It was just like a big festival of everybody meeting again for the first time since last year. – Rose Irvine

It summarizes all of the life skills that were necessary to live in the Yukon at the turn of the century, during the greatest gold rush in Canadian history. – Marj Eschak

Prior to me working there, my parents always used to go and I used to come and sit on the grass at workshops. And I remember thinking that one of my friend’s girlfriend was working at the festival and it was like, Well, if she can do that, I can do that.” And that’s where […]

We have a big parade that has a lot of our main businesses and some people who have old cars or new cars. They throw candy out and just have a nice parade. – Stefanie Goodsell

The early carnivals, everything was built by hand. They had the one where you throw the ball and you try to hit a target and someone falls in. Well, they were the local celebrities or people that were well known that would go and sit on that bench and, eventually, fall into the water. – […]