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Link to website Explore Herschel Island! An island off the Yukon North Slope in the Beaufort Sea that was home to ancestors of the people of the Arctic and served as an American commercial whaling colony in the 1890s. A dozen whaling structures still stand and there are rich archaeological and palaeontological sites. It is managed according to the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.

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Link to website The Bishop Who Ate His Boots The history of Anglican Church Missions in Canada's North. The site details the interaction between the First Nations people of the western Arctic and the commercial whalers and missionaries...

Yukon Government Heritage Resources Unit Unit programs include Historic Sites, Archaelogy, Palaeontology, Geographical Names and Scientific Research Licensing which provide for the proper research, conservation, management, development and interpretation of Yukon's heritage resources and historic places. The website offers an introduction to programs and current activities, identifies contacts, lists publications and provides a selection of online publications.

Link to website Yukon Photographers: The Gold Rush Era, 1897-1900 Photographers have been visiting the Yukon since U.S. Army Lieutenant Schwatka travelled down the Yukon River in 1883. After the discovery of gold on Bonanza Creek in 1896, many commercial photographers travelled to Dawson City, photographing the journey and establishing studios along the way. Many of the stampeders also had small roll-film cameras as part of their outfits. The photographers featured here were in the Yukon just before or during the gold rush and are only some of those that photographed the Klondike gold rush.

Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre Imagine a world where vast steppe stretches unbroken as far as the eye can see. Envision a place where predators of staggering proportions compete with human hunters for food. Picture a land where the animals and plants struggle to survive in the cold, dry treeless expanse. Explore the treasures of that world within the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre and watch Beringia come alive.

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