First stop this morning was the Keno Mining Museum. This is truly worth seeing and is quite extensive considering the small size of the town.

On the way back to the Klondike Highway we stopped in Mayo and visited Binet House Interpretive Centre and had a long conversation with the lady at the museum. She turned out to be a former chief and very active in the process of achieving self-governance for her tribe. The photos on the wall depicted life in the 1900s and included images of her ancestors who had been involved in the development of her communities.

Once back on the Klondike Highway and heading towards Dawson City, we only stopped at the Tintina Trench which extends hundreds of kilometres between Yukon and Alaska and is the largest fault in North America. The bedrock in this area has shifted a minimum of 450km laterally.

We were soon near Dawson City and drove down Bonanza Creek Road to visit the historic Dredge No. 4, the largest wooden hulled bucket-line dredge in North America. These large machines sifted tons of gravel and rock in rivers and creeks and sifted out the gold.

Now it was time to find a campground in Dawson City and we lucked out at the Gold Rush Campground and RV Park at 4th Avenue and York Street, conveniently located right downtown. We set out to do a walking tour of the city, picked up some groceries and then visited Diamond Tooth Gerties for a show.

Now at 9PM, we were really hungry and headed off to the Drunken Goat, a Greek restaurant and bar for a souvlaki dinner.

Dead tired, we fell into bed.

Tomorrow we will head up the Dempster Highway and will be without Internet and phone service for several days. We will post blog entries as soon as we can.