Category: History

This morning, I again awoke to fairly heavy snow falling. That makes yesterday’s sunshine even more special – it prompted another trip to Skagway, and it turned out to be a superb day. The light was spectacular, and there were enough clouds to provide a lot of drama through...

The day up Montana Mountain with Bob was excellent – even the weather cooperated. I’ve only ever shown a handful of people I trust the campsite seen in the first photo below. This is probably the most pristine century-old campsite in the Yukon – almost everything is there, from...

I love traveling! (you may have noticed that theme here 🙂 ) On Tuesday I began a new gig as a tour escort – after many years of having an escort handle the details of my groups’ tours while I drove the motorcoach and talked a lot, now I...

As well as the article about Yukon bloggers (which I think was poorly executed) in yesterday’s Yukon News, there was an article about Yukon highway lodges being forced to close, supposedly because of the government’s new health regulations and the related costs of new septic systems. Bear Creek Lodge,...

Coming up in 3 weeks is a symposium that all of us who are involved in Yukon history will want to attend. And unlike so many symposia, this one is actually affordable to the average Yukoner. The focus of “Discovering Northern Gold” is in 2 parts – the primary...

I love old buildings. Well, most old buildings. Some have such a history of bad karma that its very, very difficult to find anything to love. The Caribou Hotel is in that category, and ever since Bob Olsen was murdered I’ve been saying that I’d like to see it...

For many people, the wilderness is therapeutic. For others, photography works the same way. On Wednesday (September 6th), I guided professional photographers Robin Armour (from Yukon Tourism) and Patrick Close (the current artist-in-residence at the Ted Harrison Artist Retreat at Crag Lake) up Montana Mountain for a day of...

Bottled water is a tough market to break into, with the big box stores selling it for what appears to be about the cost of the bottle. Barry Enders in Whitehorse has just begun serious marketing of his bottled water at several times the cost of the big-box water...