Issue: 2019-02-13
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Issue: 2019-02-13
Issue: 2019-02-13, PHOTO: Alaska State Library/Alaska Territorial Governors Photograph Collection
Alaska history
“I would not have expected that I, who am barely out of savagery, would have to remind gentlemen with 5,000 years of recorded civilization behind them, of our Bill of Rights.” It was her Russian name that grabbed my attention as I was casually... Read more
Issue: 2019-02-13, Murray Martin
Yukon See It Here: Murray Martin
Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon life. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on to editor@WhatsUpYukon.com. Read more
Issue: 2019-02-13, PHOTO: Murray Martin
Yukon’s Best Friend: DOG CULTURE, Murray Martin
Meet our dogs, they live for us, we live for them, the Yukon would not be the Yukon without Dog Culture. Send us photos of Yukon dogs and their people! Read more
Issue: 2019-02-13, PHOTO: DeYoung’s via Wikimedia Commons
Family fortune tied to the Klondike Gold Rush
U.S. President Donald Trump’s grandfather started the family fortune during the great Klondike Gold Rush. He never reached the Klondike Gold Fields; he was hundreds of miles short. Nevertheless, he made his golden stake in Golden, B.C., and in the... Read more
Issue: 2019-02-13, PHOTO: courtesy of Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous
The usual suspects
Rendezvous made Marj Eschak move to the Yukon. It was 1977. She’d only come up for the weekend, but was so impressed, she decided to stay. “So I’ve been in every one since then,” she said over the phone, a couple weeks before the 2019 Yukon... Read more
Issue: 2019-02-13, PHOTO: Sydney Keddy
Vegetable pancakes with sesame seeds
Almost like a fritter, these pancakes can really be a mix of any gently sautéed vegetables brought together in a batter. They make a great light lunch or a side for grilled meat or fish. It’s also a great way to get people who usually shy away... Read more
Issue: 2019-02-13, PHOTO: courtesy of Yukon Sourdough Rendezvousv
Main squeeze
It’s been years since the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous (YSR) was held on Main Street and still, once a month, someone asks – why isn’t Rendezvous held on Main Street anymore? Is it moving back there from Shipyards Park? When? Why not? Read more
Issue: 2019-02-13, PHOTO: courtesy of Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous
It’s a mad, mad world
When Mary Fitton placed second in the Mad Trapper competition at the 1978 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous (YSR), some of the men complained. At the time, Mad(am) Trapper didn’t exist as a contest (in fact, it was the first year for Mad Trapper), but... Read more
Issue: 2019-02-13, PHOTO: Sabine Schulte
The anarchy element
Tomáš Kubínek was just three years old on the August night in 1968 when 250,000 Warsaw Pact troops invaded his Czechoslovakian homeland to crush Alexander Dubček’s liberalization movement, known as the Prague Spring... Read more
Issue: 2019-02-13, PHOTO: Steve Wilson
Living With Wildlife: Steve Wilson
Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon wildlife. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on and what camera equipment you used to Editor@WhatsUpYukon.com Read more
Issue: 2019-02-13, PHOTO: courtesy of Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous
Strength and style
Hairy legs, bushy beards, interesting and colourful tattoos—that’s just some of what you can expect to see at this year’s Strength and Style Competition during the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous... Read more
Issue: 2019-02-13, PHOTO: Dan Davidson
A Trip to the City of the Lost - Returning to Rockton
Somewhere in the Boreal Forest, there is a small community called Rockton.It’s sometimes called the City of the Lost because it’s inhabited by people who, for one reason or another, really wanted to get away from it all... Read more