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Ice on the Beaufort Sea (left); the Yukon coastal plain and the British Mountains in the distance (right).
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An abandoned early twentieth century cabin at Phillips Bay on the Yukon coast. |
Inuvialuit graves at Phillips Bay. |
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At the turn of the century, Pauline Cove on Herschel Island was the overwintering location of the American whaling fleet in the Beaufort Sea.
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Herschel Island is now a Territorial Park boasting a unique landscape, plant and animal communities, as well as a long and colourful history beginning with centuries old Mackenzie Inuit and Inuvialuit occupations. The existing buildings relate to the late nineteenth/early twentieth century.
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Whalers' community house, later used by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Herschel Island, Yukon.
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