Yukon Territory--Description and travel--1945-

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Great rain mountain

The item is a travelogue film. Shot in the St. Elias Mountains of the Yukon Territory, this film portrays the silent land, filmed in colours of mist, hailstorms and sunpaint, underscored by an electronic music composition. With scenes of moose, dall sheep, caribou, tundra vole and hills of gold.

Jack Baker interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jack Baker : life in the changing North RECORDED: Fort St. John (B.C.), 1975-12-02 SUMMARY: Trapped near the Mackenzie Delta, near Aklavik, for seven years. Medical emergencies. Worked in the south for Yukon Southern and CP Air. Grant McConachie. Radio operations. Settled down in Fort St. John as an insurance agent. Changes and modernization in the North.

Kluane, Yukon Territory

The item is a travelogue film. The Victoria filmmaker Wilf Gray, and his wife present the terrain and wildlife of the Kluane Game Preserve in the Yukon, a scenic mountain wilderness area. They focus on creatures of the river valley and the St. Elias Mountains, such as the grizzly bear, dall sheep and caribou.

The Hornby collection : Going back ; Earthquake

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. Part 1: "Going Back" is a dramati;zed recollection of voices from the author's youth in Prague. [T4303:0035] Part 2: "Earthquake" is an account of a young woman's journey alone through Canada's north country to Alaska. [T4303:0163];

The road to the Yukon : [part 4]

SUMMARY: "The Road To The Yukon" featured interviews by CBC reporter Bill Herbert with people who lived along the Alaska Highway, from Dawson Creek, B.C. to Dawson City, Yukon. Part 4 of 9 presents a stop at Watson Lake and interviews with various residents, including a poet. A story is told of the discovery that led to the Canada Tungsten Company, 150 miles north of Watson Lake.

The road to the Yukon : [part 5]

SUMMARY: "The Road To The Yukon" featured interviews by CBC reporter Bill Herbert with people who lived along the Alaska Highway, from Dawson Creek, B.C. to Dawson City, Yukon. Part 5 of 9 features a stop near Teslin Lake and interviews with many of the settlers (including one who tells a bear story), some children's views about outer space, and a fishing yarn.

The road to the Yukon : [part 6]

SUMMARY: "The Road To The Yukon" featured interviews by CBC reporter Bill Herbert with people who lived along the Alaska Highway, from Dawson Creek, B.C. to Dawson City, Yukon. Part 6 of 9 features stops at Carcross (short for Cariboo Crossing), Whitehorse, and Marsh Lake, and interviews with an 80-year-old poet, a man with a timber wolf for a pet, and a big game hunter.

The road to the Yukon : [part 7]

SUMMARY: "The Road To The Yukon" featured interviews by CBC reporter Bill Herbert with people who lived along the Alaska Highway, from Dawson Creek, B.C. to Dawson City, Yukon. Part 7 of 9 features more big game stories (continued from part 6), plus some songs by a "Yukon hillbilly", and details of life during the Klondike gold rush.

The road to the Yukon : [part 8]

SUMMARY: "The Road To The Yukon" featured interviews by CBC reporter Bill Herbert with people who lived along the Alaska Highway, from Dawson Creek, B.C. to Dawson City, Yukon. Part 8 of 9 features the arrival at Dawson City; a description of the town's restoration and the subsequent Dawson City Festival; and an account of panning for gold in Bonanza Creek. Also: the story of a 14-year-old boy who struck it rich gold mining in the gold rush days.

The road to the Yukon : [part 9]

SUMMARY: "The Road To The Yukon" featured interviews by CBC reporter Bill Herbert with people who lived along the Alaska Highway, from Dawson Creek, B.C. to Dawson City, Yukon. Part 9 of 9 presents a detailed description of the Dawson City Festival, as well as interviews with several local residents.

There's the land . . . have you seen it!

The item is a video copy of a travelogue. It shows the attractions of Alaska and the Yukon Territory; includes CN's "Northland Prince" leaving Vancouver harbour and sailing up the Inside Passage to Alaska. Narration includes excerpts from the poetry of Robert W. Service.

There's the land . . . have you seen it!

The item is a release print of a travelogue from 1967. It depicts the attractions of Alaska and the Yukon Territory; includes CN's "Northland Prince" leaving Vancouver harbour and sailing up the Inside Passage to Alaska. Narration includes excerpts from the poetry of Robert W. Service.

Webster! : 1984-03-07

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Jack reports from Whitehorse, YT, at Rendezvous, the breakup festival. Jack talks to people on the street, and is hung by the neck until smiling. He watches the packing competition; and takes a stab at it himself, with a bit of help. Jack watches the Chilkoot Climb and speaks with several participants in a multi-part race. Jack speaks with Willie Anderson, who came to the Yukon in 1939, samples the nightlife, and must sing a song. Jack interviews Don Branigan, the mayor of Whitehorse, goes to a dog sled race, and the weight pull.