2013 VACATION PLANNER - Travel Yukon
2013 VACATION PLANNER - Travel Yukon
2013 VACATION PLANNER - Travel Yukon
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Southern Lakes<br />
dINING<br />
CARCROSS<br />
Caribou Crossing Trading Post<br />
2 km north of Carcross<br />
Km 109 South Klondike Highway<br />
Carcross, <strong>Yukon</strong> Y0B 1B0<br />
Tel: (867) 821-4055<br />
Fax: (867) 821-4025<br />
info@cariboucrossing.ca<br />
www.cariboucrossing.ca<br />
Check out Grandma’s homemade donuts and<br />
baked goods made daily at Caribou Cafe Bakery,<br />
or choose from 18 varieties of ice cream. Homemade<br />
soup and sandwiches. Large group reservations for<br />
barbecue chicken.<br />
HIGHWAY LOCATION<br />
Wolf’s Den Restaurant<br />
Mile 904 Alaska Highway<br />
Box 10089<br />
Whitehorse, <strong>Yukon</strong> Y1A 7A1<br />
Tel: (867) 393-3968<br />
info@wolfsden.ca<br />
www.wolfsden.ca<br />
Open year-round, cozy atmosphere, Swiss and western<br />
cuisine, meat and cheese fondue, raclette and Tartar’s<br />
Hut. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. GUTEN TAG!<br />
ShOppING<br />
CARCROSS<br />
Caribou Crossing Trading Post<br />
2 km north of Carcross<br />
Km 109 South Klondike Highway<br />
Carcross, <strong>Yukon</strong> Y0B 1B0<br />
Tel: (867) 821-4055<br />
Fax: (867) 821-4025<br />
info@cariboucrossing.ca<br />
www.cariboucrossing.ca<br />
A gourmet shopper’s delight. Hundreds of unique<br />
<strong>Yukon</strong>-made products. Hand-carved antler and horn,<br />
fur items, wood burls, antiques, gems and minerals.<br />
May to September.<br />
HIGHWAY LOCATION<br />
The Rock Shop<br />
South of the Alaska Highway at the Cutoff<br />
Box 10035<br />
Whitehorse, <strong>Yukon</strong> Y1A 7A1<br />
Tel: (867) 668-2772<br />
pauldwray@hotmail.com<br />
Local rocks, minerals and souvenirs, plus hardrock<br />
mining display. Open seven days a week. Phone<br />
ahead if possible.<br />
EVENtS, FEStIVaLS<br />
aNd attRaCtIONS<br />
Museums and Interpretive Centres<br />
TESLIN<br />
George Johnston Museum<br />
Mile 776 (Historic Mile 804) Alaska Highway<br />
Box 146<br />
Teslin, <strong>Yukon</strong> Y0A 1B0<br />
Tel: (867) 390-2550<br />
schatterton@northwestel.net<br />
www.gjmuseum.yk.net<br />
See rare Tlingit Nation hide and beaded cultural artifacts,<br />
brilliant ceremonial clothes, film and dioramas; 1942<br />
World War II U.S. Army highway-era radio range; and<br />
the story of a car in roadless wilderness, on an ice<br />
highway. RV parking.<br />
Teslin Tlingit Heritage Centre<br />
Mile 779 (Historic Mile 807) Alaska Highway<br />
Box 133<br />
Teslin, <strong>Yukon</strong> Y0A 1B0<br />
Tel: (867) 390-2532 ext. 335<br />
Fax: (867) 390-2156<br />
lisa.dewhurst@ttc-teslin.com<br />
www.tlingit.ca<br />
Explore Tlingit culture and art at this award-winning<br />
centre. Cultural demonstrations scheduled; purchase<br />
authentic Tlingit crafts at the gift shop. Open daily<br />
June 1 to September 1. RV access. Like us on Facebook.<br />
Parks and Historic Sites<br />
CARCROSS<br />
Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site<br />
Parks Canada<br />
205–300 Main Street<br />
Whitehorse, <strong>Yukon</strong> Y1A 2B5<br />
Tel: (867) 667-3910<br />
Toll-free: 1-800-661-0486<br />
Fax: (867) 393-6701<br />
whitehorse.info@pc.gc.ca<br />
www.parkscanada.pc.ca/chilkoot<br />
This 53-km/33-mile trip through history is one of<br />
North America’s most fabled treks. Hiking permits<br />
required; reservations recommended. Take the White<br />
Pass & <strong>Yukon</strong> Route train from Carcross to the<br />
trailhead of the Chilkoot Trail at Bennett. BONJOUR!<br />
<strong>Yukon</strong> Attractions<br />
CARCROSS<br />
Museum of Natural History /<br />
Caribou Crossing Trading Post<br />
2 km north of Carcross<br />
Km 109 South Klondike Highway<br />
Carcross, <strong>Yukon</strong> Y0B 1B0<br />
Tel: (867) 821-4055<br />
Fax: (867) 821-4025<br />
info@cariboucrossing.ca<br />
www.cariboucrossing.ca<br />
5,000 square feet of <strong>Yukon</strong> wildlife exhibits and ice-age<br />
mammals, featuring a life-sized woolly mammoth, steppe<br />
bison and the world’s largest bear. Gold panning, mini<br />
golf, dogcart rides, horse-drawn wagon rides and<br />
old-fashioned photo studio.<br />
White Pass & <strong>Yukon</strong> Route Railroad<br />
1109 First Avenue, Suite 4<br />
Whitehorse, <strong>Yukon</strong> Y1A 5G4<br />
Tel: (867) 633-5710<br />
Toll-free: 1-800-343-7373<br />
Fax: (867) 456-7082<br />
info@wpyr.com<br />
www.wpyr.com<br />
The Scenic Railway of the World: this narrow gauge<br />
railway was built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold<br />
Rush. Round-trip excursions from Skagway and<br />
train-motorcoach service between Whitehorse–<br />
Carcross–Skagway.<br />
VISItOR SERVICES<br />
Information<br />
CARCROSS<br />
Carcross Visitor Information Centre<br />
Carcross Gateway Pavilion<br />
Carcross, <strong>Yukon</strong> Y0B 1B0<br />
Tel: (867) 821-4431<br />
Fax: (867) 821-3006<br />
vic.carcross@gov.yk.ca<br />
Operated by the Department of Tourism and Culture.<br />
Provides extensive information about one of the <strong>Yukon</strong>’s<br />
most picturesque areas. BONJOUR! GUTEN TAG!<br />
Pick up your free passport<br />
at participating visitor centres<br />
and attractions, and you could<br />
win genuine Klondike gold.<br />
Contest begins June 1 and ends September 30.<br />
> Southern Lakes travelyukon.com 41
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