. Animals in Yukon

About Teslin town:

Teslin is a small highway community with a population of approximately 480. There is a Day-use area,
picnic tables and boat launch at the north end of Nisutlin Bay Bridge.
Turn west on side road for access to Teslin Village. Teslin Lake is 138 km/86 miles long.
The bay bridge is the longest water span on the highway?584 m/1,917 ft. and the NisutlinRiver
flows into Teslin Lake here.
Lake trout, grayling, Dolly Varden.

History
The first known permanent settlement was in 1903 when a trading post was established to
serve the Tlingit Indians. Teslin's economy is still based on traditional hunting, trapping and fishing,
although tourism is playing an increasingly important role. Native crafts, canoes, snowshoes and art
are being produced by the locals. Today Teslin is a bustling little community with a surprising number
of things to do and wonderful friendly people. Gold seekers who came up the Stikine River
from Wrangell,Alaska, travelled 150 miles overland from Telegraph Creek to the headwaters of
Teslin Lake where they constructed crude boats. They sailed over the lake and down the Teslin and
Yukon Rivers to Dawson City and the gold fields.

Whitehorse City

the capital of Canada's Yukon Territory, is a major stop over point along the Alaska Highway

From historical sites, to live entertainment and beautiful scenery, Whitehorse is a must stop
on your vacation. The 20 hours of daily summer sunshine allow you plenty of time to enjoy yourself.

Whitehorse is laid out on a level river shelf of land bordering a wide bend in the Yukon River.
The town is 1471 kilometres/914 miles northwest of Dawson Creek, British Columbia;
980 kilometres/609 miles from Fairbanks; and 1165 kilometres/724 miles from Anchorage.
Over half of the Yukon’s residents live in Whitehorse. The town has a year-round population of
approximately 23,000. A library, theatres, two newspapers, and one television station serve the city.
CBC live color television is received via satellite in Whitehorse as well as in most Yukon communities.
There are four radio stations CBC (CFWH), dial 570. CKRW, 610, a local radio station, CHON,
98.1 on FM and CIAY New Life 100.7 FM, a community Christian radio station.

Special Note: RCMP, in cooperation with the Yukon Territorial Government, has started
a voluntary registration system for people venturing into Yukon wilderness areas. While
there is no legal requirement for you to register, the system could mean the difference
between life and death in an emergency.
Registration forms are available at the RCMP 4100 4th Avenue, Whitehorse, YT.
867-667-5555.

History
Whitehorse’s role as a transportation center is as new as the jet age and as old as the
Gold Rush of ’98. Founded in 1900 with the arrival of the White Pass & Yukon Railway from
tidewater at Skagway, the sparsely populated tent-and-cabin city became the terminal for freight
being transferred from railway to riverboat for shipment to DawsonCity.
Before the railway was pushed through to provide an easier mode of transportation,
the bulk of the early-day stampeders came by ocean steamer to Skagway or Dyea and toiled over
the White Pass(the route presently paralleled by the railroad) or Chilkoot Pass to the head of
Lake Bennett.
Here they whipsawed native lumber and built crude boats and scows to travel the 550-mile
Yukon River water route to the gold fields.The greatest hazards in river navigation were found in
Miles Canyon and Whitehorse Rapids.To bypass these once-treacherous waters, wooden rail
tramways were constructed on both sides of the canyon.
On the east side of the river the wilderness gave way to two settlements of cabins.
Closeleigh was near the present site of Whitehorse and Canyon City was five miles upriver,
where the portage around the rapids of Miles Canyon began.

With the completion of the railway on the west side of the river on June 8, 1900,
Closeleigh was moved tothe present town-site and became Whitehorse. For years
Whitehorse continued in its role ofconnecting railhead and riverboat navigation to
Dawson City and he Klondike.

Black Bear

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