Stories From St. Mary’s
Pat Ellis spent years interested in the history of St. Mary’s Hospital in Dawson City, a largely undocumented subject.
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A Brief History of Rendezvous
The last 60 years of Rendezvous has seen many changes, be it the events, weather or the people. But, overall, the festival…
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Still Fabulous After Three-quarters Of A Century
That’s the word used to summarize the famous and funky log “skyscrapers” of downtown Whitehorse. In 1999, a heritage building report…
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Celebrating Dawson City’s Historic Gardeners
By the 1890s, local traders were growing vegetables to supplement a monotonous diet of beans, bread and mouldy bacon.
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The ‘Impertinent, Wacky Disorder’ Of Whitehorse In The ’50s
When Pat Ellis walks around downtown Whitehorse, she sees evidence of the past because she knows just where to look.
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Tales of Nahganne
For as long as humans have been in the Yukon, they have shared this vast land not only with various animals but also with…
Telling the Yukon’s Untold Stories
When Paul Gowdie first learned about the hundreds of Black soldiers who worked on constructing the Alaska Highway in the 1940s, he was surprised. “I’m
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Students Examine Local Artifacts With a Gentle Touch
The students from the local Robert Service School experience the Yukon artifacts associated with Klondike National Historic Sites.
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Community Connection: A Sap For History
Seedlings from the Martha Black Mayday tree outside of city hall were given away to 250. The Mayday tree is, slated to be cut down in 2022.
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A contemporary Yukon storyteller
John Firth’s latest book includes the signature of a ghost. Caribou Hotel, Hauntings, Hospitality, a Hunter and the Parrot.
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When the Land Has a Character
Bestselling Canadian author Lawrence Hill pursues a lifelong interest in African diaspora narratives. As a part of the research for a book he’s writing about
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The Yukon and the First World War
In the view of Dr. Ken Coates, the North’s response to the challenge presented by World War I was to do the opposite of what
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