Experience the

Northern Lights

Bask in the

Midnight Sun

Experience the

Northern Lights

Bask in the

Midnight Sun

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Fall colours at Tombstone Territorial park

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Snowshoeing in Tombstone Territorial Park

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Dawson City Flora Fauna

Dawson City Klondike Spirit Paddle Wheel

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Snowshoe in
Tombstone Territorial Park

Hike in
Tombstone Territorial Park

Snowshoe in
Tombstone Territorial Park

Hike in
Tombstone Territorial Park

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Winter sunset over the Yukon River. ⁠ Did you kn

Winter sunset over the Yukon River. ⁠
Did you know that the Yukon River is Canada's second longest river in Canada and the third-longest in North America? The river is 3190km long and flows from northern British Columbia across the Yukon and Alaska to the Bering Sea.⁠
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📸: Sonny Parker⁠
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Although there is still a lot of snow on the groun

Although there is still a lot of snow on the ground, we are dreaming about camping! Where will you be camping this summer? ⁠
Visit our website in the bio to start planning your Yukon adventure. ⁠
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📸:@meso.reisen⁠
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Start the day off right with golden skies over Daw

Start the day off right with golden skies over Dawson City. What is your view today? ⁠
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📸:@amagee_photos⁠
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Nestled in the Yukon Valley, the vibrant town of D

Nestled in the Yukon Valley, the vibrant town of Dawson City always shines no matter the season⁠
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TBT! Check out the progression of Dawson City.⁠

TBT! Check out the progression of Dawson City.⁠
1. Dawson City in 1897 (A year after gold was discovered on Rabbit Creek, gold was discovered on August 16, 1896. Word of this find quickly spread to the about 1000 prospectors, miners, Northwest Mounted Police, missionaries, and others who called the Yukon home at the time. Settlements were abandoned rapidly as a rush to stake the best ground commenced.⁠
Two of these residents were Joe Ladue and Arthur Harper who had been trading in the Yukon for years. They were quick to purchase, stake, and establish the town site of Dawson (named for Canadian Geologist George Mercer Dawson) at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike Rivers, about twenty kilometers from Discovery Claim.⁠
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2. Dawson City a few years later in 1903. In 1898 Dawson quickly grew as thirty thousand (some say fifty) pick-and-shovel miners, prospectors, storekeepers, saloon keepers, bankers, gamblers, prostitutes and adventure seekers took over the town site.⁠
Most arrived to discover the good ground had been staked in the previous two years. Many booked passage home but others stayed and made fortunes through other endeavors. Money was not an issue in Dawson, as gold was in abundance, and businesses that catered to the gold-strapped miners thrived.⁠
Dawson became known as the “Paris of the North”: The largest city west of Winnipeg and north of Seattle. Overnight millionaires roamed the streets seeking ways to spend their riches. The best food, drink, and clothing was all available for purchase, at a high cost. Dance and gambling halls, bars, brothels, restaurants, and supply stores all made fortunes “mining the miners”⁠
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3. What Dawson looks like today⁠
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📸: Library and Archives Canada⁠
📸: Library and Archives Canada⁠
📸: Citizens North⁠
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Did you know that the lynx population closely foll

Did you know that the lynx population closely follows the snowshoe hare population, rising and falling in cycles ( hares comprise 35-97% of their diet)? The lynx population increases with an increasing hare population. If the hare population decreases in a given area, they move to areas with more hares and have fewer offspring. During low snowshoe hare years, they can roam hundreds of kilometers away from their normal territory. No other predator has such a strong cyclic prey base to which it has become uniquely adapted – both behaviorally and physiologically. While Lynx will change their prey base when hares are low to include small rodents, ground birds, and small ungulates, the overall Lynx population is still synchronous with the hare population. ⁠
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Relying on their stereoscopic vision and super sense of hearing, lynxes hunt around twilight or at night, the time when snowshoe hares tend to be active. Their long, round feet have a big toe set at a wide angle, which helps to distribute their weight and allows them to stay on top of the snow (much like snowshoes), this also allows them to move quietly across different terrain. ⁠
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Have you been lucky enough to see one during your Yukon Adventure?⁠
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📸:@martinhippmann⁠
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