The liquor store, of all the buildings in Whitehorse, had the longest line out front. To former Lt. Bill Squires that made it the most esteemed building in town. April 1942 had brought the 18th Engineers to Whitehorse, but they camped on the high ground above the city; and, as soon as their heavy equipment …
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Donald Trump’s link to Yukon and the Gold Rush
Donald Trump’s grandfather, Friedrich Trump, came to Bennett, Yukon following the stampede of gold rushers headed for the Klondike. At the end of Lake Bennett a town of the same name had sprung up from nowhere, to serve the needs of prospectors passing through. Link to another story “Bennett Came First” According to Natalie Obiko …
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The Rapids
The Rapids started it all. When a would-be prospector on the way to the Klondike came by ship to Skagway and then lugged his gear to the top of the Chilkoot Pass, he still had to navigate Lake Bennet to the narrows at Carcross and then the Yukon River to Dawson City. The greatest peril …
A Thousand Pair of Army Boots
A thousand pair of Army boots had tromped across a railway platform into northern Canada in March at Dawson Creek, British Columbia. The second set of a thousand pair to tromp into northern Canada warmed—sort of—the feet of the 18th Engineers at the depot in Whitehorse, Yukon. The first troops to Dawson Creek When FDR …