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Tracy Arm Fjord/Sawyer Glacier - Ford's Terror Wilderness | Ketchikan, Alaska | Juneau, Alaska | Skagway, Alaska | Inside Passage | Prince Rupert, Canada

Skagway, Alaska

This was the most northerly point on our cruise. Skagway has a native population of about 750; when we were there, there were 7 cruise ships in port so the town was overrun with 10-12,000 tourists for the day. We opted to rent a car and drive up the Yukon highway into Canada. The scenery was beautiful and dramatic, but most importantly, wonderfully under-populated. The highway winds up and over White Pass which was the scene of the passage to the Yukon Gold Rush in the 1890's. Now that must have been a colorful period in our history.
Lilly Pond
Lilly Pond
This is the farthest point we went up the Yukon Highway into canada and had to turn around to be back at our cruise ship in time. The fireweed was gorgeous against the glacial-melt water of the lake.
Fireweed, Lake Bennett & Clouds		This is the farthest point we went up the Yukon Highway into canada and had to turn around to be back at our cruise ship in time. The fireweed was gorgeous against the glacial-melt water of the lake.
This time the family wanted to stop to see this.
Mirrored Lake		This time the family wanted to stop to see this.
Waterfall
Waterfall
Roadside Lake
Roadside Lake
this is a place full of glaciers, so where did the water lillies come from??? That was enough of a queue to pull the car over and gird myself to deal with the groans from the family about stopping 'again'. But it was worth it; the clear reflection of the clouds above transformed the water into something magical --- How often do you see lillies floating in clouds? A lucid dream begging to be captured... The kid in me kind of wanted to heave a big boulder into the mirror to see the illusion shatter, but that was quickly replaced by a strange sense of calm and serenity. Ahhhh....
Reflections		this is a place full of glaciers, so where did the water lillies come from??? That was enough of a queue to pull the car over and gird myself to deal with the groans from the family about stopping 'again'. But it was worth it; the clear reflection of the clouds above transformed the water into something magical --- How often do you see lillies floating in clouds? A lucid dream begging to be captured... The kid in me kind of wanted to heave a big boulder into the mirror to see the illusion shatter, but that was quickly replaced by a strange sense of calm and serenity. Ahhhh....
Train
Train
Just off the Yukon Highway up in the White Pass, pulled me off the road again.
Waterfall-2		Just off the Yukon Highway up in the White Pass, pulled me off the road again.
Old Rusty Steam Locomotive Boiler
Old Rusty Steam Locomotive Boiler
Steam Locomotive Detail
Steam Locomotive Detail
July 20, 1900
July 20, 1900

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Steve Albano28-May-2005 02:06
Awesome images, really top-notch work!
stevenpa24-Aug-2004 07:46
These are some really nice photos! You make the Yukon look very inviting.
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