Beyond Mile Zero
n 1942, the west coast of North America was under threat after the attack on Pearl Harbor, prompting the US...
more infoNorthwest Territories (Alaska Geographic)
A detailed look at Canada’s immense Northwest Territories, site of some of the most beautiful and isolated...
more infoWhite Pass The Journey
Includes all new footage which captures the WP&YR experience and history from Skagway, Alaska to Fraser, B.C....
more infoThe Arctic Brotherhood
The Arctic Brotherhood, a fraternal order that emerged from The Klondike Gold Rush, established itself in 1899 in...
more infoDescent into Madness
The tangled path of a crazed, bush-wise fugitive leads through the wilds, the courts and eventually ends on the...
more infoSam Steele: The Wild West Adventures of Canada’s Most Famous Mountie
Once or twice in our lives, some of us are lucky enough to witness or even to participate in an event of...
more infoFlying on Instinct
They were nicknamed Snow Eagle, Flying Knight, Bush Angel, Punch, Doc and Wop. They worked in open cockpits and...
more infoFire Canoes
Anson Northup, the first steamboat on the Canadian prairies, arrived in Fort Garry in 1859. Belching hot sparks...
more infoDalton’s Gold Rush Trail
The history of the Klondike, with its harrowing narratives of climbing the Chilkoot and White passes, braving the...
more infoSourdough Stories
The Klondike Gold Rush attracted thousands of adventurers to Canada’s Yukon between 1897 and 1899. Some of these...
more infoThe Streets Were Paved With Gold
No gold rush in history could match the Klondike Rush of 1896-99 in the almost insane drive of people to conquer...
more infoMake it Pay
This is a detailed history of the largest wooden gold dredge in the world. It was constructed on Bonanza Creek in...
more infoThe Floor of Heaven
It is the last decade of the 19th century. The Wild West has been tamed and its fierce, independent and often...
more infoGold Diggers-Striking it Rich in the Klondike
No event in our history is more legendary than the Yukon Gold Rush of 1896. With the discovery of rich gold...
more infoYukon River Steamboats
One of the north’s most prolific historians edits this collection of photos that tells the story of our...
more infoHouse Calls by Dogsled
“People go north for a variety of reasons, some stay for a lifetime, while others can’t wait to leave...
more infoGold Fever
In 1897, tens of thousands of would-be prospectors flooded into the Yukon in search of instant wealth during the...
more infoRebel Women of the Gold Rush
During the frenzied Klondike Gold Rush, many daring women ventured north to seek riches and adventure or to...
more infoFrozen Gold
Early mining in the north depended upon primitive methods and equipment. How these were used and adapted to the...
more infoChildren of the Klondike
Attracting tens of thousands of men and women hoping to strike it rich, the Klondike gold rush brought with it a...
more infoWings Over The Yukon
In his sixth aviation history book, author Bruce McAllister takes the reader on a photographic journey, tracing...
more infoThe Alaska Highway
Combine all of the guts and glory of war, the lure of some of the harshest yet most beautiful land on the planet...
more infothe Trail of ’42
Anyone who travels the Alaska Highway today for the first time would be hard put to imagine the hardships...
more infoTales of a Catskinner
Chester Russell tells the amazing story of how he—and 14,000 other soldiers just like him—ended up working...
more infoMartha Black
Martha was an independent 32-year old when she headed for the Klondike in 1898. She endured the grueling Chilkoot...
more infoI Married the Klondike
In 1907, Laura Beatrice Berton, a 29-year-old kindergarten teacher, left her comfortable life in Toronto to teach...
more infoGood Time Girls
“Good Time Girls is an important and entertaining addition to gold rush literature. These women are as...
more infoThe Klondike Quest
The most photographed event in North America during the 19th century. More than 10,000 images reside in public...
more infoThe Cinnamon Mine
A witty, brightly-written memoir of childhood in the Yukon, The Cinnamon Mine traces the adventures of the Porsild...
more infoHistory Hunting in the Yukon
A Yukon historian delves into the area’s exciting past to bring old stories to life. Conspiracies to overthrow...
more infoThe Best of Robert Service
From the Cremation of Sam McGee to The Ordinary Man – you’ll find all your Service...
more infoA Little Robert Service Volume II
Volume I Poems by Robert Service The Spell of the Yukon The Law of the Yukon The Men That Don’t Fit In The Call...
more infoA Little Robert Service Volume I
Volume I Poems by Robert Service The Cremation of Sam McGee The Shooting of Dan McGrew The Ballad of Blasphemous...
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