Atlin

The rain chased me out of Anchorage all the way to British Columbia. I finally found a dry patch in Atlin. Atlin is a small (tiny) town on the shore of Atlin lake in British Columbia. It started during the gold rush years of the late 19 early 20 centuries…

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Valdez

Located at the head of the fjord, Old Valdez must have been extremely pictures. Today all that is left are a few roting pier columns. Old Valdez was destroyed by an earthquake born tsunami in 1964 and was moved to a safer location in 1968. The oil terminal is located…

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Kluane National Park

We spent 3 days at Haines Junction on the edge of Kluane (pronounced Clue-ON-ee) National Park in Yukon. I say it is on the edge because Kluane’s main feature is a huge ice field, the biggest in the world (except for the polar ice fields), which makes the interior not…

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Muncho Lake

The Alaska Highway passes right along Muncho Lake in the northern Canadian Rockies. We spent a couple of days here hiking and photographing. We arrived on Victoria Day long Weekend, and the campground was near capacity, but there was still a spot right on the water for us. The view…

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