July 30-31
We arrived here in the rain.
Fortunately it stopped long enough for us to get un-hitched and set
up. We had seen this campground on our
way up to Alaska and thought that it looked nice and so we programmed it in for
our return trip and glad we did. It is
in a beautiful location overlooking the lake, river and bridge.
Teslin Lake
Teslin has one of the largest Native
populations in the Yukon and so there were lots of Native woodworking crafts,
moccasin, mitts and tanned moose hides to buy. Needless to say we didn’t leave any money
there.
While in Teslin we visited the George Johnston Museum. He was a very interesting man. He brought the first car , a 1928 Chevy by
paddle-wheeler to Teslin 13 years before the Alaska highway was built. He built and road three miles long and in the
winter he hunted on the frozen Teslin Lake from his car. The car was refurbished to it’s original
glory by GM and is now in the museum.
(My photo didn’t turn out – darn)
We also visited the Tlingit Heritage Centre. Here we saw beautiful button quilts and
garments made by the Native women and the fabulous totem poles carved Kevin
Wolfe Smarch in addition to many displays featuring 200 years of Inland Tlingit
culture. I was lucky enough to meet a Native
woman we was working on a button vest for her son. We had a nice visit regarding
needlework. Mine doesn’t begin to
compare with hers.
Button wall hanging
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