Golden morning

Winter is coming and there’s some frost forming on the trees. This photo was taken during sunrise on the Alaska Highway, heading to Teslin from Whitehorse.

Stocking up for winter

Winter is on the way in Yukon. On the road the other day I saw these birds getting fat at Johnson’s Crossing south of Whitehorse.

Fall colours everywhere

Fall colours are in their full splendor. Here are a few shots from a recent drive on the Alaska Highway south from Watson Lake to Whitehorse and a flight to Dawson City.

Falling gently

These two para gliders were spotted from the Alaska Highway outside Whitehorse, near Marsh Lake.

It must be quite a beautiful view from above.

Whitewater rodeo!

The Yukon canoe and Kayak Club holds an event every year called the Whitewater Rodeo.

Paddlers take to the waves created right outside the Whitehorse hydroelectric dam, as fans watch from Centennial Bridge.

It’s an entertainign evening watching the paddlers do flips, rolls and some jousting, like bumper cars trying to playfully knock each other out of an eddy.

Think fast! Orienteering championships

The North American Orienteering Championships were held in Yukon this year. It’s a sport where people use maps to find their way to different waypoints as well as a compass.

A person needs to be a good runner (pr walker, depending on the event) but also have a good sense of navigation.

When people find the checkpoints, they touch an little electronic device to a reader, so it confirms they have found it.

Events took place around Whitehorse and also in Carcross, where these photos were taken.

More than 500 people took part!

Long-distance bicycling

 

 

Travel on the Alaska Highway during summer and you’ll see bicycle tourists, travelling hundreds if not thousands of kilometres on epic journeys.

That bold, bright building with formline art is the George Johnston museum in Teslin Yukon.

Mama bear teaches how to cross the road

I spotted these bears just outside the bridge in Teslin Yukon.

A mother bear was guiding her two cubs in crossing the road. The bears looked at the car from the bush before moving on.

Busy bees in Whitehorse

Ah, summer in Yukon!

Some City of Whitehorse workers were maintaining a flower bed today beside Two Mile Hill.

When I approached to take a picture I could see many bumblebees going flower-to-flower.

Yukon Native Language Centre

It’s always interesting to check out the Yukon Native Language Centre.

The office within Yukon College is adminstered by the Council of Yukon First Nations.

It’s a place for courses and workshops, and features material in eight languages: Gwich’in, Hän, Kaksa, Northern Tutchone, Southern Tutchone, Tagish, Tlingit and Upper Tanana.

The centre has storybooks, classroom materials, legends, elders’ interviews and more.