Get update alerts
Locations
- .All Trips
- Art
- Car Culture
- Central America/Caribbean
- Food
- Food Tour
- Pic of the Week
- Sl;ovenia
.All Trips / North America / Western Canada / Yukon
MacBride Museum, Whitehorse
I’ve visited the MacBride museum twice, first in the late 1990s and again 20 years later. The museum had changed a lot. The building that houses it had expanded significantly (growing some 15,000 square feet) and its collection and display space have also grown.
The MacBride Museum has been collecting and documenting the Yukon’s history for almost 70 years. The Museum was founded by the Yukon Historical Society and later named for W.D. MacBride. Mr. MacBride was born in Montana, was orphaned as a child, and moved to Alaska in 1912. A few years later he relocated to Whitehorse where he lived, married, raised a family, and worked for almost 50 years as an employee of the White Pass and Yukon …
Tagged AlCan highway, history, Klondike Gold Rush, MacBride Museum, Yukon
“Pic of the Week”, July 5, 2019: ‘Ice and Flowers’, Kluane National Park
When I visited Kluane National Park headquarters, situated in the small and remote town of Haines Junction, Yukon, I was immediately drawn to this magnificent artwork. It was hanging near a large window, the framed backdrop being wonderful views of Kluane.
The work is called “Ice and Flowers” and was created by Yukon artist, Doug Smarch Jr. The work was inspired by the water drops reflecting the faces of those studying them up close.
(Click on thumbnails to enlarge, right arrow to advance slideshow)
Jul 4, 2019
Comments Off on “Pic of the Week”, July 5, 2019: ‘Ice and Flowers’, Kluane National Park
.All Trips / North America / Western Canada / Yukon
The Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, Whitehorse
Canada’s Yukon territory is well know for its natural beauty and abundance of outdoor recreation. It’s a very sparsely populated region (one human for every 2 moose), but there are a few interesting indoor sites to visit including this one, which I think is the best in the territory.
Why was Beringia not covered with ice? Because while it was cold, it was too dry. The coastal mountains of Alaska so sheltered the interior of Alaska and the Yukon from moisture that there was not enough precipitation here to create a glacier. Because of thick ice sheets on the continents, the ocean levels were lowered and a land bridge appeared which allowed migration of people and animals between Asia and North …
Tagged Beringia, Ice Age, museum, Whitehorse, Yukon
.All Trips / North America / Western Canada / Yukon
Signs of Whitehorse
As many of you know, I like to collect photos of signage during my travels. Looking for signs helps me study the destination I’m visiting more carefully than I otherwise might have, and often tells me a lot about the nature of the city I’m visiting.
Whitehorse is the Yukon’s only city and the center of the territory’s commerce, tourism and government. And while it is a relatively young city, it dates to the Klondike Gold Rush, a most colorful and interesting period in history.
Here are some of the signs I encountered during my recent trip to northern Canada.
(Click on thumbnails to enlarge, right arrow to advance slideshow)
Tagged Signs, Whitehorse, Yukon
