1982

Construction began on the White Pass & Yukon Route (WP&YR) railway in 1898. The line between the coast at Skagway and the head of navigation on the Yukon River at White Horse Rapids was completed…

Bruce Harvey was the first Parks Canada superintendent of Yukon Historic Sites. Bruce was a founder of the Yukon Historical and Museums Association…

The Capital Hotel was built in the 1920s, at a time when Whitehorse was trying to regain momentum after a difficult stretch in the territory’s history. The population had dwindled in the years before…