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Newest Review: ... suburbs and the industrial areas. The scenery is fantastic - the city sits beside the Yukon River, below bluffs on which stand the Airport, and surrounded by foothills which lead enticingly to towering snow-capped peaks not too far off. Although quite small, Whitehorse does have a big-city feel, with meetings conducted in espresso bars and a brief but noticeable rush-hour as the workers hurry home out of town. On the banks of the Yukon river stand some of the various points of interest considered Tourist attractions for the city. The paddlesteamer SS Klondike is moored up (imposing but not amazingly endowed with exhibits), and near t... more

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Yukon: For the real Canada, head North - said the Guide Book. (1179 words)
by - written on 24/10/08 (Very useful, 156 readings)
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Go beyond 60 North, the guide book said. Experience frontier Canada it suggested. Being an easily suggestible, newly graduated, impoverished travelling type - I took up the subliminal offer and plotted my journey beyond the scary parallel that divides most of Canada from The High Arctic. Actually - let's be clear, 90% of Canada's 34 million inhabitants live at lower latitudes than Britons do, and the real High Arctic dwellers out beyond 70 North in locations such as Iqaluit and Tuktoyuktuk would consider natives of Whitehorse to be puny southerners, afraid of real snow! So, it was with great excitement that I boarded the Greyhound Coach in ... Read the complete review