Welcome To (The) Yukon
For as long as there have been highways into the Yukon, there have been roadside signs welcoming visitors to the territory
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One Pixel At A Time
Leighann Chaylykoff walks us through Peter Dawson’s efforts to record and preserve the history of Qikiqtaruk—Herschel Island.
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The Town Of Faro
Faro was one of the last mine sites in the Yukon that constructed a town, rather than a camp, to house employees.
Venus Mill Project
Venus mill documentation project aims to illuminate and educate using digital technology “Complicated yet simple, it is a wonderful combination of mechanism, perfection and utility,”
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Finding a New Footing – Melanie Morice House
Dawson City’s Melanie Morice House undergoes a vital restoration. Journey to preserve this architectural gem and its heritage significance.
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Conserving The Cache – 1937 Mount Lucania expedition
Discover the history behind the artifacts recovered from the 1937 Mount Lucania expedition, now preserved thanks to dedicated conservation efforts.
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Bringing The Light Back to a 70-year-old Whitehorse Landmark
Throughout its 70 years in operation, the Yukon Theatre building has seen many renovations, many different owners.
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The long history of the Old Log Church Museum
It was built in just a few short months in 1900, and next year the Old Log Church Museum—one of Whitehorse’s oldest buildings in continuous
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Connecting To The land; Connecting To Each Other
It was a perfect summer morning in July 2023. Vuntut Gwitchin youth and Elders gathered for breakfast at their heritage camp…
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A Race Against The Clock
On a Saturday in late August 2018, with just a half-hour left in their helicopter budget for the season, the Yukon government…
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Growing Up Van Bibber
When Elder Lucy Sanderson (née Van Bibber) was growing up in her family home in rural Yukon in the 1930s, she dreamed of travelling.
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Community, Connection and Caribou
On a winter afternoon, Montana and Delaney Prysnuk are hanging a caribou hide to dry in the sun. It has taken months of work…
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The Sibilla Gets A Facelift
When Bob Cameron was a kid in the late 1950s and ’60s, his family spent summer weekends boating on Tagish Lake.
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Breathing New Life Into A 1950s Mystery
It could be a military dog tag, a cut of metal or a twist of fabric. Uncovering even the smallest thing from a plane that disappeared…
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‘We have never got rich, but we sure have a good life being poor.’
For nearly 70 years, the Bradley family have called the Pelly River Ranch home. Dale Bradley’s roots run deep at the Pelly River Ranch.
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Finding Connections to Their Northern Roots
Yann Herry is drawn to true stories of daring. Ask him about his favourite characters in the Yukon’s Francophone history and he’ll tell you about
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Back to the land
On an evening in early November, Teri-Lee Isaac and her family butchered a caribou that was given to them by family in Fort McPherson. While the practice gives the family a freezer full of wild meat for the upcoming winter, it also connects them to the land, and to Northern Tutchone cultural practices that have been passed down through the generations.
ensuring the history of Watson Lake is recognized–one site at a time
McNaughton had rescued boxes of photographs showing the southern Yukon town in its heyday, and with that newly acquired collection, the Watson Lake Historical Society was born.
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Sharing Northern Tutchone stories, culture and heritage—one bar at a time
Sometimes when Joella Hogan returns home after a long day, she’ll find a bag of fresh rose petals on her doorstep. And once in a
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As Elsa moves towards an uncertain future, a former resident reflects on its past
The Hamlet of Elsa—a collection of homes and industrial buildings nestled into the Silver Trail at kilometre 97—transformed from a booming mining town in the
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For more than 30 years Doug Davidge has helped solve Yukon’s historic mysteries, both hidden and exposed
Doug Davidge finds lost things. Over the course of more than three decades in the Yukon, Davidge has been known to find things that people
Kim and Mike McDougall
“There are not too many places left in the world like Sixtymile,” said Mike. “There is enormous history there. It’s a gift and we have
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Protecting more than a park
Park ranger keeps Inuvialuit stories alive on Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk When Richard Gordon was a young man he worked on an oil rig in the Beaufort
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