Day 19
Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous
Yukon: A territory in Northern Canada, north of British Columbia and east of Alaska. It is home to the famous Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890's.
Sourdough: A veteran inhabitant of Canada’s Yukon Territory. Someone who has braved the entire winter and stayed from 'freeze up' to 'thaw' of the Yukon River. (That does not describe me yet...I am considered a Chechako which is a tenderfoot, greenhorn or new comer)
Rendezvous: A meeting at an appointed place and time.
Put them together and you have the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Festival, which is apparently "the only true, legal, and healthy cure for Cabin Fever." The Festival is going to be held on February 24-27, here in Whitehorse.
The overall theme of the festival is set in the 1890's and not only celebrates the Klondike Gold Rush, but all things Yukon.
This photograph is on an historic building that has been relocated and restored and now sits at Shipyard's Park, where some of the festivities will take place.
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