The White Pass & Yukon Route train was built in 1989 during the Klondike Gold Rush. This narrow gage railroad is an international Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
The White Pass & Yukon Route train climbs nearly 3,000 feet in just 20 miles and features steep grades of up to 3.9%, cliff hanging turns, tunnels, bridges and trestles.
We experienced the breathtaking panorama of mountains, glaciers, gorges, waterfalls and historic sites from the comfort of a vintage parlor car.
This bridge was constructed in 1969 to replace the old one which at that time was the tallest cantilever bridge in the world.
The border has the flags of the United States, Alaska, ??, Yukon Territory, and Canada. We had to again show our passports to enter Canada. After climbing the White Pass Trail to the top, we boarded our motor coach and descended into Canada's Yukon Territory. 
We will spend tonight in Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon, and tomorrow in Beaver Creek before heading back into Alaska. Yukon Territory is in the Pacific Time Zone. The entire state of Alaska is in Alaska Time Zone.
A snow fence in the Yukon.
The fireweed is Yukon's 'state' flower. This beautiful plant grows abundantly like dandelions.
I learned there is a desert in Carcross, Yukon. The Tagish people call this area Todezzane, 'blowing all the time' and the Tlingit call it Naataase Heen, 'water running through the narrows." In 1899 the community was officially named Caribou Crossing, but was too hard to say so it the name was shortened to Carcross in 1906.
Part of the desert.
We visited Uncommon Journeys and got a first hand encounter with sled dogs of the North. Some of the dogs they raise will race in the Iditarod Race held the first Saturday in March. Iditarod means clear water and was named by the Shageluck Indians for the Iditarod River.
The owner told us about the art of dog-mushing, the clothing required and the about the sleds.
Does this come in a smaller size?
They train the dogs not to be afraid of strangers by letting the tourist go inside the pens and pet them.
Should I buy this T-shirt?
Or should I get this one?
They use 4-wheelers to train the dogs when there is no snow.
A snow fence in the Yukon.
The fireweed is Yukon's 'state' flower. This beautiful plant grows abundantly like dandelions.
I learned there is a desert in Carcross, Yukon. The Tagish people call this area Todezzane, 'blowing all the time' and the Tlingit call it Naataase Heen, 'water running through the narrows." In 1899 the community was officially named Caribou Crossing, but was too hard to say so it the name was shortened to Carcross in 1906.
Part of the desert.
We visited Uncommon Journeys and got a first hand encounter with sled dogs of the North. Some of the dogs they raise will race in the Iditarod Race held the first Saturday in March. Iditarod means clear water and was named by the Shageluck Indians for the Iditarod River.
The owner told us about the art of dog-mushing, the clothing required and the about the sleds. Does this come in a smaller size?
They train the dogs not to be afraid of strangers by letting the tourist go inside the pens and pet them.
Should I buy this T-shirt?
Or should I get this one?
They use 4-wheelers to train the dogs when there is no snow. 
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