8-5-09: A trip to the Dawson City Museum was on the agenda today. The museum is housed in the Old Territorial Administration Building; an elegant-looking building built in 1901. The museum featured exhibits on early mining, the native Tr'ondek Hwech'in who inhabit this area, the effects of the Gold Rush, and the actual life of early Dawson residents. Interestingly, this region wasn't covered by ice during the last glaciation thus mammoths and other ice age animals took refuge here from the advancing ice in other parts of their range. The tusks, bones, and teeth exhibited in the museum came from the remains of these animals found by Dawson City area miners working in the permafrost.
We crossed by ferry to continue our drive on the Top of the World Highway, crossed into Alaska, went south on Taylor Highway and camped at West Fork Campground. There was a small lake below our site which looked like perfect moose habitat and it was! We saw a cow moose twice; the 2nd time was late in the evening as she was swimming and tramping about the pond as she submerged her head underwater often to get her fill of pond grass.
FYI: The air in Alaska was thick with smoke thus visibility was greatly hampered. The camp host told us that there were 475 forest fires burning in Alaska.
We crossed by ferry to continue our drive on the Top of the World Highway, crossed into Alaska, went south on Taylor Highway and camped at West Fork Campground. There was a small lake below our site which looked like perfect moose habitat and it was! We saw a cow moose twice; the 2nd time was late in the evening as she was swimming and tramping about the pond as she submerged her head underwater often to get her fill of pond grass.
FYI: The air in Alaska was thick with smoke thus visibility was greatly hampered. The camp host told us that there were 475 forest fires burning in Alaska.
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