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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 />

> Whitehorse travelyukon.com 45

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