Skagway Swag
April 4, 2010 at 12:15 pm (Livin' North of 60°, Photographs)
Tags: alaska, skagway
Before the long-weekend, everyone asks you if you’ll be doing anything special. I was so looking forward to not being on a schedule. So being the spontaneous person that I am, I decided to take an afternoon trip to Skagway, Alaska. I now realize it’s been more than a year since my last jaunt south.
As usual, the quirky Arctic Brotherhood building with driftwood siding greeted me like an old friend:
Arctic Brotherhood Building, Skagway, AK
Established in 1899, I wonder about the history of the shovel handle I noticed between the entrance and the windows.
Arctic Brotherhood 1899
AB - Shovel Handle
There are many nooks and crannies that provide interesting photo ops, like this old axle:
Old Axle
Yet another old faithful call-him-what-you-will:
Soapy Smith's Parlour
And what would be a visit to Skagway without checking out the old rotary snowplow used by the White Pass & Yukon Route (W.P. & Y.R.)?
W.P. & Y.R. Rotary Snowplow
A train going through after the deed is done in 1899:
Snow Trench dug in 1899 by W.P. & Y.R. Rotary Snowplow...now another train can get through - photographer H.C. Barley, courtesy of Yukon Archives
Rotary Snowplow Blades
It may be a coincidence, but just about every time I leave the Yukon, it greets my return with some smiling blue skies:
South of Carcross
