Canada & Alaska - 2014

Day 21: Juneau — Skagway Tue Jul 08, 2014

We arrived in Skagway, at the Inside Passage’s northernmost point, early in the morning. We disembarked directly after breakfast for our trek into the Yukon. We left dockside aboard a bus which took us through White Pass, past Bove Island, through the border town of Fraser and into the Yukon Territories. We were heading to Carcross where we stopped for lunch at Caribou Crossing. After lunch we headed back to Fraser where we joined the White Pass Railway for the ride back along the Trail of '98 made by the Klondike gold rushers and then into Skagway.
Main street of Skagway Leaving the ship for a day in Skagway A house on the side of a mountain Heading towards White Pass Bove Island Bove Island A black bear on the roadside
A black bear on the roadside A black bear on the roadside A view of Carcross First nation centre at Carcross Emerald Lake from Klondike Hwy, Carcross Emerald Lake from Klondike Hwy, Carcross Emerald Lake from Klondike Hwy, Carcross
Mal at Emerald Lake Debbie at Emerald Lake Native rose on Klondike Hwy Wild grass on Klondike Hwy Emerald Lake again Carcross poster Amusing sign
A Grizzly Bear in the museum at Caribou Crossing A Polar Bear in the museum at Caribou Crossing A Couger in the museum at Caribou Crossing Snow-topped Yukon Mountains near Carcross Carcross Desert Front yard of a Carcross house Bennet Lake, Carcross
Yukon Mountains from Carcross Heading out on White Pass railway from Fraser, BC Rocky ravines, small lakes and streams The train following the path of the Yukon/Klondike explorers Looking towards Summit Lake As it was for explorers 150 years ago North West Mounted Police Station at the border between BC and Alaska
One of the the narrow passes The trail of '98: single file travelling The trail used by the goldrush explorers Disused tressle bridge, Yukon railway The river under the tressle bridge Old section of the bridge Denver Glacier
   
Its all downhill now Small river Skagway River Train crossing Skagway River Debbie at the station    
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