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In its heyday in the 1950s and '60s, the remote community of Elsa, 300 miles north of Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory, was the epicentre of one of the world's most lucrative silver mining operations--an enterprise that far surpassed the riches produced during the iconic Klondike gold rush. For twelve of those years, Gerald Priest was the chief assayer for United Keno Hill Mines (UKHM), the major player in the region. Priest was a clever man ...

This comprehensive guide is every modern-day adventurer's essential aide to planning and traveling the historic 934-kilometre route from Dyea, Alaska to Dawson City, Yukon.

In 1907, Laura Beatrice Berton, a 29-year-old kindergarten teacher, left her comfortable life in Toronto to teach in a rough Yukon mining town. She fell in love with the North - and with a northerner - and made Dawson City her home for the next 25 years.

The Yukon is a mythic place: the land is vast and wild, the climate harsh and uncompromising, the people resourceful and resilient. This book presents the stories, shared by fifty women - "born here or came here" - that attest to the enduring nature of the north and the evolving character of this dynamic community.

The accomplishments of the Mounted Police in this northern setting have long stirred the imagination of Canadians and indeed, of much of the world." --Dr. William Beahen, Preface

The 1898 Yukon Goldrush has become synonymous with high adventure and peril, a time when thousands of men--and a few courageous women--braved their way over mountain passes, down a raging river and into the heart of a wild and frozen land.

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In its heyday in the 1950s and '60s, the remote community of Elsa, 300 miles north of Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory, was the epicentre of one of the world's most lucrative silver mining operations--an enterprise that far surpassed the riches produced during the iconic Klondike gold rush. For twelve of those years, Gerald Priest was the chief assayer for United Keno Hill Mines (UKHM), the major player in the region. Priest was a clever man ...

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In 1942, the west coast of North America was under threat after the attack on Pearl Harbor, prompting the US government to build a military road from Dawson Creek, BC, to Delta Junction, AK. Renowned as a driving challenge and for its remote scenic beauty, the Alaska Highway opened to the public in 1948. It was the beginning of the golden age of the automobile. Silvertip, Swift River, Silver Dollar, Krak-R-Krik, Chickaloon and other quaint and...

An important chronicle of the Land of the Midnight Sun's contribution to the Great War.

When Mercy Brown, a reluctant psychic and freelance journalist, discovers her late Aunt Ginger's diaries, packed with early Canadian dance history and a painful past, she realizes that she has two mysteries to sort out. Mercy Brown and her dog Sadie embark on a writing assignment up the Alaska Highway. A BC bestseller, Alaska Highway Two-Step was selected as one of The Globe & Mail's Top 100 Books. Caroline Woodward's sharp wit and unerring ab...

Keno City embraces more of the early-day spirit of the North country than any other spot in the North. Here is a glowing little city where miners and prospectors, visitors and transients alike, may have a taste of the typical life of a real frontier town." --A.A. Gillespie, c. 1930

They were among those who loved the North and stayed for six years. Keith, a nurse, and Muriel, a midwife, were barely into their twenties and fresh from England when they arrived, eager to put their brand new skills to work. Their clients were the Gwich'in people, who taught them how to snowshoe, choose a dog team and live off the land.

In 2008 Keith Billingtons surprise bestseller, House Calls by Dogsled: Six Years in an Arctic Medical Outpost, vividly described Billington and his wife Muriels experiences providing medical care to a string of isolated First Nations settlements in the Northwest Territories during the 1960s. In Cold Land, Warm Hearts: More Memories of an Arctic Medical Outpost Billington dishes up more of the hair-raising and heartwarming stories about medical...