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Must See
Lake Laberge Yukon Wildlife Preserve
28 miles (45 km) 17 miles (28 km)
Alpine
Did You Know? Bakery
J ARV I S STRE ET
The world’s largest STRICKLAND ST MacBride Museum
weathervane is in of Yukon History
Whitehorse. It sits atop WO O D STR E ET
Antoinette’s
a swivel stand at FIFTH AVE
the airport. S T E E L E S T R E E T F R O N T S T R E E T
M A I N S T R E E T W I C K S T R O M R O A D
ELLIOTT STREET
Old Log Church Log Skyscrapers
of Yukon cathedral and is said Museum
to be the only log cathedral LAMBERT STREET H O S P I TA L ROAD
S I X T H A V E N U E
in the world. Now, exhibits and Y u k o n R i v e r
interactive programs feature HANSON STREET S E C O N D A V E N U E
Inuit and First Nations cultures, H AWK I N S ST RE ET
and the development of the Rotary
Peace
Anglican church in the north. T H IRD AV ENU E Park
Robert
Campbell
F O U R T H A V E N U E
Bridge
LEWES BLVD
HO G E ST REE T
F I F T H A V E N U E
4 "'= LEWES BLVD
S.S. Klondike National 0 meters 300 N ROBERT SERVICE WAY S.S. Klondike
National
Historic Site JECKELL STREET Historic Site
0 yards 300
⌂ End Second Ave # Mid-
May–mid-Sep: 9:30am–5pm
daily ∑ pc.gc.ca
pyre of Yukon poet Robert
The Klondike paddle-steamer Service’s Cremation of Sam
made ten supply trips each McGee, which relates the
season to Dawson City. In the story of the demise of a EAT
early 1950s, bridges along the prospector in the gold rush.
road to Dawson were built too Trout fishing on the lake is
low, blocking passage on the excellent; fish were barged Alpine Bakery
river, so all journeys stopped. here by the ton during the Wafts of freshly baked
The Klondike ceased Klondike gold rush to feed the bread and pastries drift
operating in 1955 and was hordes of hopeful miners. from this cozy café.
beached forever in Whitehorse. The garden patio is a
It is now restored to its heyday pleasant spot to enjoy
in every detail, right down to the tasty vegetarian
the 1937 Life magazines on 6 "' pizzas on the menu.
the tables and authentic staff Yukon Wildlife ⌂ 411 Alexander St
uniforms. The boat is a Preserve ¢ Sun ∑alpinebakery.ca

National Historic Site, with ⌂ Takhini Hot Springs Rd \\\
regular guided tours of the # Times vary according to
interior on offer.
the season, check website Antoinette’s
∑ yukonwildlife.ca Caribbean-inspired
5 This sanctuary was set up twists like pineapple
salsa and jerk-spiced
in 1965 for research and
Lake Laberge breeding purposes. A aioli are added to
beautiful reserve of forest, seafood and meat
⌂ Klondike Hwy dishes. For dessert, the
grassland, meadows, and
The largest of the lakes in the water areas, it has 11 species chocolate rum truffle
area, Lake Laberge is frozen of northern mammal in cake is a must.
for half of the year, but comes large enclosures. Moose, ⌂ 4121 4th Ave ¢ Sun
to life in the annual thaw in bison, elk, caribou, Arctic ∑ antoinettes
the summer as a popular foxes, lynx, and other animals restaurant.com
destination for swimming, can all be spotted here, \\\
fishing, and boating. The lake protected in the 740 acre
is famous among locals as the (300 ha) parkland of their
site of the fictional funeral natural roaming habitat.
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