Dawson City International Gold Show
The Dawson City International Gold Show is back baby! This year marks four decades of industry, community and connection in the Klondike!
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Back Home Again
The Canadian Rangers have just completed an historic 5,200 kilometre patrol ranging from the Yukon to Manitoba and points in between.
A Voice That Helped Define Us
Former WUY editor and copy editor Ken Bolton recently passed away. He left an indelible mark on the publication…
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OMG: That’s Old!
In this internet era of quick and dirty information, I’m harbouring a Microfiche Reader. When was the last time you had to…
Christmas on Miller Creek
“As I was the only woman at Miller Creek during that winter of l894–95, I decided, with my husband, to invite all the miners…
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Madame Tremblay – Part 2 Of 2
Part 2 of the story of Madame Tremblay on the Fortymile River and her unforgettable experiences in the Yukon wilderness.
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Yukon Francophone Women Pt11
2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Les Essentielles. For this occasion, short biographies of Yukon francophone women will be presented throughout the year.
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Madame Tremblay – Part 1 Of 2
Discover the charming tale of Madame Tremblay and her evening meal preparations with a special guest from Alaska.
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An Afternoon Snapshot Of Audrey McLaughlin
Kim has a lovely afternoon tea and conversation with our own Audrey McLaughlin about her impressive career and her retirement
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Love Shack Lakeside
Gabrielle shares her conversation with Peter Heebink who built log homes and cabins down the Carcross Road all the way to Marsh Lake
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Yukon Francophone Women Pt10
2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Les Essentielles. Short biographies of Yukon francophone women will be presented throughout the year.
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The Story Behind the T.E.S.T. Program
Dan talks with John Firth about his award winning new book, North Star: The Legacy of Jean-Marie Mouchet in his latest The Bookshelf column
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Yukon Francophone Women Pt9
2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Les Essentielles. Short biographies of Yukon francophone women will be presented throughout the year.
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Yukon Francophone Women Pt8
2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Les Essentielles. Short biographies of Yukon francophone women will be presented throughout the year.
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Welcome To (The) Yukon
For as long as there have been highways into the Yukon, there have been roadside signs welcoming visitors to the territory
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Paddle On For Yvonne
The Yvonne Harris Memorial Race will start at 6 p.m. Aug. 13 at Rotary Park. Stories and tributes will be shared at the Takhini River Bridge
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Yukon Francophone Women Pt7
2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Les Essentielles. Short biographies of Yukon francophone women will be presented throughout the year.
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Yee wduwa.éex’ (You are all Invited!)
The Haa Ḵusteeyí celebration in Carcorss is to promote and preserve the language and culture of the Tagish and Tlingit People
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Yukon Francophone Women Pt6
2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Les Essentielles. Short biographies of Yukon francophone women will be presented throughout the year.
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I Am Kháganê
Alexis (Kháganê) Smith is a young 17 year-old Tlingit/Kaska woman, an emerging writer with aspirations of pursuing law in the near future
One Pixel At A Time
Leighann Chaylykoff walks us through Peter Dawson’s efforts to record and preserve the history of Qikiqtaruk—Herschel Island.
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Yukon Francophone Women Pt5
2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Les Essentielles. Short biographies of Yukon francophone women will be presented throughout the year.
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The Town Of Faro
Faro was one of the last mine sites in the Yukon that constructed a town, rather than a camp, to house employees.
Hermit
I quit my job with the power company and went to work on that gold claim. My ulcers immediately healed and have never returned.
Yukon Francophone Women Pt4
2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Les Essentielles. Short biographies of Yukon francophone women will be presented throughout the year.
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A Yukon Company Wins An Antarctic Contract
Yukon’s Pelly Construction Builds for the British Antarctic Survey Thirty-four years ago Pelly Construction built a runway and airstrip for the British Antarctic Survey at
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Hands-On Heritage
Connecting young woodworkers to old boats “Connections and opportunities such as these are so important for students to learn about different opportunities in their communities”
Venus Mill Project
Venus mill documentation project aims to illuminate and educate using digital technology “Complicated yet simple, it is a wonderful combination of mechanism, perfection and utility,”
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Champion Of Yukon Journalism – Max Fraser
You might know Max as stoic and understated, but once you open the door to his storied history you are brought into a colourful and
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Yukon Francophone Women Pt3
The Contributions Of Yukon Francophone Women: With Angélique Bernard Jeanne Beaudoin Jeanne Beaudoin was born on May 30, 1958, in Malartic, in Québec. She arrived
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World’s Biggest Weathervane
The Douglas DC-3, first built in 1939 and still flying all over the world. You can see this one by the Yukon Transportation Museum near
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Yukon Francophone Women Pt2
Yukon Francophone women have shaped the territory’s culture and history. Angélique Bernard celebrates their enduring impact on Yukon life.
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Tales Of A Persistent Ghost And A Saucy Parrot
Dan Davidson reviews John Firth’s book: The Caribou Hotel In spite of the main title and the fact that the chapters keep circling back to
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Fenix House
Explore Fenix House, a vibrant art installation in downtown Whitehorse showcasing creativity through whimsical designs and colors.
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
Celebrating 20 years of What’s Up Yukon! Editor Gary Atkins shares gratitude for writers, readers, and the Yukon community.
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A Little Off The Top: I Admit: I Was So, So Wrong
Once a skeptic, now a believer! Ken shares his reflections on What’s Up Yukon’s growth from an uncertain startup to a community staple.
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Look At You Now!
Darrell Hookey, What’s Up Yukon’s first editor, looks back on the magazine’s roots and how it grew into a Yukon staple.
Yukon Francophone Women
Yukon Francophone women have shaped the territory’s culture and history. Angélique Bernard celebrates their enduring impact on Yukon life.
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The Santa Train
Relive a beloved Yukon tradition with Jared Story’s tale of The Santa Train, a magical holiday memory from Whitehorse
Edna Eldorado
In “Edna Eldorado,” Sam Holloway shares a heartwarming Klondike Christmas story of miners, a baby, and the true spirit of community
Awg Medals History – Arctic Sports Records
What’s the story behind Arctic Winter Games records? Doug Sack uncovers inspiring performances asnd curious events
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Finding a New Footing – Melanie Morice House
Dawson City’s Melanie Morice House undergoes a vital restoration. Journey to preserve this architectural gem and its heritage significance.
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The Yukon Remembers
As Remembrance Day nears, Yukoners reflect on veterans’ sacrifices, with events planned to honor them across the territory.
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Conserving The Cache – 1937 Mount Lucania expedition
Discover the history behind the artifacts recovered from the 1937 Mount Lucania expedition, now preserved thanks to dedicated conservation efforts.
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AWG Pre-history Part 1
Your humble literary servant missed the first two Arctic Winter Games: in 1970 because I wasn’t even in Canada yet, and 1972 because I was
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Bringing The Light Back to a 70-year-old Whitehorse Landmark
Throughout its 70 years in operation, the Yukon Theatre building has seen many renovations, many different owners.
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The Real Story Of How the Arctic Winter Games Came To Be
The 2026 return of the Arctic Winter Games (AWG) to Whitehorse is a really big deal and may someday be recalled as the Yukon’s finest hour.
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The long history of the Old Log Church Museum
It was built in just a few short months in 1900, and next year the Old Log Church Museum—one of Whitehorse’s oldest buildings in continuous
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“It Came Up Tails” Sam Holloway
Sam Holloway’s move to the Yukon 50 years ago was a matter of chance. ‘Heads, I’m going to Yellowknife. Tails, I’m going to the Yukon.’
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CHON FM – 40 Years Strong
CHON-FM is going strong as the Yukon’s only First Nation-dedicated broadcaster. Broadcast on 98.1 FM in Whitehorse, and 90.5 FM.
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Decaying Memories: A Poem
I remember the steamboats the old man said. I remember them coming in spring. I remember the paddlewheels churning the water and bringing…
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A Decade Of The Jenni House
The Jenni House Artist Residency is known in the Yukon for providing studio space to artists from the territories, northern BC
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A Walk Along The River
It’s a warm Yukon summer afternoon and thirty or more people are gathered outside of the Visitor Information Centre in Whitehorse.
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Historic Buildings On Qikiqtaruk—Herschel Island
In August 2023, three specialists from the Yukon government’s Historic Sites Unit lifted the 130-year-old Pacific Steam Whaling…
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Riddle Me This!
The timer starts as the door clicks shut behind you. Your palms start to sweat as your eyes dart around the room trying to take it all in.
Connecting To The land; Connecting To Each Other
It was a perfect summer morning in July 2023. Vuntut Gwitchin youth and Elders gathered for breakfast at their heritage camp…
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Full Steam Ahead
Plans are in the works for the S.S. Klondike to embark on its maiden voyage this spring in the United Kingdom. The model boat version…
Heritage Awards
The Yukon Historical & Museums Association (YHMA) honoured five recipients of the annual Heritage Awards at a public awards ceremony…
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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Keeping ‘The Percy’ Alive!
There won’t be a Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race this year, but to keep the idea alive, the smaller-than-usual new board…
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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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A Living Legacy
Haa G̱aatáa Haa Ḵusteeyí — Our Trapping Our Way of Life, a new exhibit at Haa Shagóon Hídi…
Tr’ondëk-Klondike Achieves World Heritage Status
Twenty-six years after it was first proposed by Pierre Berton, in 1997, and 19 years after it was officially submitted by Canada…
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Fossils In The Yukon
Grant Zazula has been a Yukon government paleontologist since 2006, overseeing the territory’s fossil collections, research…
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Back To Beringia
As my son is getting older and continues to appreciate any opportunity to learn about new things, I thought, What better way to embrace…
Old Log Church
Built by Reverend Bowen in 1900, the Old Log Church has been a constant presence in Whitehorse. The building has been in continuous…
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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What Does Yukon Heritage Mean To You?
Here in the Yukon we are so lucky to be surrounded by an incredible richness of heritage and historical places. Like all things inherited…
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The Yukon Remembers
Over the past few years, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 254’s Remembrance Day Ceremony, in Whitehorse, has faced numerous challenges…
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Tales From Before And After The Gold Rush
The extreme focus on the drama of the Klondike Gold Rush tends to obscure the stories about the gold seekers…
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Growing Up Van Bibber
When Elder Lucy Sanderson (née Van Bibber) was growing up in her family home in rural Yukon in the 1930s, she dreamed of travelling.
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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 Sibilla Gets A Facelift
When Bob Cameron was a kid in the late 1950s and ’60s, his family spent summer weekends boating on Tagish Lake.
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Breathing New Life Into A 1950s Mystery
It could be a military dog tag, a cut of metal or a twist of fabric. Uncovering even the smallest thing from a plane that disappeared…
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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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Unfrozen After 85 Years
Parks Canada got the call late last August—a cache of items left behind in 1937 (by legendary photographer Bradford Washburn…
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Let There Be Light
The longest night, the shortest day. Either way you measure, if you celebrate during or near midwinter, or Winter Solstice…
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The Yukon Remembers
The Remembrance Day ceremony at the Canada Games Centre (CGC) is something many community members have missed, over the past couple of years.
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‘We have never got rich, but we sure have a good life being poor.’
For nearly 70 years, the Bradley family have called the Pelly River Ranch home. Dale Bradley’s roots run deep at the Pelly River Ranch.
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Time Travelling in the Yukon
Living in the Yukon, it’s hard not to feel distinctly aware of time, of its passing and of our relationship to it.
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Unearthing a ‘miracle’
Nun cho ga is a near complete mummified female mammoth calf. This piece of Yukon history was found by placer miners working at Eureka Creek
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The Bookshelf: When Dawson Made Hockey History
The Dawson Challengers had a dream to contest for the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup (better known as the Stanley Cup.
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Dog Gone Long Time
How a traditional walk helps make sense of life. Learning about stamina and resilience between Colville Lake and Fort Good Hope
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Diamond Tooth Gerties built in 1901
History of Diamond Tooth Gerties? It was for the Arctic Brotherhood 1901 – 1925, opened in ’71 as a casino by Klondike Visitors Association.
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Yukon Association of Non-status Indians: Remembering the Forgotten People
Important history of Yukon Indigenous people is about to be told, by the Yukon Association of Non-status Indians
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The Battle at the Mad Trapper Bar
Northerners; we tell stories. Our northern stories are our wealth & our identity. They are about independent, hardy people full of character.
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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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Storytelling Specialist Honoured for Excellence and Leadership in Teaching
Patricia Joe, of KDFN, recognized as an Outstanding Indigenous Educator. She credits her grandparents for gifting their knowledge to her.
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The History of the North American Bison
The Yukon bison herd is said to be 1,400+. Learn a little North American Bison, it’s introduction into the Yukon and a great Bison recipe.
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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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The Percy DeWolfe Memorial Race kicks off March 3, 2022
He defied death. He raced against time. What better way to honour the “Iron Man of the North” than The Percy DeWolf Memorial Race.
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First lady of Klondike gold: Remembering Kate Carmack
Reflecting on Tlingit Kate Carmack (Shaaw Tláa) & her contributions to the Klondike Gold Rush, a defining event in Yukon &Canadian history.
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125 years of gold
2021 marks 125 years since the discovery of gold in the Yukon. This year there is a series of new commemorative activities.
Modern tech meets heritage conservation in Dawson City
Dredge No. 4 was built in 1912 and operated until 1959. It was designated as a national historic site in 1997.
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Chew on this
Robertson, nicknamed Nimrod, was a gentlemen gold miner and inventor, whose homemade choppers were just one of many memorable things about him.
Dublin Gulch
The present book, one of several projects Michael Gates has had on the go since he retired, is one he was commissioned to write by Victoria Gold, the owners of the Eagle Gold Mine.
Early geological mapping Pt2
One project was to traverse and map the Mackenzie Mountains near the Yukon-NWT border by Joseph Keele who spent an entire year in 1907-08.
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Early Geological Mapping Expeditions
When you fly over Yukon and British Columbia, look out your window if you can. You will see an endless, rugged landscape, broken by lakes
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Lest we forget
The poppy was originally worn by Americans. Madame Guerin convinced Canadian veterans to adopt the poppy in Canada.
The Klondike Gold Rush Steamers
In these days of highways and 1000-year level flood dikes, it’s easy to forget that the best way to get to Dawson used to be by sternwheelers. While most of the stampeders made their way here in small boats and rafts in 1898, a sizeable number cruised to the fledgling town from St. Michael’s, Alaska, in riverboats and steamers and, once the White Pass chugged into Whitehorse, still more hopped on boats from there.
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