Yukon 2009 Vacation Planner - (Page 57) CAMPBELL everyone makes you feel like you’re home. paul Harrison, devon, alberTa, canada Crossing Ross River on the Canol Footbridge – YG photo our communities Faro Faro was established in 1968 as a hardrock mining town supporting one of the largest lead-zinc mines in the world. Now, Faro has reinvented itself for residents, artists and visitors who seek wilderness and rural experiences in a friendly community setting. Faro offers a range of visitor services and amenities, including a municipal campground and RV park and an impressive visitor facility, the Campbell Region Interpretive Centre. Population: 391 ross river Ross River, home of the Ross River Dena Council, is at the confluence of the Ross and Pelly (Ts’ekínyäk Chú) rivers and near the junction of the Campbell Highway and Canol Road. An important trading post in the past, Ross River is the gateway to the North and South Canol roads and offers a range of visitor services including the only service station on the Canol. A summer ferry in Ross River provides service to the North Canol Road. Population: 354 local attractions Campbell region interpretive Centre and Community visitor information Centre This impressive log building in “downtown” Faro is the place to go for tourist information and interesting displays on the Campbell region’s history, geology and wildlife. The helpful interpretive staff can tell you everything you need to know for a great time in the area, including the location of trails, attractions, fishing holes, scenic drives and the best spots to view sandhill cranes and the unique Fannin’s sheep in the spring and fall. The centre also presents free, regularly scheduled, guided walks and talks on the region’s many fascinating heritage features. www.faroyukon.ca Mount Mye Sheep Centre Drive from Faro up Blind Creek Road to the sheep viewing deck (Km 5.5) and the Mount Mye Sheep Centre viewing cabin (Km 7.5) with its interpretive displays, picnic tables and wall of windows. A short distance away is a sheep mineral lick along a bluff. However, from June to September the sheep are in their summer grounds high on Mount Mye (Ddhäl Jät). In August, watch chinook salmon spawning in nearby Blind Creek. Ask for a map and directions at the interpretive centre. www.faroyukon.ca Sandhill crane, Faro – photo by J. Jantunen travelyukon.com 57 http://www.faroyukon.ca http://www.faroyukon.ca http://www.travelyukon.com
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