We left Skagway and Alaska behind us when we followed Hwy 2 north then
turned onto Hwy 8 also called Tagish Road.
We had a fairly wet day for travel; we left after the White Pass train
ride so it was not an early start.
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| Bridge over Tagish River in Yukon |
We made our overnight stay on the Tagish River at the Six Mile River
Resort in Tagish, Yukon that night. We
parked in a small grassy field with RV hook-ups, there were cabins and a
restaurant and lots of things to see. We
did have a delicious dinner there, and enjoyed the hosts of the resort. Click here to learn more about this great spot.
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| Lake views and Coast Mountains |
The next morning was heavy fog again but the sun soon came out as we crossed
the border again and traveled down to Atlin, BC. This road was originally built to be part of the
Alaska Highway and takes us 94 km (58 mi) from Jakes’ Corner. The Atlin Road is partly paved with some parts gravel.
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| Teresa Island on Atlin Lake, BC |
In the summer of 1899 Atlin was a busy mining town with a population around
10,000 people. It thrived for about 15
years until the gold rush was over. What
a quiet quaint little town this is today with about 400 people enjoying this
beautiful view of Atlin Lake. Being an
unincorporated community, much of it is run by volunteers.
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| Sites of Atlin, BC |
There were several old buildings to see and old equipment on display at
the museum making for an interesting walk around town. Many of the buildings are used as the old
courthouse shows. They host an Atlin Arts and Music Festival every year. The fishing attracts fisherman to the area
and the Atlin Lake, the largest natural, freshwater lake in BC. looks like a
great place to explore.
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| The Tarahne |
The Tarahne was a motor vessel that toured guests around Atlin Lake for
twenty years. It was abandoned in 1937
after a short but successful time. The
British Columbia Heritage Trust gave a grant to the Atlin Historical Society in
1985 and the Tarahne soon became the venue for many events held in Atlin.
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| Llewellyn Glacier |
We considered staying out of town at a provincial park so took a drive
out and came upon this view of the Llewellyn Glacier. Looking at this photograph, it appears to be of
a painting but it is not, it is just as it was when I took this photo of the
glacier.
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| Norseman RV park on Atlin Lake |
We decided to come back to town and chose to stay at the Norseman RV
Park, which sits right on the Atlin Lake.
We got to stay in the “penthouse” as the small spit was called and
enjoyed our end-of-day visit in the sunshine.
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| Float plane take-off |
Our evening included watching the float plane take off from right out
in front of our RV park, would have loved to have seen the views he would enjoy. The quiet lake on a quiet sunny evening as we
sat around the fire made for a great finish to our day.
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| Raindrops on RV window |
Morning brings the rain. We have
had lots of rainy times but having been driving most of that time, it really
did nothing to spoil the adventures. We’ve
had lots of sunshine, too. We made one
more trip to Whitehorse for truck parts but would soon be heading home. Click here to follow our final days of the great northern adventure.
