Dawson City
Travel Blogs from Dawson City, Canada
Goodbye Alaska - Hello Canada!
... hill to get a good view of the town that kind of thing. Dean: As mentioned above, today (Sunday) we travelled over to Dawson City in Canada. We went through a number of places on the way over here but the best place was Chicken, which has a population ...
Quiet Day In Paradise
... photographs of the area, particularly of wildlife, makes jewellery from raw gold nuggets she buys directly from miners. It is a very interesting store and personality. I have attached a few more photographs of some other buildings found in Dawson ...
To Dawson City & Whitehorse
... feeling is movie set. Our cabbie, easily mistaken for Dane Cook and the only official cabbie in Dawson City, filled in lots of blanks. Drunkest city in Canada, midnight golf tournament on the solstice (day after we were there), sunset 12:05 am, sunrise ...
Happy Birthday
Today was my wife's birthday so we all went out for a very nice meal at one of the finest restaurants in Dawson City. We then went out to watch a live show with young people playing violins, guitar, singing and dancing in the Palace Grand Theatre. A lot ...
Life in Dawson
... ." The Benedictine's will not turn anyone way. While Antoinette may not take in everyone she meets, she embodies the spirit Benedict. Dawson City, especially Antoinette, swept me into its dusty arms and gave me the rest and nurturing I didn't know I ...
Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
Tuesday, July 21 - Dawson City, Yukon, Canada - Day 3 This morning, the Gulfstreamers were scheduled to tour the Dänojà Zho (Long Ago House) Cultural Centre, but with Art still not feeling well, and me, having had enough of the history lessons, we opted ...
Gold Rush RV Park
We check out the town and went to the dome and Diamond Tooth Gerties Casino Repaired our equipment and got ready for the next leg of or trip which is load up on a ferry for a ride across the Yukon River and over Top of the world Highway which is ...
Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
Sunday, July 19 - Dawson City, YT - Day 1 of 4 We left the Alaska Highway behind as we took the Klondike Highway to Dawson City. (Highways in the Northwest are named and most locals know them by the name instead of by the Route number.) ...
Whitehorse to Dawson City
Today we make like Sergeant Preston as we travel from Whitehorse to Dawson City. He traveled by dogsled with his lead dog King. We, of course, go in a somewhat grander style. Our worst problem was four sections of gravel and dirt, each between five and ...
A Day in Dawson City
... tributary rivers. Next we headed for Robert W. Service’s cabin. Service was a bank teller, first in Whitehorse, then Dawson City. In his spare time he wrote poetry and became the most famous poet in the Yukon and Alaska. ...
Happy Day As I Arrive in Dawson City
... dining room business. And the food was excellent. I then turned North onto Highway 2, known as the Klondike Highway towards Dawson City. After a few minutes I came upon this rather odd looking building. Is it a Martian home, a 1960's modernistic ...
Kinko's Are Bastards
... thanks to those money-grubbing Kinko bastards so here is a bonus entry to keep you all entertained. I've just arrived in Dawson City where I'll spend a couple of days before attempting to head up the Dempster Highway to the Arctic Circle and beyond. ...
THERE'S ALWAYS ONE BAD DAY
... to Deadhorse. There are very few pictures of the day—none from me but Terry may be contributing We landed in Dawson City which is a very cool place straight out of the Wild West including the salon with dancing girls. I can’t ...
I Am A Cheechako
... peaks of the Alaska Range where the snow looked pink because of the setting sun. Monday, July 14th - Latitude: 64 degrees North Dawson City, Yukon At Delta Junction the Richardson turns into the Alaska Highway. I was back on it. I could only ...
Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
Wednesday, July 22 - Dawson City, Yukon, Canada - Day 4 I'm writing this blog at 1:30 in the afternoon because I don't foresee anything exciting happening for the rest of the day. I think we're all ready to move on. The men prepared breakfast this ...
Visite à Dawson city dispendieuse/expensive Dawson
Après 533kms, nous voici à Dawson City. Il est présentement 21.50h et je suis assis sur le balcon du chalet du camping. Il faisait 28C lorsque nous sommes arrivés à 16.30hrs et is se prépare un horage. Le tonnerre se rapproche, donc je dois faire ...
A Day of Rest ????
Today was a day of getting prepared for deciding what "chores" my daughter would like me to do over the next week. So we made a list of things to do, then a shopping list. And of we went to the local version of 'Home Depot" and surprisingly we found ...
Garbage and Great Food
... , and trim as well as re-caulking the bathtub. Not very exciting stuff, but work needed. Sara and I made a trip to the famous Dawson City Dump. It is amazingly organized with a map at the entrance to direct you to the "circle" where you are expected to ...
WIfe, Bear, Geocaching and Oil
... via Whitehorse. There is a unique arrangement in Whitehorse; the Air Canada plane from Vancouver arrives a few minutes AFTER the plane for Dawson City leaves, so it is necessary to spend the night in Whitehorse. So at 8:15 this morning we all met Helen ...
Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
... 15 minutes before departure, he decided to get dressed and make a valiant effort to grin and bear it. We traveled to Dawson City, about 5 minutes away, to tour the museum. The museum exhibits show the history and culture of the Tr'ondek ...
Dawson City
... komischen Kauz, er war 15 Jahre mit dem Rad unterwegs. Ihr seht der Yukon scheint diese Art Mensch foermlich anzuziehen. Dawson City gefaellt mir gut, ich sollte schauen dass ich langsam weiterkomme sonst bleib ich noch hier haengen. Ist ein richtig ...
Project Projects Projects
Today was a very early start as I set my alarm to wake me at 8:15 am, but I set it to the time zone in Ottawa, so I was actually up at 6:15 and went for a shower. Only after I came into the kitchen and saw the clock on the stove did I realize my error. ...
Tok to Dawson City, Yukon via Top of the World Hwy
... two for one deal. Again, the sourdough pancakes were great with tons of butter and warm maple syrup. After this, we took off for Dawson City, Yukon. This meant that we would leave Alaska after over a month of fun here. Of all the things I planned to do, ...
Swiss Day and Sourtoe
There is a gentleman in Dawson City who manages the local "home depot", and is the local coroner, is a trained baker and is Swiss. So every year he holds a party at his house to celebrate Swiss Day. It was a great time meeting local people and enjoying ...
King Soloman Dome
... . It is very large and impressive, and ran completely on electricity that was supplied from a large hydro electric generation station in Dawson City. This large structure floated in a small pond and as it chewed up the earth in front of it, processed ...

