Yukon Canada Travels 3

 

Carcross  Yukon

 

This is my third instalment for my Yukon Canada Travels series.

 

From here Tim and I will travel on to Skagway Alaska to visit our son and daughter in-law.

 

The picture above is a photo of  two historical buildings located in downtown Carcross.
The Pink building is Matthew Watson's General Store, which is a gift shop and ice cream parlour.
The Blue building is being renovated. It will be a restaurant and motel.

 

Carcross is truly a picturesque Yukon village. It is  surrounded by mountains and two lakes; Lake Bennett and Nares Lake.

 

 

 

This is an abandoned building I photographed on the dock on the village side of Lake Bennett.

 

As I said before, the Yukon has no shortage of abandoned buildings! 

 

 

Since the White Pass Railway began again to bring passengers from Skagway to visit the Carcross village, the Carcross/Tagish First Nations has invested in the development of  the downtown community.

 

 

The buildings consist of gift shops, a coffee shop, and a fish restaurant so far.

The beautiful buildings are representative of the craftsmanship and artistic talent of Carcross local residents.

 

 

The Tagish Clan heavily intermarried with the Tlingit Clan, adopting the Tlingit language.

There are very few remaining First Nations people who speak Tagish any longer. 

And I just recently learned that the Klondike Gold rush began after a member of the Tagish Clan first discovered gold those many years ago!

I can certainly see the influence of the Northern Pacific Tlingit in their art work and carvings. 

 

 

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I hope you've enjoyed my short series of my Yukon Travels. This is just a small taste of what the Yukon has to offer. If you have the opportunity to visit the Territory you must!!

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For Part#2, click here.



 



 

 

 

 









 



Yukon Canada Travels Part 2

I'm continuing our Yukon Canada Travels...

 

The photos today were taken at the Carcross Desert.

With one square mile of sand, it is said to be the worlds smallest desert!

The truth is that it is actually Northern sand dunes.

The climate here in the Yukon is too humid for it to be labeled as true desert.

 

 

Like Emerald Lake I lived near the Carcross Desert (within two miles), but I never allowed myself the time to really explore the whole area.

I never knew  until this day what I had been missing!

 

I'm so glad that on this trip we were taking our time with no pressures to hurry.

 

 

As I was walking through the desert I found myself being very reflective of life.

 

You know, thinking about why I had left the area, where I was at in my walk of life now, and just where I wanted to see myself in my future walk....

 

It probably sounds crazy, but I felt that it was important for me to climb to the top of this sand dune.

I needed to feel like I could accomplish something that I knew was going to be a challenge to me...

And truthfully, I also wanted to get to as high a point as I could, sit my behind in the sand and just talk to the Lord for a while.

 

This probably doesn't look too steep, but for someone who hasn't been walking all winter long, it was a challenge!

I found it easier at times to turn around and walk backwards when going forward got too wearying for me.

 



 

Look at the beautiful view we were rewarded with when we reached the top and the end of the Carcross Desert!

 

Tim, bless his heart, was a trooper and walked to the top with me.

I doubt that I'll be here again soon.

 

 I'm glad I have this special memory now to go with my photos.

And the time to sit silently and soak in all the beauty and the majesty of our Lord.

 

 

 



 

 





Yukon Canada Travels

 

 

Hello Friends

I'm back with more of my Yukon Travels.

Tim and I made a couple of stops on our way down to visit our son and daughter in-law in Skagway Alaska that I would like to share with you.

Believe me, it was all a wonderful trip of R&R.

 

 

After spending a night in Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon,  the first stop of our Yukon Travels was Emerald Lake.

 

Emerald Lake is located not far from Carcross Yukon and south of Whitehorse.

I'm sure you can see why it was named after the beautiful green stone!

It's colour is actually derived from light reflecting off of white deposits of clay and calcium carbonate that lay at the bottom of it's shallow waters.

The calcium carbonate in the water comes from the limestone gravel that has eroded off of the nearby mountains.

 

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but there are mountains and lakes everywhere in the Yukon!

 

When Tim and I lived in this area we would drive past Emerald Lake at least once a week to go to Whitehorse to do our banking and shopping.

 

It was such fun visiting our old stomping grounds again....

 

Now please stay tuned though because I'm just getting started!

Tomorrow  I'll be back to share more Yukon travels.

 

Here's a hint: What is small and sandy, yet humid?

 

BTW, the white marbling of the water is from the ice atop the water.

 It is only partially thawed in this photo.

It will be completely green once the ice has melted.