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Spent the morning doing errands, walking along the Yukon River and exploring the SS Klondike, a sternwheel river boat which plied the Yukon from 1929 to 1955. Ships like the Klondike were the main freight haulers in the region from the late 1800’s until the Alaska highway was upgraded and became the major transport route in the early ‘50’s. Started along the Alaska Hwy (Rt 1) around noon and stopped at the Tlingit Heritage Museum and also the George Johnson Museum in Teslin, YK ( see 6/25 entry). These are quite striking and informative museums and, although we had spent time at both during our ‘03 trip, we just had to stop again enjoy the exhibits. Continued east from Teslin, stopping for a black bear with cubs that were browsing along the side of the road, and later camped at Big Creek Yukon Government Campground near Watson Lake, YK.
