Category: History

Summer has arrived in the southern Yukon in a major way. We’re now hovering around record temperatures (8-10 degrees above normal) every day for at least the next week, and I’m of course looking for ways to enjoy as much of it as possible. On Wednesday afternoon (July 5th)...

Last week, Tim Green offered to take members of my Yukon History & Abandoned Places group on a guided hike of the Copper Mines Branch of the White Pass & Yukon Route railway. On July 2nd, 8 people and a St. Bernard joined him – we walked a total...

I have too much stuff, and it’s been a constant source of stress, particularly since I got injured 4 years ago. I made some significant reductions to it last year, but there’s much more to deal with. Over the past few days, Cathy and I have finally dealt with...

On Thursday (May 25th), I took the V-Star out for a wander, and it turned out to be an excellent day, despite the last hour of the 6-hour outing being in the rain. My day’s activities actually began at the Whitehorse airport. On Wednesday evening I had gone there...

I have some very good reasons to say “no” to most activities. But yesterday was an excellent day because I said “yes” to two. The first one was quite easy. Spring hasn’t really arrived at Whitehorse until I’ve been out photographing the first Prairie crocuses (Anemone patens) – that happened...

I’m going to start this post off with a screenshot from a Yukon government press release from December 7th: In my post on November 30th I said “Many weeks ago, I got 3 requests for engagements of various kinds, and I declined all of them – I simply didn’t...

It’s been 7 weeks since I last talked to you. In that time the southern Yukon has gone from a nice Fall to a dreary but fairly mild Winter, with a more normal snow level than the last two extremely heavy-snow Winters. Another Winter like those two might get...

The weather continues to be wonderful, and though I haven’t been feeling well recently I really needed to get out, so I was determined yesterday to load up the e-bike and go somewhere for a major Adventure, though I had no idea where that might be. I’m usually up...

My great e-bike ride on the historic Dawson Overland Trail a few days ago inspired me to do an even longer ride, and I decided that Ibex Valley Trail just west of Whitehorse could be perfect. Making a loop by riding back to the car on the Alaska Highway...

I did a fairly major adventure with the e-bike yesterday, riding 31.5 km on the historic Dawson Overland Trail north of Whitehorse. Built in 1902, this was the winter road to Dawson, used when the Yukon River froze – see “The Whitehorse to Dawson Overland Trail” by Ken Spotswood....