Category: Yukon River

Each summer, Cathy and I try to have one special day tucked away to remember when it’s 40 below zero – Sunday, August 27th will be that day this year. The fireweed on our property are the first of the Fall colours to get photo-worthy, but others won’t be...

I took Bella and Tucker for a walk at the Lewes River Dam on July 31st, and was very pleased to see that the water level had dropped well over a foot. Though flooding is still extensive, the government greatly reduced the areas under evacuation alerts yesterday, and after...

Yesterday I took a drive around the Tagish-Carcross loop to have a look at the rapidly rising waters in what we call the Southern Lakes – the headwaters of the Yukon River. A perfect storm has set the stage for the worst flooding ever seen in the region. As...

I’m getting the e-bike out fairly often, and am extremely pleased with the bike (a Giant Fathom) and the trails available to ride. Yesterday I went on a route that was particularly interesting, ending at a beach on the Yukon River, where I found some wreckage from an old...

After 10 days of deep cold, warm(er) air has returned. As I start writing this at 02:30 on January 19th, the temperature has risen 11 degrees in the past 6 hours. Although life has some extra challenges when the thermometer starts reading temperatures in the minus-40s (where Celsius and...

I’ve been so busy that I’m now 3 weeks behind on the blog, but there have been some very cool things happening so I’m going to catch up rather than skip a lot. This post is about 2 hikes on what I’m calling the Lewes River Trail, because it...

On Saturday, our hiking group met at Chadburn Lake to hike the Yukon River Trail East, a loop running from Chadburn Lake to Canyon City and back. By about 11;20, 8 people and 6 dogs were on the trail. The loop actually starts on the Log Trail, which was...

Our hiking group used to do outings on Saturday mostly, but as the group is expanding, so is the variety of times and places. One of the members suggested a few days ago that dinner-time hikes might be nice, so on Thursday, 5 of us with 3 dogs met...

Fort Selkirk is one of the most significant historic sites in the Yukon, and countless millions of dollars have been spent there in the past couple of decades. Few people will ever see the site, though, as you need to have a boat to get there. Each year on...

I really like it when Mother Nature drops the temperature to bitterly-cold levels. It’s exciting. While I may not like every aspect of deep cold, recent posts by Yukoners on various social media sites show that many of us consider the cold to be more exciting or at least...