2013 VACATION PLANNER - Travel Yukon

Albert Creek Bird
Banding Station
While in Watson Lake, stay another day
and visit the Albert Creek Bird Banding
Station located near Upper Liard, 13 km
(8 mi) northwest of Watson Lake. The bird
banding station is open daily from the
beginning of May to mid-June and again
from the end of July to mid-September.
The station provides an excellent
opportunity to learn about birds of
southeastern Yukon. The creek is named
after Albert Dease, a descendant of famed
Hudson’s Bay Company officer Peter
Warren Dease, namesake of Dease Lake,
British Columbia. Albert was a noted guide,
packer and trapper in the Watson Lake area.
A second bird banding station located at
the Teslin Lake Campground also welcomes
visitors. Inquire at the Watson Lake Visitor
Information Centre for contact information
and a map to get to the stations.
Birdwatching near Watson Lake – YG
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Passport, Bud and Nancy adventured
through Yukon’s landscape, culture
and history—right to the gold itself!
Pick up your free passport at
participating visitor centres and
attractions, and you could
win genuine Klondike gold.
Contest begins June 1 and ends September 30.
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