Skagway, Town In The Snowy Valley

From Juneau - Alaska's capital, after a night on board, we landed at Skagway at 7am. Now it is summertime, so this town of less than a thousand people is quite crowded with visitors.Skagway is popular for keeping the look of a Western town in the snow. Surrounded by wooden sidewalks are mountains and trees, nestled in a deep bay, Skagway is known as the first stop of gold seekers before stepping into the mines. gold in Klondike (in Canada)

. The time to look for gold is long gone, but dreams of getting rich intensely still cover this land with a magical color that is irresistible.Why bird watching Originated from the local indigenous language, the name Skagway means shadow "The sea is rough" because it is located in a narrow glacial valley, often with very strong winds. In 1896, when gold was found in Klondike, a rush to find gold completely transformed the gateway Skagway.



The population of the town sometimes reached 30,000, making Skagway the largest city in Alaska. Through many ups and downs, today the town is still prospering through tourism, hunting, fishing and salmon farming. Some local tour operators offer many interesting exploration programs such as ski tour - 6 hour forest tour, 12 hour mountain tour, 8 hour eagle and whale viewing tour ... The first day, We decided to buy a falcon and whale viewing tour for 98 USD / person. Main Street in SkagwayThe boat carrying tourists to watch the slow whale along the coast, between white ice floats on the blue sea gem In about 40 minutes of the train running, everyone gazed out at the sea but did not see any whales, only saw many black and white seabirds flying up and down, sometimes covering a wide sea.



so breathtaking that no one would complain when the ship docked without seeing whales! Then everyone got off the train and boarded the bus to watch the eagle, hoping to get better this time. After an hour of running in the mountains, the bus stops at the roadside information station for visitors to see pictures about animal life in the cold land. The Carcross Desert has green pines. Follow the tour guide's footsteps. Go close to the mountain and take your binoculars to look up at the top to see the eagle because this bird usually perches in the highest places. Looking up at the top of the mountain I saw only a white spot, but not clear about the shape of the eagle. The tour guide asserted that it was a hawk perched on the top of the mountain, the white spot was the bird's head! Everyone took pictures of the mountains and white spots on the top of the mountain and then kept going. On the way back, the car stopped at the Falcon Protection Society's headquarters for visitors to see a small museum full of stuffed wild animals and enjoy free smoked salmon.



This regional salmon specialty is delicious. On our way back, we suddenly saw three eagles perched on a cluster of trees, and without binoculars we could see quite clearly. So be satisfied with day one! "Dead horse trail" A spectacular stretch of Skagway, the most popular tourist attraction in Skagway is the White Pass road. The White Pass and the Yukon Railroad were once an important part of the goldmine in the past but are now only for summer travel.The train, while comfortable, has few stops at beautiful sights and only reaches the Canadian border. return. So we bought a Yukon Expressway discovery bus tour that was remade from the old horse-drawn track. According to the bus, the group was able to cross the Canadian and Alaska border to the Carcrossing Province in the Yukon region, Canada.



Dubbed the "Dead Horse Trail", the old White Pass was a terrible winter road. To reach the gold mine, many people had to eat dead horse meat, many went insane. or fall sick to death ... Therefore, the Canadian government obliges those who enter Canada by this way to bring 1 ton of supplies and food to prevent starvation in winter. In the summer, along Dead Horse Trail has many beautiful landscapes. The two sides of the pass coincide with majestic mountains covered with white snow, and traces of gold mines are also found in many places.



Finally, the pass ends in a chain of lakes at the source of the Yukon River such as Lake Peak, Lake Bernard, Lake Bennett. From Lake Bennett or nearby lakes, a new gold seeker builds a boat or raft down the Yukon to a gold spot around Dawson, Canada.Trrain goes to Yukon, the land of the gold mine. With the car, we reached the final stop on Lake Bennett and Narest, home to the Tagish tribe of less than 300 people. After lunch on a steak and yeast bread, everyone went on a sled dog test trip, which is a very interesting way for locals: dogs are trained to pull a four-wheeled vehicle. Pine forest. The dogs in this area are extremely smart and healthy, if they do not pull their wagon for at least a few hours a day, they will become moody and sick. Each car has a leading dog leading the way.



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