Category: Lake Bennett, Yukon/BC

June 29 was an amazing day, riding behind the White Pass & Yukon Route’s beloved 1947 Baldwin steam locomotive #73 to Bennett and back. I’m still not clear on how this all played out, but 9 days prior I had received an email from a friend at the WP&YR,...

For 3 days last week, I immersed myself in 2 things that I haven’t gotten anywhere near enough of in recent years – history and wilderness. This is a very long post – after the final edit, I have 476 photos from this trip. As well as the 69...

My intention was to get a good day’s work done at our Carcross cabin yesterday, but I got a bit distracted by a few things, mostly the warm sun! I got off to a late start, and when I finally got to Carcross about noon it was cloudy and...

On May 13, 2009, the White Pass & Yukon Route announced that the seasonal rail service from Skagway to Carcross which was scheduled to begin on May 22 had been suspended due to a major washout of the rail line 4 miles south of Bennett. Although only a small...