The Squared Circle
Get ready to rumble! On May 16, the CWF will present its first-ever Yukon Rumble at the Takhini Arena presented by the Yukon Arts Centre…
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A Voice That Helped Define Us
Former WUY editor and copy editor Ken Bolton recently passed away. He left an indelible mark on the publication…
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Far-out Outhouses
Yukoners know a thing or two about living in places where outhouses are necessary and also know how to make them as unique…
Wonders Of Wastewater Treatment
Your sewage has a longer journey than you think. Flush a toilet and that wastewater will probably go through a number of sewage lift stations
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Get Ready to Hit the Road
The Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay (KCIBR) registration for the 2026 race is now officially open.
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Going Global
When Elijah Bekk was 20, a doctor told him it was time to accept that he would have to live without the full use of his hands.
Burned the building but not the bond
Nearly a year has passed since the fire that destroyed the Tagish Community Centre and library on March 12, 2025—a moment that stopped…
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A Proper Dawson Send-off
Writers-in-residence at Berton House have only two responsibilities, aside from being inspired by the place. They are to do public readings.
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Was It Fluke Or Fate? Part 3 Of 3
One couple’s journey of buying a home in The Yukon, where hope meets excitement during the negotiation process.
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Yukon Francophone Women Pt11
2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Les Essentielles. For this occasion, short biographies of Yukon francophone women will be presented throughout the year.
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The Yukon, Through The Eyes Of A Visitor
Retired Captain Anil Gonsalves of the Indian Navy shares his impressions and pictures of his first visit to the Yukon
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Dawson City Summer Concert Series
Dan recaps the Dawson City Summer Concert Series for us from the 2025 season with a nice write up and lots of great pictures
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Inside Major Funk’s Disco Inferno
Major Funk has outdone themselves once again. The 13 piece Major Funk Orchestra will be touring their Disco Dance Party in early October.
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Our Own Junior Canadian Ranger Patrol
The 1st Canadian Ranger Patrol Group (1 CRPG) and a number of Junior Canadian Ranger (JCR) patrols also operate around our territory
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This Year’s Tombstone Artist In Residence
Melissa Naef, a Dawson City–based artist, will create new pieces and lead workshops from Aug. 2 to 15 during her Tombstone Artist Residency
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Magic, Music and More!
Three days of dance, parties, crafts, music and more will be taking place from Aug. 8 – 10 at Augusto! Children’s Festival in Haines Junction
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Yee wduwa.éex’ (You are all Invited!)
The Haa Ḵusteeyí celebration in Carcorss is to promote and preserve the language and culture of the Tagish and Tlingit People
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The Musical Journey of A Lyricist & Melody-Maker
Over her musical career Kim Beggs has been nominated for music awards numerous times and is always writing and playing music whenever she can
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The Sound Of Summer
Over 200 volunteers make Dawson City Music Festival possible each year, from Dawson residents to visitors from across the Yukon and beyond
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It’s Been A Long Time Coming
The Atlin Arts & Music Festival is finally back, after six years, with its 2025 edition taking place July 11 to 13 in Tarahne Provincial Park
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Craving Connection And Taking ‘The Jump’
Louise and Neil heard about a property for sale downriver and nearly 11 years later they’re finding their rhythm.
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Yukon Orchids: Hidden in Plain Sight
On the Sunnydale Road in West Dawson, there is an interpretive site called Orchid Acres. The site will earn its name in mid-June
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Tiller’s Folly — Modern-Day Musical Storytellers
Vancouver-area Celtic Canadiana trio Tiller’s Folly will be spinning stories into song at the Atlin Arts and Music Festival this year
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Behind The Curtain
Diamond Tooth Gerties isn’t merely a casino with shows, but a community institution that uses entertainment as its vehicle for giving back
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Nekhų Män/ Kùsawu.â (Kusawa Lake): The Locals’ Favourite
Kùsawu.â is a Tlingit name meaning “narrow lake.” Nekhᶙ Män (Southern Tutchone) means “rafting across lake,” speaking to the narrowest point at the north end where people crossed.
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Meet The Artists
Kluane National Park and Reserve Artist Residency program is welcoming Jaymie Campbell and Leslie Leong to the Kluane Lake Research Station
From Trauma To Triumph
Dena Zagi offers a diverse range of healing songs, strong sounds of drumming and songs in the Kaska language
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Music, Mountains, Magic
The Haines Junction-based bluegrass, folk and roots festival is celebrating its 20th edition, billed as its 20th anniversary.
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From Vegas To Mayo
Magician Scotty Swan traded the glittering lights of Las Vegas for the Northern Lights in the Yukon Territory.
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Dawson Moments
It was quite exciting to have our town make The National news two nights in the same week. Dawson has many moments that are worth noticing.
Meet Over The Moon
Over The Moon returns to the Yukon in June with performances at the 20th Anniversary Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival in Haines Junction.
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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.
Hermit
I quit my job with the power company and went to work on that gold claim. My ulcers immediately healed and have never returned.
Katie’s Tale
In the late ’60s, I had a premonition that probably saved my life I finally hit pay dirt when I heard Katie’s tale For the
Captured On Film
The Dawson City International Short Film Festival returns this year from April 17-20 “We start in October, viewing the approximately 400 submissions for the festival”
It’s Not For Everyone
Yukoners might say that a place like SOVA could only exist in Dawson City, where the magic is in creating the impossible “Students tend to
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A Furry Good Time
If you’re in Dawson for Thaw-Di-Gras, be sure to check out The Dawson Fur Show in the Robert Service School Gymnasium This must-see event promotes
Hardwater Racing
This year’s annual hardwater snowmobile races take place over the weekend of March 15-16 on Pine Like in Haines Junction The now-annual event simply came
Who Knew Watson Lake Was a Skier’s Paradise?
Maichen Ski Hill & Chalet: Canada’s top hidden-gem resort in 2024, with a rating of 4.9 stars out of 5 The little hills like ours
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Coffee House Report
Music, camaraderie, and coffee! Dan Davidson highlights the monthly Dënäkär Zho Coffee House, a lively Dawson City tradition.
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Watching The River Flow
Ice bridges are vital for life in Dawson City, but their formation is never guaranteed. Dan Davidson chronicles the trials and triumphs.
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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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Now Premiering: Yukon Rescue
Filmed in and around Dawson City, Whitehorse, Watson Lake, Carmacks and some more remote areas of the territory.
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EV – Achievement Unlocked Part 1
The biggest disadvantage to driving an EV in the Yukon? There has been a near 900-km gap between the last Yukon L3 in Watson Lake
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A Modern Klondike Kate: Red Ridge Rodeo
Rita Smith recounts her adventure through the Wheaton River Valley. She navigates the Red Ridge Trail in pursuit of a prized shifter lever.
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A Lake Called Home
There are countless reasons I love it so much here: mountains, people, forest, quiet … but it’s the lakes that I feel connected to most.
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Closing The Book On A Piece of Yukon History
Klondike Nugget and Ivory has served Dawson City, the Yukon and beyond long enough to be considered nothing short of historic.
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So You Think You Can Golf?
The Faro Golf Tournament is returning July for its 25th year, hosting 50 teams (of four) for a scramble format tournament…
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Yukon Road Trip Essentials
School is out, the snow is long gone and summer is finally here. Some of my favourite travel memories are from road trips that I went on…
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I’ll Never Hitchhike Again! Part 1
Everyone tried to tell me that it was too dangerous to hitchhike, but I wouldn’t listen. I guess I just like learning things the hard way…
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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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The Meat Eater of Elsa
A First Nation gentleman from the Mi’kmaq Nation, originally from the Northeastern Woodlands First Nations of New Brunswick…
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A changing landscape
In northern Yukon, 343 kilometres of coastline stretches between the Alaska border and the Northwest Territories (NWT).
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Keeping ‘The Percy’ Alive!
There won’t be a Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race this year, but to keep the idea alive, the smaller-than-usual new board…
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It’s Bazaar Season In Dawson
Dawson ushers in the secular pre-Christmas season just before the ecclesiastical season of Advent, with several weekends of craft bazaars…
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Growing Home
In the 1990s decade, about 6,000 Grow Homes were built in Montreal, and as many across Canada and the USA. For Montreal architects…
The Curious Sasquatch
This sighting took place at Marshall Creek in the early evening of Wednesday, July 20, 2014, by four ladies…
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Tales From Before And After The Gold Rush
The extreme focus on the drama of the Klondike Gold Rush tends to obscure the stories about the gold seekers…
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Celebrating Dawson City’s Historic Gardeners
By the 1890s, local traders were growing vegetables to supplement a monotonous diet of beans, bread and mouldy bacon.
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Visiting the North
He’s coming to the end of his first visit to the Yukon, but Tom Griffin will have spent a total of three and a half months in the territory.
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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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Dear Litterbugs (wherever you may be)
Do you enjoy the Yukon as I do? Going out and breathing the fresh air. Seeing the clear water of streams and lakes…
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The Fish Camp Visitors
In 2005, I was talking with a gentleman of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation who described an encounter he and his brother had with a sasquatch…
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Stolen Loot Or Hard-Earned Savings?
As a professional trail builder, Bill McLane spends a lot of time digging earth, moving rocks and finding treasure.
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Never Show Up An Elder
There’s only one way in the North to deal with an arrogant prick (Lord knows we’ve had our share) and that’s a damned-good practical joke.
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Looking Inside the Insider
Christopher Ross writes about his journalism experiences at the Dawson City Insider from 1997-1999 and what happened after.
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ADHD & The Great Outdoors
The move a southeastern Ontario city to small & isolated Old Crow, Yukon had an unexpected positive change on my ADHD and mental health.
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Celebrating Yukon’s Unique Holiday
Celebrating Discovery Days in the Yukon goes back over 100 years. After the Klondike Gold Rush, the Yukon Order of Pioneers convinced the Yukon Territorial Council to celebrate Discovery Day, as a public holiday, in 1911.
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The Bookshelf: When Dawson Made Hockey History
The Dawson Challengers had a dream to contest for the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup (better known as the Stanley Cup.
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Augusto! Children’s Festival: A Fun-filled Family Weekend
Augusto! Children’s Festival will offer three days of dance, parties, crafts, music and more from August 12–14 in Haines Junction.
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Premier Puts His ‘Best Foot Forward’ and Makes a Little Yukon History
Who drank the 100,000th Sourtoe Cocktail? Well, now we know. The famous drink (also known as The Toe), was created by the equally famous Captain
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New Adventures, Old Heirlooms
About eight or nine years ago, my dad’s cousin’s widow called out of the blue to berate me (in her high-toned British accent) because I
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Dawson’s Fridays Are A Time For Music!
Fridays are live music days in Dawson, this summer, with concerts at Riverside Park Gazebo and at the KIAC (Dënäkär Zho) Ballroom.
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Exploring the Yukon’s ‘Paris of the North’
Back in the late 1800s, Dawson City was the most-populated northern town, the “Paris of the North.” The famous Klondike Gold Rush started in 1896,
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Spring Reflections in Dawson City
In a previous edition of the KK, I commented on the amount of snow we received here this winter, how it narrowed and raised the
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Diamond Tooth Gerties built in 1901
History of Diamond Tooth Gerties? It was for the Arctic Brotherhood 1901 – 1925, opened in ’71 as a casino by Klondike Visitors Association.
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Bringing Joy, One Cup of Coffee at A Time
On a beautiful Sunday in early May, my partner and I headed down to Carcross and noted the signs of spring: the rapidly evaporating snow,
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The Force Is Strong With This One
Johnson puts cultural history and the ways of The Force together. “we are Jedis!” he says, “look at an Elder and that’s a Jedi council member”
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Dawson City is getting ready to host its annual Thaw di Gras Spring Carnival
Dawson City is getting ready to host its annual Thaw di Gras Spring Carnival. Get Ready for Some Outrageous Winter Fun!
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KDFN Citizen Kiri Geen builds a career in Hollywood North
From background extra to the big screen. KDFN Citizen Kiri Geen builds a career. Kwanlin Dün First Nation Citizen success stories.
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The road trip begins: Tuktoyaktuk on The Dempster Highway
When the Tuktoyaktuk (Tuk) highway officially opened Nov. 15, 2017, I wanted to drive it to the Arctic Ocean.
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Haines, Alaska: Food scene still vibrant even during a pandemic
A trip to Haines reveals things have been far from quiet in the small town of 2,500. The food and beverage scene is thriving.
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Meet Marliese: Postmaster of Haines Junction
When you enter the Canada Post office in Haines Junction, rest assured Marliese Whelan will greet you with a smile
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A Klondike Korner: Sometimes life imitates art
Sometimes art imitates life. Sometimes life imitates art. There are two really clear illustrations of this idea in Dawson City at the moment.
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New kid in the park: Hello, bonjour! Welcome to Kluane National Park and Reserve
I’d moved 2,000 kilometres north, alone, for a 4-year term in a little place called Haines Junction. At Kluane National Park and Reserve
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Sam McGee Hike from Conrad
If you’re looking for an adventure day hike with rewarding views at top, look no further than the Sam McGee trail near Conrad Campground.
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A momentous community event
Yaxkasei’s Hoo Haa commemorative totem pole unveiling. Stories, exhibit opening and performances by the The Dakhká Khwáan Dancers.
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Klondike Korner: DCMF 2021 is reborn in a smaller, later version this COVID year
September 10 to 12. DCMF is a bite sized three day event spending days in the Waterfront Park Gazebo and nights in the Palace Grand Theatre.
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Finding History
Beaver castoreum found on an ancient throwing dart has led to new discoveries on traditional hunting technology in the North
Moose Bush: The way-posts home
In the North, we measure distance by the amount of time it takes. A way-post is an item that marks your progress along a road or trail.
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Bioblitz is back & going to Dawson City
bringing experts and aspiring citizen scientists to one location for a day of counting and identifying as many species as possible.
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Didee & Didoo: Global Warming
In the future we won’t need snowshoes, In the future we won’t go ice fishing. In the future we won’t need winter roads.
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Friday is Concert time at the Gazebo
Most Fridays this summer, whether there is rain or shine, it will be concert time at noon at the Front Street Gazebo, in Dawson City.
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How We See Things
Odile: Look at the beautiful trees! Allan: Where’s my chainsaw? Odile: Look at the cute fox! Allan: Where’s my trap? Odile: Look at the adorable
If you visit Old Crow
If you visit Old Crow Sadie will take you to the mall Mason will show you the traffic lights Abbie will take you on the elevator…
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Old Fashioned Candy
I used to eat smarties with Stevie I used to eat jelly beans with Adeline I used to eat jawbreakers with Ernest I used to
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Modern tech meets heritage conservation in Dawson City
Dredge No. 4 was built in 1912 and operated until 1959. It was designated as a national historic site in 1997.
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The pandemic creates the space to share stories in a new way
As the Ice Melts is a project that takes the form of two videos which present stories and poetry on the theme of our changing environment. The work has been put together by Bielawski, Lilley and Champagne and Aishihik First Nations storyteller, Ron Chambers.
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Spring clearances in Dawson
In some ways, our streets are better in the winter. Spring makes it harder to get from the street to the boardwalks. Dawson is not a friendly town for people with mobility issues.
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