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set off , lured by dreams of riches. The
history of the Gold Rush is still at the hub of
many Yukon experiences.
The Dawson City Museum is the perfect
spot to learn about the town at the heart of
the Gold Rush (www.dawsonmuseum.ca ).
Watch the award-winning fi lm, City of Gold,

narrated by Yukon-native Pierre Berton.
Dawson City likes to show off a rich
literary heritage. Along Writers’ Block (Eighth
Street), stop at the Robert Service Cabin
where visitors are treated to readings of his
poems and some insights into the more
idiosyncratic aspects of the author’s person-
ality. Next door is the log cabin that was once
home to storyteller Jack London, author of
Yukon classics such as White Fang and Call
of the Wild (www.dawsoncity.ca ). BACKCOUNTRY TOURING • DESTINATION CANADA/PADDY PALLIN
At the MacBride Museum of Yukon
History in Whitehorse, pretend you’re a crafts and history of the First Nations. lovers come to the Yukon for the Dawson
stampeder panning on the Klondike creeks The Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre City Music Festival, a world-class showcase
or peer into prospector Sam McGee’s cabin transports visitors to the unforgiving of North American talent (www.dcmf.com ).
(www.macbridemuseum.com ). prehistoric landscape of Beringia—the dry,
Many communities have First Nations unglaciated land bridge that once linked MUST SEE, MUST DO
cultural centres—Kwanlin Dün Cultural Alaska and Siberia. Multimedia displays Rent an RV and take the ultimate road trip
Centre in Whitehorse, Dänojà Zho Cultural and dioramas tell the story of a time when along iconic northern roadways like the
Centre in Dawson City and Big Jonathan woolly mammoths and gigantic mastodons Dempster Highway across the Arctic Circle
House at Pelly Crossing are just a few spots roamed the region (www.beringia.com ). or the winding Silver Trail to historic
where visitors can learn about the traditions, Every summer musicians and music frontier mining towns.

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