On the road to Alaska - a little British Columbia and Yukon Territories - June 11-16

After touring the Northwest Territories, we head back south a bit to pick up the Alaska Highway just west of Fort Nelson in British Columbia.  The highway crosses the border between British Columbia and Yukon Territories several times before getting to Whitehorse.  While traveling that stretch of the Alaska Highway, we saw more animals in a single day than we have any other day so far.   

Black Bear along the highway edge

Black Bear on the river bed

Black Bear on the river bed

Beaver next to our Toad River Campsite

Bison along the highway

Another bison along the highway

Stone's Sheep along the highway

Views from our Toad River campsite

Liard River Hot Springs

Watson Lake Signpost Forest.  The picture doesn't do it justice.  It was amazing to see.

We spent a few days in Whitehorse, which is the territorial capitol of the Yukon.

Sam McGee's cabin at the McBride Museum in Whitehorse.
Sam was made famous by the Robert Service poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee".
Sam was a real person, but he wasn't cremated.  He didn't even die in the Yukon, but it is a fun poem.

Fireweed along the river path from the campground to downtown Whitehorse

View across the Yukon River along path to town

Native art at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Center in Whitehorse

Native canoe at Kwanlin Dun Cultural Center in Whitehorse

S.S.Klondike National Historic Site - Whitehorse.
This was the largest of the sternwheelers used on the Yukon River.

Totem in downtown Whitehorse