EAAE Day 10-11 - Dempster Hwy return trip and visit to Dawson

 Having successfully completed out Tuk rescue mission, we stayed a third night at Jak campground, and then we turned out vehicles back south on the Dempster Highway.  Our journey took us back across the Mackenzie River at Tsiigehtchik and on to Fort McPherson. This time we stopped into the town to find the memorial to the RNWMP's 1910 Lost Patrol.  It took a bit of looking around.  We were directed toward the church, and then looked around until someone said, hey, maybe it's under the flag...  OK, so maybe it should have been obvious!

We then pushed on back into Yukon, 

past Eagle Plains and made it to the Engineer Creek Campground.  Obviously, I needed a selfie!

 

Engineer Creek itself is very orange.

Next morning, we headed on our way.  There was a bit of rain, so the vehicles got a bit muddy!

And then to the end of the Dempster Highway, where we parted ways from Tim and Matt. 

Tim and Matt continued on their way to Marsh Lake and points beyond, while Arthur and I headed for the Aurora Inn in Dawson (after almost two weeks of tenting, Arthur was very happy to sleep in a real bed!).

Arthur and I spent the rest of the day exploring Dawson, including a visit to the SS Keno, a paddlewheeler steamer that used to run on the Yukon River between Dawson and Whitehorse.

We also checked out the Trondek Hwichen Danoja Zho cultural centre.  

And we had a wander through the streets with the gold rush-era buildings, and visited the Dawson City Museum.

Dawson City Museum

The City Museum includes the original legislative chamber for the Yukon!

Another monument to the Lost Patrol, this time at the Dawson RCMP station.

We ate at the Bon Ton cafe where we enjoyed locally made cheese, bread and cold cuts, then took some time for a visit to the laundry - hooray for clean clothes!  After a comfortable night at the Aurora, we woke in the morning and found Robert Service's cabin

And also Jack London's cabin!

Then we hit the road and continued on our way south.