22 June 08, Sunday
It is just before 9PM and I am sitting without a shirt and write my report. It is 27ºC, no wind, no insects of any kind. I have to sit inside the camper on the steps because the sun is as strong right now as it is at noon; too bright to see the screen. It is truly day-light all night; incredible, when you have not experienced it.
We took a walking tour with Parks Canada of the “City” and heard all about the short lived gold rush. However it did bring enough people here to have a small city of about 1500 permanent residents. The sidewalks are made of wooden planks; the main street, the highway is paved up to the centre line, the rest is gravel.
The houses are built on the permafrost and have no basements. As the ground shifts, the houses need to be “adjusted” from time to time
It is very beautiful here-------no way would I want to live here.
We took a campground right in town: N 64º 03.836 W 139º 25.527’
