From Dawson City, capital of the Yukon gold fields, 10 men of the Dawson Nuggets hockey team set off on December 19, 1904 on a 4,000-mile, 24-day journey by bicycle, dog sled, train, and ship for Ottawa, in quest of the world hockey championship, the Stanley Cup. They are to pick up one more […]
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Travails of Yukon travel
Travel to Whitehorse and the goldfields of the Yukon was often an epic adventure. By rail, it was just 110 miles from Skagway, Alaska over the White Pass and Yukon Railway to the end of the line at Whitehorse, Yukon. Dawson City, at the centre of Yukon gold rush, was more than 250 miles […]