Category: Yukon River

Fort Selkirk is a remote ghost town, one of the oldest communities in the Yukon, and a gem of a historic site that few people will ever see. The only way to reach it is by boat, but each year on Parks Day, free boat shuttles are offered. Canada’s...

A couple of weeks ago, I happened to notice a comment on Yukon Energy’s Facebook page that they were going to do a tour of their power production plants (both hydroelectric and diesel) the following day, and I popped a note off to them to put me on the...

Last Thursday, Yukon Energy held an information night at the boat locks at the Marsh Lake Control Structure, a.k.a. the Lewes Dam or Marsh Lake Dam, on the Alaska Highway a few miles east of Whitehorse. The purpose was simply to show people how to use the locks. Although...

The circumpolar world is right now having the best aurora displays seen in the past decade, but actually seeing them can be a challenge for a variety of reasons. Photographing them can be even more of a challenge. Even with a great aurora forecast as we had on Monday...

Some days I need to take a walk to clear my head. Sometimes a short walk around the property will do, sometimes it takes a longer one. Luckily, there are a virtually infinite number of great walks close at hand here. Last Tuesday I took the motorcycle down the...

Whitehorse is a great town to be a tourist in. As well as having spectacular wilderness not only at our back door but within the city boundaries, we have a large number of really high quality man-made attractions. We had company from southern British Columbia last week (one of...

I was going to entitle this post “Icy Fog Spells the End of Motorcycle Season”, but it’s more about the dam. It was -15°C when I woke up this morning, so when I went into town I took the car. The fog seen in this photo was sitting in...