After the trip out to the Dredger #4 we stopped in town to get groceries and check with the NWT Info centre - The Dempster is open! Then we went on to see some more historical sites. The first cabin is a recreation from some of the original logs of a cabin that Jack London stayed in trying to make his fortune in the gold rush (he didn't) It apparently is where he found the basis for his more well known books "White Fang" and "Call of the Wild". Note the grass growing on the roof.
I remember my Granny and Grandad Hoye lived in a 1 room soddie in the prairies, I think even with Frank as a baby. Boy, I sure could not have done that!
The second cabin, is reportedly the cabin that Robert Service lived in while he wrote poetry such "the Cremation of Sam McGee". It actually had 2 rooms, but we missed the tour/poetry quoting session. We were quite impressed with the raspberry canes growing on his roof.
We could totally see Alan (Sara's Dad) doing this gig.
Later today we had the privilege of attending the Moosehide Gathering - a bi-annual weekend gathering by the local first nations. They had a well organized system of boats that whisked us down the Yukon river to their summer camp. They had performers and small craft booths and more than 400 people attending for a free dinner of salmon, moose stew, turkey and ham and salads and baked potatoes and dessert and we are stuffed! We really enjoyed the visit and the atmosphere. Apparently many of the neighboring first nations attended, and they treated the elders with such respect.
On the way back up the Yukon river, we saw this wreck - an old stern wheeler?
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