson City Few places in Canada evoke such a strong sense of history as Dawson City, now registered as a National Historic Site. For a few short years from 1896 Dawson City had the richest gold mine of all time, and was at the heart of the Klondike gold rush. Nearly 100,000 people struggled across almost impenetrable mountains and huge tracts of wilderness to seek their fortunes. Today the town’s wooden boardwalks, historic saloons, falsefronted wooden houses and rutted dirt streets retain that frontier atmosphere. The ghosts of legendary characters such as Skookum Jim, Tagish Charley and Soapy Smith echo throughout the poetry of Robert Service and Jack London and can still be felt in this perfectly-preserved time-warp gem. There are many places to visit here, including the Palace Grand Theatre, Diamond Tooth Silver Creek Gertie’s Gambling House, the Robert Service and Jack London cabins and the Dawson City Museum. Nearby are the famous goldfields of Bonanza Creek and the Klondike River where it is possible to tour Dredge No. 4 or try panning for gold yourself. BOMBAY PEGGY’S, DAWSON CITY Still bearing the name of its former madame, this recently restored gold rush-era brothel has an intriguing history, having also served as a mining company’s headquarters, a family home, boarding house and an art gallery. Now an historic inn and pub, Bombay Peggy’s has nine uniquely and exuberantly decorated rooms, furnished with antiques and many with claw-foot baths. With its colourful past it is hard to imagine a better place to appreciate the living history of the Klondike’s gold rush years. No. 4 Gold Dredge Ten miles from Dawson City, No. 4 Dredge is the biggest wooden-hull, bucket-line gold dredge in North America, resting on Claim No. 17BD on one of the Klondike’s richest gold rivers, Bonanza Creek. Constructed in 1912 and used right up until 1966, this extraordinary piece of industrial history would dig up as much as 25kg of gold per day. A visit here provides a fascinating insight into the sheer scale of gold mining in the Klondike’s heyday. Palace Grand Theatre, Dawson City Kluane National Park Established in 1972, this gem of a park covers 21,980 square kilometres in the southwest corner of the Yukon. It is a land of precipitous mountains, the world’s largest non-polar icefields and lush valleys where Dall’s sheep, grizzly bears, moose, lynx, wolves, and wolverines thrive, under a sky filled with golden and bald eagles, Arctic terns and peregrine falcons. The park is home to Mount Logan (5959m), Canada’s highest peak, and glaciers more than one and a half kilometres deep. The icefields are largely inaccessible but the green valleys offer a variety of walking trails for experienced hikers. Stunning Kluane Lake is much more accessible, lying along the edge of the Alaska Highway just outside the park, and is framed by snow-capped mountains whose glaciers feed its ice-blue waters.
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