Hi Jim,
 
JW>SH> In any case, Discovery Day was in August.
 
JW>RN> According to my calendar, it was this past Moday in Newfoundlamd and
JW>RN> the Yukon. You mean my calendar is wrong?  (-:
 
JW> Yep.
 
JW> In Newfoundland and Labrador Discovery Day is celebrated on the
JW> Monday nearest June 24th in commemoration of the discovery of
JW> North America June 24, 1497 by John Cabot. (Columbus only bumped
JW> into the West indies, not the whole continent, and the Vikings and
JW> Natives get overlooked.)
 
This past Monday was June 23rd here, so I guess I'll have to give this some
additional thought.  (-:  One thing I'm very sure about.  It is 31C here as
I type this and it's not even 10:00 yet!
 
JW> In the Yukon it is celebrated on the Monday nearest August 17th in
JW> commemoration of the start of the Klondike Gold Rush. Gold was
JW> discovered on August 16, 1896 at Bonanza Creek by George Carmack and
JW> his (Native) partners Skookum Jim Mason and Tagish Charlie. The
JW> mining claim was registered August 17 in George Carmack's name.
 
Yeah, I think I read that somewhere, too.
 
JW> Two different events; two different holidays.
 
JW> The Northwest Territories celebrates National Aboriginal Day on the
JW> solstice, June 21, and the rest of the country takes off Aug. 1 for no
JW> particular reason and calls it Civic Holiday.
 
One day I'm going to come up there and get pictures of my three favorite
beings, and this is in no particular order:
 
Yukon King,
Sgt. Preston,
Steven Horn.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger  (-:
... Zo! Lie here and tell me about your mother, Herr Heinlein!

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