Whitehorse

After all of our chores were done, including the dinner dishes, Mary and I paid a visit to the famous sign forest of Watson Lake. A soldier working on the Alaska Highway in 1942 tacked a sign on a tree showing the distance to Danville, Illinois, his home town. There are now about 60,000 signs showing the home towns of about that many people, including Oulu, Finland.

Watson Lake Sign Forest

On Saturday morning we left Watson lake headed for Whitehorse. Watson Lake is in Yukon Territory but we crossed back into British Columbia before coming back into Yukon just before Teslin. The scenery was beautiful as usual and as we descended to Teslin Lake we got a good view of the longest bridge on the Alaska Highway crossing Nisutlin Bay. We gassed up in Teslin with 175 litres at a cost of $241.90 Canadian. This is the equivalent of $5.37 a gallon.

Bridge Crossing Nisutlin Bay

A very enlightening stop in Teslin was a visit to the George Johnson Museum displaying a collection of artifacts and photographs belonging to George Johnson a native of the area. George was an amazing guy who ordered a camera via mail order and taught himself photography. After a successful season of trapping George bought a Chevrolet and brought it to Teslin on a barge from Whitehorse via the Yukon and Teslin rivers even though there were no roads in Teslin.

George Johnson's Chevrolet

It was lunch time when we got done at the museum so it was only natural for us to stop at Mukluk Annies Salmon Bake for lunch. The Sockeye Salmon and salad bar made an excellent lunch.

Mukluk Annies

Then it was on to Whitehorse, the largest city in the Yukon Territory with a population of 24,000 people or 2/3 of the entire population of Yukon.

Whitehorse

This was the first time we were turned away from an RV Park because they were full. We did find a great wooded site at Pioneer RV Park. Since it was Saturday night we decided to go out on the town and went to a performance of the Frantic Follies. It was wild and crazy.

Frantic Follies

The air was turning chilly when we left the theater and when we arose on Sunday morning there was white stuff falling from the sky. The natives claim it was unusual to get snow in June. Ya sure!

Snow fall in June

We attended church services at the Anglican Cathedral of Yukon Territory and were delighted with the service and the friendliness of the people. The stained glass windows depicted scenes typical for the area.

Stained Glass Windows in Anglican Cathedral

Next door to the Cathedral is an original log Anglican church which is now a museum showing early life of the Anglican Church in Northwest Canada. It was very interesting and well done.

Anglican Church Museum

Tomorrow morning we will make a run for Dawson City. The weather forecast for Whitehorse is still a little dodgy but it looks good further north.