Celebrating 35 Years at YTM: Looking Back at 2024-25
This year marked a special milestone for the museum: our 35th anniversary. It was a moment to reflect on how far we’ve come, to celebrate the people and stories that…
‘Little North’ exhibit (featuring YTM!) debuts at Little Canada in Toronto
Whitehorse is being rendered as a miniature set by a Toronto-based artist for Little Canada part of a broader project to bring the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut to life in pint-sized…
WATCH: The Huge LeTourneau LCC-1 “Sno-Train” That Conquered the Arctic
Have you ever heard of the Isle of Raasay in the Hebrides in Scotland? We hadn’t either before this summer, when a wonderful guy from Raasay who “likes making videos…
Dad travels 6,000 km to help son fix model train at YTM
Check out this excellent story from CBC News (just in time for Father’s Day!) about YTM Executive Director Sean Ridder and his dad Jerry, a recently retired electrical engineer living…
History Hunter: The Yukon/Stikine Heritage Fair returns
The Yukon/Stikine Regional Heritage Fair made a live comeback last week after a five-year interruption because of Covid-19, during which it was cancelled or held as a virtual event. Dozens…
Yukon Transportation Women – Doris Peterson
If you’ve been to the museum, you’ve probably seen some of Doris Peterson’s work without even knowing it! ‘Suzy’ in the YTM Hangar Doris’ late husband Herman, the famed bush…
Yukon Transportation Women – Emilie Fortin Tremblay
Émilie Fortin-Tremblay was born in Alma, Quebec. During the mass exodus of Quebecers in the 19th century, she moved with her family to New York State. There, in December 1893,…
Yukon Transportation Women – Kate Carmack
Kate Carmack aka Shaaw Tláa (pronounced Shaw Claw) was born between 1857 and 1867 in the Lake Bennett region. She grew up in the south-central Yukon, where her family moved…
Yukon Transportation Women – Martha Louise Black
Martha Louise Black was a Canadian naturalist and politician who immigrated to Canada during the Klondike Gold Rush, leaving a comfortable life in Chicago to trek over the Chilkoot Trail…
Whitehorse gets footloose with local barn dance in transportation museum!
Laughter, dancing, and fiddle music can be heard from outside the Yukon Transportation Museum. That’s thanks to a barn dance put together by some local community members. Watch the event…