The lakes in this area are narrow and long, due to the glaciation. Tutshi Lake is 23 miles long and 250 feet deep.
A silver concentrator remains at what was Conrad City. About 3,000 people lived on this spit of land.
We saw a Lynx cross the road near Bove Island, but all the camera got was a small patch of fur, so you'll have to take my word for it.
Next up was the Carcross Desert, 145 acres is all.
Our next stop was at Emerald Lake. The chemical composition of the sand in the shallow areas of the lake gives it its colour.
The bus dropped us off at Carcross, a unique native village which played a big role in the gold stampede.
The train which had left Skagway at 7:30 this morning arrived to take us back. Note the 3 foot "gauge" of the tracks, just 2/3 of the normal gauge we see today. Looks like the whole thing could tip over pretty easily going around a mountain curve!
The car assigned to us was #328, the last car on the train. This gave us a good vantage point for pictures (and lots of pictures of railway track as you will see).
We saw some glorious scenes as we followed the 40 odd miles of Bennett Lake.
And, at the former townsite of Bennett Lake, once home to 10,000 stampeders, now home to one native family, the St. Andrews Presbyterian Church remains.
These are some of the scenes on our way down from the summit.
And, a remaining section of the Trail of 1898.
We'll talk more about the trail(s) tomorrow. But, for now, the rest of our WP&Y journey.
The railway used to do a switchback over this wooden trestle, but a longer steel bridge eliminated that section.
Two trains passed us while we waited on the siding. Lots of cruise line business today!
A great day! Another bucket list item ticked off.
Our hotel is having new routers installed today, so we are posting this from a coffee shop with four 15 minute vouchers. Fast! It usually has taken me 15 minutes per picture! I'm going to hit the "Publish" button before I'm timed out. See you later!
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