Whitehorse is the biggest city in the Yukon. We arrived on day when the temperature was 70 F. The miners would get aboard the sternwheelers and take 28 hours to go down stream to Dawson City. The return trip took 80 hours since the current was strong. We visited a museum where Sharon panned for gold.
Docent teaching Sharon to pan for gold The salted dirt yielded this gold flake
Yukon river by Whitehorse Sternwheeler on dry land at Whitehorse. One of two remaining
Bicycle shop in Whitehorse Five Fingers rapids. A dangerous place for the sternwheelers