Archaeological Expedition, Yukon Territory - 1959

At age 15, the authour, Bruce Ritchie, spent the summer working with the National Museum of Canada's Archaeological Department in the Yukon. All the photographs were shot using a Kodak Brownie Starflash camera and Ektachrome slide film (probably ASA 25).

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Bruce Ritchie & Bill Baker board the CNR Supercontinental train at Union Station, Ottawa, Ontario. June 1959. The trip was carried as a news item in the Ottawa newspapers.	As I was very active in Boy Scouts, arrangements were made by the Boy Scouts National Commissioner for Bill and I to be met at Edmonton and Dawson Creek.	A short stop in Wainwright.
Three days later, we arrived in Edmonton, Alberta. We were hosted by the Boy Scouts.	Edmonton City Hall, June 1959. We took the Northern Alberta Railway (the Muskeg Express) from Edmonton to Dawson Creek. It was an old steam engine right out of an 1800's wild west movie.	Grain elevators at Dawson Creek, Alberta. Again, we were met and hosted by the Boy Scouts.
Mile 0 of the Alaska Highway in Dawson Creek. The highway runs 1523 miles to Fairbanks, Alaska.	Bruce Ritchie at Dawson Creek, Alberta. Again, we were met and hosted by the Boy Scouts District Commissioner.	Haines Junction, Yukon Territory
Burwash Landing, Kluane Lake, Yukon. Mile 1093	Jessie Joe Jacquot, Burwash Landing. She made beautiful moccassins	North Arm, Kluane Lake, Mile 1098, looking east toward our first dig site.
North Arm, Kluane Lake, Mile 1098, looking northeast	Kluane Lake, facing west at our campsite.	Dennis Kelly, student, University of Toronto.

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