Traditional food: Eating a lynx

During the recent muskrat camp outside Burwash Landing (at Lake Creek territorial campground) students got to meet trappers.

Ryan Sealy of Environment Yukon’s Trapper Education program obtained a lynx from a trapper in Pelly Crossing Yukon. Students saw how the fur is used and also the meat. It turns out lynx is edible — Sealy even calls it a “family favorite.”

The meat was cut into little cubes so that everyone would have a piece. I would describe it as tasting just like chicken if slightly chewier.

Students at ‘muskrat camp’ learn trapping

The Kluane Lake School in Destruction Bay hosts a Muskrat Camp every year, where local students spend a few days with trappers and elders.

The students visited a trapline and learned how to trap muskrat. They then were guided through scraping the hides as well as sewing and other workshops.

These kinds of land skills are increasingly being recognized and incorporated into Yukon schools.

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Caribou alongside the Alaska Highway

Caribou have a spring migration and these days they are crossing the Alaska highway outside of Watson Lake and near Teslin Yukon.

It can be a real road hazard at night. A large sign can be seen on the road warning people about their presence.

Huge bison outside Lower Post

Travelling south of Watson Lake, I saw these massive bison outside Lower Post B.C.

They seemed unbothered by the occasional truck passing by.

Watson Lake signpost forest

One quirky landmark in Yukon is the Watson Lake signpost forest. It began as a joke in the 1940s when troops were building the Alaska Highway.

It’s since developed into an odd collection of (stolen?) road signs from around the world.

A bald eagle, looking serious as usual

This bald eagle was spotted alongside the Alaska Highway, surveying the landscape from the top of a very tall pine.

Mountain sheep in Kluane National Park

Driving through Kluane National Park I encountered these Dall sheep.

They are very sure-footed as they climb rocky escarpments.

Driving through Kluane National Park

With spring weather, more people are taking RVs out for sightseeing and camping.

This one is pictured driving through Kluane National Park. The signs incorporate Southern Tutchone language.

Highway surveillance

Driving from Whitehorse to Burwash landing the other day I saw several owls. They don’t seem too bothered when a photographer stops the car and takes pictures.

‘Golden hour’ light

A car drives into Haines Junction on the Alaska HIghway, dwarfed by the immense mountains and scenery.