THE YUKON - British Columbia: Including the Alaska Highway - page 670

Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre
Named for the landmass that once linked Asia and North America, the dramatic Yukon
Beringia Interpretive Centre (Km 1423 Alaska Hwy., 867/667-8855, 9am-6pm daily mid-
May-Sept., noon-5pm Sun.-Mon. the rest of the year, adult $6, senior $5, child $4), out by
the airport, contains life-size exhibits of animals from the last Ice Age, including a spec-
tacular 12,000-year-old, four-meter-tall (12-foot) woolly mammoth skeleton. Visitors will
learn about the prehistoric animals that once roamed the north through exhibits, computer
kiosks, dioramas, and a fascinating 30-minute film.
Yukon Transportation Museum
Located next to the Beringia Interpretive Centre, one of the finest museums in the north
is the Yukon Transportation Museum (30 Electra Cres., 867/668-4792, 10am-6pm daily
mid-May-Aug., adult $10, senior $8, child $5). You could easily spend a few hours examin-
ing the many excellent displays and watching the long historical videos: look up to view
Queen of the Yukon, the first commercial aircraft in the territory, hanging from the ceiling;
take the Golden Stairs up to the second floor, where murals and artifacts re-create the Gold
Rush from Skagway to Dawson; and check out the Alcan room, with a fascinating video on
the highway's construction. Out front is a DC-3 that acts as the world's largest weathervane.