by janecanapini | Dec 30, 2018 | Curiosities, United States, Yukon
What do you do when the 7 permanent residents of a place called Ptarmigan can’t agree on how to spell its name? You change the name of the town to “Chicken”. And you build a 10-foot tall metal bird as your mascot. It sounds like a story you’d...
by janecanapini | Oct 27, 2018 | Canada, Curiosities, Yukon
If you think living in Dawson City, Yukon in the middle of January is tough, try doing it in a cave when the temperature outside averages -26 Celsius. Yet that’s exactly what Bill Donaldson has been doing for the past 22 years, earning him the well-deserved...
by janecanapini | Sep 27, 2018 | Adventure, Nature & Wildlife, Yukon
There’s something about Tombstone Territorial Park in Canada’s Yukon that speaks to the adventurer in everyone. Perhaps it is the fact that the only road through the Park is the infamous Dempster Highway with a reputation for intimidating even the most seasoned of...
by janecanapini | Sep 14, 2018 | Events & Festivals, Yukon
Arriving in Dawson City, Yukon is a little like walking onto the set of a spaghetti western. The dirt streets, wooden sidewalks and flat clapboard facades on the town’s buildings all scream the Wild West, and even the hardware store still sells equipment for...