Carcross – the town you don’t know

The photo below shows the way things looked in Carcross 2 hours ago, with the train to Skagway leaving and the new footbridge being built behind.

Carcross is changing rapidly – the psychological changes have already occurred, and the physical ones will take place over this summer and the next 3 years. The daily train is back, the obnoxious drunks are gone, $3 million in federal/territorial funding is making several badly-needed upgrades to downtown (including the footbridge, a viewing deck and bathrooms on the beach, and a new boat dock), the new owners of the Caribou Hotel have promised that it will be something we can be proud of, and there’s a long list of other things that have been firmed up (and yes, there are also lots of dreams as always!). I hope to be able to share this exciting re-birth with many of you 🙂