Today we visited the Yukon Territorial government offices here in Whitehorse, the Territorial capital. The building is about as big as you would expect for the seat of a territory with 37,000 residents:
We received a great tour of the Assembly chambers. The Yukon Territorial Assembly has 19 members, 12 of which are from the majority party. They meet for 60 days every spring and fall:
In the hall, there was a display about the ceremonial mace, without which proceedings cannot begin:
There was a 20+ pane stained glass mural depicting the history of the Yukon running the lenth of the building. This is the beginning of the mural:
We walked a couple blocks to the SS Klondike, one of the sternwheelers used to carry gold from Dawson City to Whitehorse and supplies the other way:
Stacks of simulated supplies:
The SS Klondike had dining and lodging for 24 first-class passengers:
The Yukon rivers flows on by at quite a clip:
M may have lost his wallet:
Even Whitehorse has its hoodlums:
Heading North, there were several places to walk down to the Yukon River:
There were butterflies a plenty:
After a few hours driving, we reached the junction with the Dempster Highway, and drove towards Tombstone Territorial Park:
Good thing we filled up on gas at the junction:
After an hour or so of driving the Dempster Highway, we reached a streamside pullout to camp in over Shabbos. Sunset here is at 12:46AM. Here are views of our site at around 11:45PM:
North on the Dempster:
And South:
Good Shabbos from Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon Territory! See the trip map for driving details and current location.
What would YOU do for a Klondike
bar(sternwheeler?)funny you should mention that, we were thinking about buying some of them as a theme food for the children.
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