Y is for the Yukon Territory

Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh explained that Preston “cut a splendid figure in his smart red uniform (even in black-and-white!), his broad-brimmed hat, and his pencil-thin mustache.” The Mountie was played by Dick Simmons.

I gathered that the territory was much like the Old West, except colder. It was “where thieves and scoundrels preyed upon the gold miners and settlers who had come to open the wilderness.”

As Brittanica notes, it is “an area of rugged mountains and high plateaus. It is bounded by the Northwest Territories to the east, by British Columbia to the south, and by the U.S. state of Alaska to the west, and it extends northward above the Arctic Circle to the Beaufort Sea.”

Tourism

I was looking at the tourism page Travel Yukon. “Rich living-history, stunningly unique geography and more epic scenes than a Hollywood blockbuster.” One could, if one were not me, go on the Yukon Arctic Ultra. It is “a mountain biking, cross-country skiing and running race that follows the trail of the Yukon Quest from Whitehorse to either Braeburn (100-mile racers), Pelly Farm (300-mile racers) or Dawson City (430-mile racers).” In northern Canada.

The BreakOut West Showcase Festival is more my speed. Music! It “features a multi-genre line-up of over 50 of western Canada’s best emerging and established artists showcasing at multiple venues throughout the host city.” In October 2019, it was in Yellowknife. The event appears to rotate among the western provinces and territories.