JIM WELLER (1:123/140) wrote to STEVEN HORN at 11:51 on 24 Oct 2007:

 SH> Oddly, the Yukon may have been created when it was to ensure that the
 SH> Northwest Territories government then in Regina would not profit from
 SH> selling liquor licences in Dawson

 JW> Interesting theory.

There may have been more to it than that.  I was quoting from Land of the
Midnight Sun, a reputable text, but I was told about this shortly after I
first arrived here in 1989.

 SH> Dawson which in 1898 was the largest city
 SH> west of Winnipeg, 

 JW> I knew it was a boom town but didn't realize it was larger than
 JW> Vancouver.

In 1898 there were 30,000 people in Dawson.  I don't know if you've been
there but I have difficulty in visualizing 30,000 souls in a place which
now holds 1200.  It must have resembled a rabbit warren. :-(

 SH> I still like Whitehorse more.

 JW> You've got everything we've got plus mountains.

That we have less permafrost does not hurt. :-)

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn{at}northwestel.net)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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