We had arrived in Whitehorse in the dark the night before, found a provincial park and parked the rig for the night, without services. Next morning I find that the refer isn’t working. I remembered passing a RV repair shop the night before so off we went to get it fixed. But first I ran some tests and discovered that the burner had propane, it just wasn’t lighting. I could bypass the control board and get it to light but it wouldn’t stay lit. At the shop I told the tech what my tests had shown and he had the control board replaced in 45 minutes.
Then we headed into Whitehorse, and we wandered around town visiting bars and pubs trying to find one that had satellite TV and a comfortable place to watch the University of Oregon Ducks football game. Oh, and would turn on the game for us. After finding one, off we went to explore.
There is a very swift river that runs through town that forced a paddle wheel boat builder to invent a very low draft boat that was an innovation of its day.
Dan in front of the paddle wheel.
Here's that river. Very fast. Wide and deep too. The Frazer River maybe?
Very wide paddle with a large diameter...
Four stories, the Bridge, cabins, more cabins and the mess (dinning hall), then the storage bay. Another deck below that but not much room there since it was so shallow.
We did visit a small museum in downtown but there wasn’t much there so we didn’t stay long or take any pictures. The town of Whitehorse does have a colorful history, we just didn’t run into anything about it.
After the game, since it was late, we spent another night at the local provincial park and got back on the road the next morning.