“There are strange things done in the midnight sun…

Six adventurers convened in Whitehorse to canoe the Big Salmon River. We hired an outfitter who supplied us with gear and transport to our put in on Quite Lake (a 4 hour drive East of Whitehorse), and then back to Whitehorse from our pull out at Carmacks on the Yukon River.

We paddled for 10 days, travelling 240km on the Big Salmon, and another 110 Km on the Yukon.

Nights were cold, bugs non existent, and the rain generally appeared after dinner or before breakfast.

Thanks to Jill, Barbara, Carl, Mike Guest John Gray and to Robert Service for their fine company from c/s Stan

Embarking in sunshine at Quite Lake

It's the forests where silence has lease, It's the beauty that fills me with wonder, It's the stillness that fills me with peace.,

1st night camp site at Sandy Lake

Many logs to negotiate between Sandy and Big Salmon Lakes

Camp Site visitor

Misty Morning

Another great campsite

A piece of Yukon history I wanted the gold: and I got it, I scrabbled and mucked like a slave...:

Surveying his domain

Nightly game. Gambling suspected but not proven.

Sated with hamburgers and onion rings, return to civilization

An annotated slide show of Carl's Yukon trip, including the Chilkoot Trail backpack as well as this trip is at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mirbach/albums/72157680350496958