2013 VACATION PLANNER - Travel Yukon
2013 VACATION PLANNER - Travel Yukon
2013 VACATION PLANNER - Travel Yukon
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Main Street café – YG<br />
WHITEHORSE EHORSE<br />
Our Community<br />
Whitehorse<br />
During the rush to the Klondike in 1898,<br />
thousands of reckless adventurers battled<br />
ice, winds and churning rapids on their<br />
<strong>Yukon</strong> River voyage. The turbulent<br />
Whitehorse Rapids—so named because<br />
the rapids resembled the flowing manes<br />
of white horses—took lives and destroyed<br />
boats. The location below the rapids had<br />
long been a First Nations fishing site.<br />
Once the White Pass & <strong>Yukon</strong> Route<br />
railroad from Skagway, Alaska was<br />
completed, the settlement became a<br />
connecting point between the trains and<br />
<strong>Yukon</strong> River paddlewheelers, eventually<br />
growing into the city of Whitehorse.<br />
Today <strong>Yukon</strong>’s capital city rightly claims<br />
to have it all. A classic Main Street<br />
ambience—coupled with great shopping,<br />
restaurants and quality visitor services—<br />
makes Whitehorse a superb destination<br />
and base for explorations around the<br />
<strong>Yukon</strong>. With golf courses, hot springs,<br />
excellent museums and plentiful<br />
accommodations, you won’t have to<br />
“go without” on a visit to Whitehorse.<br />
Population: 27,322<br />
Sternwheeler S.S. Klondike on the riverfront – YG<br />
Local Attractions<br />
S.S. Klondike National Historic Site<br />
The carefully restored S.S. Klondike,<br />
the largest sternwheeler to ply the upper<br />
<strong>Yukon</strong> River, is a Parks Canada National<br />
Historic Site. One of Whitehorse’s<br />
landmark attractions, this eye-catching<br />
vessel occupies one of the city’s prettiest<br />
sites on the banks of the <strong>Yukon</strong> River. The<br />
S.S. Klondike is open daily for self-guided<br />
tours throughout the summer.<br />
www.parkscanada.gc.ca/ssklondike<br />
Weekday public performances at LePage Park all summer – YG<br />
MacBride Museum of <strong>Yukon</strong> History<br />
MacBride Museum offers the most<br />
comprehensive overview of the territory’s<br />
history. Visit the new Modern History<br />
gallery, see over 40 species of animals,<br />
visit the Discovery Zone for Kids, and try<br />
your hand at gold panning. See Engine 51<br />
of the White Pass & <strong>Yukon</strong> Route railroad,<br />
and Sam McGee’s Cabin. Enjoy films and<br />
presentations daily. Open year-round,<br />
on the Whitehorse waterfront.<br />
www.macbridemuseum.com<br />
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