On the traces of Germany in the Territories

Did you know that...

...gold is still being mined in Dawson City?

One of the local prospectors is a descendant of German immigrants. In Yellowknife, the landscape design of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly Building was created by a landscape architect with German roots, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander. The magnificent nature of the Territories can be explored with the wide range of travel offers by "Yukon Wide Adventures", which has been run by the German computer scientist Thomas de Jager in Yukon since 2003. Traces of German baking art can be also found in some places - since the end of 2016 the organic "Alpine Bakery" in Whitehorse is run by Walter and Silvia Streit from Bavaria and in Carcross you can eat home-baked apple pie by Heike Graf in the "Caribou Crossing Coffee".

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The outdoor shop Yukon Wide Adventures in the Berrigan Cabin © Yukon Wide Adventures 

German Traces in the Territories
 Yukon Wide Adventures

Near the ‘Visitor Reception Center’ in Whitehorse you will find the ‘Berrigan Cabins’. These historic buildings create a suitable ambience for a business that offers a comprehensive travel program for adventure tourism. In 2013, Yukon Wide Adventures moved into one of these old log cabins built around 1940.
 

The Caribou Crossing Coffee in Carcross © Caribou Crossing Café 

German Traces in the Territories
 The Caribou Crossing Coffee

In the summer, the train from Skagway, Alaska stops at the Carcross train station. Several buses take cruise passengers and tourists to the small village of the First Nations communities: Tagish and Tlingit. There, Heike's apple pie, based on her mother’s recipe, does not only attract German tourists.

The log cabin where the Alpine Bakery is located © Alpine Bakery Yukon

German Traces in the Territories
 The Alpine Bakery

The organic goods that are baked daily in the bakery’s brick oven are offered in many varieties. In addition to whole meal bread, you can find Alaskan stone oven bread, ciabatta and baguette and the traditional crumb cake or even a Linzer cake.

Bernie Kreft - Yukon Prospector of the Year for 1998 © Bernie Kreft

German Traces in the Territories
 Bernie Kreft - Yukon Miner and Prospector

Dawson City entered Canadian history as a gold mining town. In 1896, gold was discovered near the city. This finding triggered a veritable gold rush and lured over one hundred thousand adventurers to Dawson City from 1896 to 1899.

Legislative Assembly Building by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander © Etta Gerdes

German Traces in the Territories
 ​​The landscape architecture in Yellowknife

The Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly Building, located in the harsh, remote land of Canada’s North, was designed and built almost 100 years later than the other capital buildings in Canada. In response to the unique requirements for designing a new capital building, the site for the Legislative Assembly Building was carefully chosen.