The wolves have arrived
Here I sit at the computer at 04:15 a.m., after laying in bed stewing about wolves for the past hour or so. A dozen or so domestic dogs have been killed by wolves within a few miles of here the past couple of winters, and wolves came by last...
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Magic & mystery, or homogeny?
This was the Red Feather Saloon as I saw it for the first time, on June 20, 1985. This is one of the images from that trip, a whirlwind tour of the Yukon and adjacent areas by small plane, that I love the most – it reminds me of...
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A history & nature day
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...
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Former Yukoners
In replying to an email from Linda in Ontario a few minutes ago, I realized something that strikes me as important. Okay, important to me 🙂 There’s no such thing as a “former Yukoner” – some people can live here their whole lives and never become a Yukoner, but...
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The new “Welcome to Yukon” signs
The “Welcome to Yukon” sign on the South Klondike Highway was taken down a couple of weeks ago for renovation. I assumed that the renovation would largely entail changing the slogan from “Canada’s True North” (which I found offensive) to “Larger Than Life”. But it went back up on...
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Another birding weekend
Ah, Spring, when the world is once again filled with the songs of birds. What better excuse to spend a few hours behind the lens of my camera. Here are some of the birds we saw in Dyea and Carcross over the weekend. Below, a gray ruffed grouse on...
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No rest when Spring arrives!
I’ve received some emails recently wondering if I’m okay. I appreciate the concern, and it has been over a month since I’ve posted here, but it’s not because I’ve been sick or any such bad thing. Spring is just such a busy time in the North, and this Spring...
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Here we go – another election
There’s little visible enthusiasm about the election that’s only 2 days away. Visible in the usual sense of signs. But people are talking, and that’s probaby more important. I just got off the phone with CBC’s Leonard Linklater, discussing some of the voting details and issues in the Carcross...
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Sam McGee on Etch-a-Sketch
I get a lot of really cool emails in my Inbox at ExploreNorth – here’s one I have to share with you. Ted Widen is a teacher in BC with a unique talent. While he had his Grade 10 students memorizing The Cremation of Sam McGee recently, he decided...
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Error in Branding? “Yukon – Larger Than Life”
The folks at Yukon Tourism are in trouble again – this time, it’s about the new Yukon logo and slogan seen to the right. Over the past year or so I’ve filled out 2 long surveys supposedly about what direction our identity branding should go, but the last one,...
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