Yukon 2009 Vacation Planner - (Page 62) Silver Trail YuKoN’S SiLvEr LiNiNG The Silver Trail offers visitors both an accessible historic frontcountry and a spectacular wilderness backcountry. A rich and colourful gold and silver mining history can be discerned not only in local museums, but in the artifacts, mine implements, historic sites, buildings and other traces of a bygone era that dot the landscape. Further afield, rivers with names like the Wind, Snake and Bonnet Plume have made the Silver Trail a mecca for wilderness paddlers drawn to wild country and pristine rivers. Front or back, the region is full of rewarding experiences for any traveller. Beaufort Sea Alaska,USA welcome Yukon Keno City Stewart Crossing Mayo Northwest Territories WHITEHORSE Travellers who make the side trip to the Silver Trail discover a beautiful region with a rich mining history that rivals the Klondike. Prospectors made their way up the Stewart River in 1902 and endured hardships in remote creeks searching for gold and silver. Old mines still dot the countryside. For your own safety, please do not enter. The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun has hunted, trapped and used overland routes and rivers as their highways in the area for generations. Beyond the Silver Trail lie some of Canada’s wildest rivers and most remote and scenic backcountry. Pacific Ocean British Columbia Keno Hill Signpost, Keno City – YG photo by B. Atkinson 62
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