| A wild coyote alongside
the road- taken from a moving RV |
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| Kluane Lake - photos taken from a moving RV
through the window - so forgive the window reflections. The road pull-outs were
not big enough for the two RV Gypsies to pull over and stop, but the lake was so beautiful that
these photos still deserve to be seen. This lake is considered one of the
most beautiful lakes in the WORLD. |
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Lake
Kluane is the largest lake in the Yukon Territory |
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| Below are photos from the same
area - Kluane Lake and Destruction Bay. This set of photos was
taken on the return trip - leaving Alaska and returning
to Canada about 2-1/2 months later on August 14, 2009. Everything changes quickly. |
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This is where
the color of the water changes due to glacial water - AMAZING that there
is such a definite line for the color change instead of both colors blending
together. |
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| This Destruction Bay area is where
the roads were the worst going into Alaska in June 2009, but they were repaired by
the return trip in August. |
| BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
- Kluane Icefield Ranges
- approaching Haines Junction |
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The 24 foot high Haines Junction
monument depicts wildlife
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| Haines Junction was established in 1942 during
construction of the Alaska Highway. The first buildings here were Army barracks
for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Engineers were to build a new
branch road connecting the Alaska Highway with the port of Haines on Lynn
Canal. It was completed in 1943. |
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Burwash Landing - Yukon |
| Burwash Landing is known for its black spruce
burl bowls. Burls start as an irritation in the spruce. The tree sends extra
sap as sealant, which creates a growth or burl. Burls are either "green"
- harvested from live trees in the spring, or they are "dry burls"
taken from dead burl trees. Burls are peeled of their bark and used in their
natural form as fence posts or shaped and finished into a variety of objects
such as bowls. |
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| Burwash Landing is the traditional home of
the Southern Tutchone people of the Kluane Fist nation. the present location
was first used as a summer camp until a trading post was built in the early
1900's. Burwash Landing had its 100th anniversary in 2004. There is a post
office, community hall and several businesses. |
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| The two RV Gypsies stayed overnight
in Beaver Creek before traveling on to Tok - the Gateway to Alaska. Beaver
Creek's population swells all the way up to 200 in the summer although they
have a population of 149 year round. U.S. Customs is located 21 miles north
of Beaver Creek on the Alaska Highway. Beaver Creek is the most westerly
community in Canada. |
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some kind of
wind control by the roadside |
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scenery |
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