Dawson City (July 2024)

We traveled from Tok, AK, to Dawson City in the Yukon Territories via the Top of the World Highway.  Expansive views as we traveled on a dirt road on top of the ridges and hills.  The only thing we passed for miles was the border station which is barely visible on the left hand side of the photo below.

Dawson City is the home to the Klondike Goldrush.  Most of the people you traveled through Skagway, up the Chilkoot pass and down the Yukon River got to Dawson too late as most of the stakes had already been claimed.  Jack London was one of these people.  He lasted less than a year because he got very sick and had to return to the lower 48.  This cabin is a replica of the cabin he lived in while he was in the Klondike.  Actually, the bottom two rows of logs are from the original cabin.  The rest of the cabin is on display in Oakland, CA.

The SS Keno, one of the many paddle wheelers that plied the Yukon and its tributaries.

The Palace Grand Theatre

The Bank of British North America

Red Feather Saloon

The Old Post Office

The Commissioner's Residence

Other historic buildings in Dawson City

After leaving Dawson we began our long journey southward to Whitehorse, Boya Lake, Kinaskan Lake with a longer stop in Stewart, BC, to try to see bears feeding on salmon, but that will be in the next post.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fairbanks (July 2024)

Image
Our next stop was Fairbanks.  We visited Gold Dredge #8, the Museum of the North, and Pioneer Park.  We took a riverboat ride on the Chena River with a stop at Trail Breaker Kennel, the kennel started by four time Iditarod winner, Susan Butcher, and a recreated Chena Indian Village.  We also had dinner with my cousin Jane and her husband, Jim, long time Fairbanks residents.  And as you might have guessed, we did manage to see a moose cow and calf in a pond in the Chena River Recreation Area. But first the pipeline: Gold Dredge 8.  Later in our trip, we got to see exactly how these monster floating machines transformed the landscape in Dawson.  They scooped up the gravel at the bottom of a stream bed, sorted out the gold, and dumped the remaining gravel in a long serpentine pile behind.  The last photo in this group shows a bit of these long piles of gravel in Dawson. Dinner with my cousin, Jane, and her husband, Jim, on the Chena River. Museum of the North - If you ever visit Fairbanks
Read more

Houston and Waco, TX

Image
Our next stop on our journey was Galveston and Houston, TX. Here is a shot of the brand new Carnival Jubilee starting its maiden voyage in Galveston. And an older ship in Galveston harbor. We spent a day at Space Center Houston.  This is the actual 747 which flew the space shuttles across the country.  The shuttle on top is a mockup. Photos of Mission Control for the Apollo missions. Photos of the Astronaut Training Facility Photos of actual Mercury, Gemini and Apollo capsules that have been to space. We happened to be in Houston for the opening day of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, so we decided to go. And then a trip to the Heritage Museum in Sam Houston Park in downtown Houston.  These are relocated historical buildings from as early as 1805. Then we headed to Waco to visit with our  friends Bill and Joyce Green. Photos of the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco. Photos at the Waco Suspension Bridge constructed in 1870 for cattle drives on the Chisholm trail to use as they crossed the
Read more

Anchorage (June 2024)

Image
We made it to Anchorage on June 26.  We camped at Bird Creek Campground on the Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage. Here are more photos from the Turnagain Arm. On Friday, 6/29, we drove to Whittier and took the 26 Glacier Cruise.  Prepare yourself for lots of photos of glaciers. And the glacier calves Note the boat in the photo below On Sunday we went to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center Ben and Grace joined us Sunday night and on Monday we headed to Seward and Kenai Fjords National Park, but that will be my next post.
Read more