Burning rubber in Canada - Part 10 , The Whitehorse

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   Dease Lake to Whitehorse was a pretty long drive as we drove on the Al- Can highway there were miles and miles of trees on both sides of the road , one could hardly see the land the only place to stop were rest stops in between .

  Finally we came to another iconic stop on this highway the Jade city . The city is named after   Jada rock  is which found on the privately owned mine , located on huge privately owned forest .

  The area around Jade city is world's largest deposit of nephrite jade  . The population  is just 30 people !!! and its called city !!! The store sales various type of rocks apart from that they offer free coffee and wash rooms .The owner is very kind and ready to give you all information you want Netrali brought a few stones as souvenir . However there is no restaurant onsite.

Inside the Jade store 

    It was already getting late and we were on lookout for a place to have lunch,finally we came to a small restaurant were we had quick lunch. By the time we finished our lunch it was past 4 pm and the long drive was now getting on nerves of each one of us . 

Another stunning lake -Southern lakes

Lunch stop 

Lovely road 

  Finally we saw the welcome sign and it immediately lifted our spirits . The drive to hotel  was very simple  just a straight drive on the main road.

Main street Whitehorse

Mc Dee!!!

    Since it was rest day we all took it easy . However I went out for my morning walk to explore the city . It was pretty cold in the morning , streets were empty but it was pretty nice town . I took a small trail along the river front . The trail was very well laid out with many view points  along the trail . At one place it had a beautiful deck on the river front .

  

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Yukon river front 

Deck on river front 

Totem pole 

Fox on the Trail 

  During the walk I came across the SS Klondike national historic site . Its basically a vintage stern wheeler ship similar to the one which sailed on the Yukon river during the gold rush of 1898 Klondike gold rush . Before you visit the ship please watch the short film , there after its , self guided tour in the ship . Everything is restored beautifully including the boilers and the wheels in the rear . The ship looks as if it is ready to sail .  

 

Main Ship

Main wheel 

   By the time I came back it was afternoon . Netrali made a great vegetable pulao for lunch , again after lunch it was time to go to sleep . We woke up late in the evening and felt really refreshed , dinner was back to McDees on popular demand of Shaunak and Malhar . Before that it was time to replenish our supplies  for the next few days on the road . On our visit to Walmart we were pleasantly surprised to see a huge section of Indian groceries including ready to eat stuff and Parle G biscuits !!

   The day  ended with a small walk as we had to start early tomorrow for our long drive to final destination .

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