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My Amazing Yukon Life#020 - Memoirs of a 10 year old Donna Clayson. Moving from Dawson Creek to Haines Junction in the mid 60s#020 - Memoirs of a 10 year old Donna Clayson. Moving from Dawson Creek to Haines Junction in the mid 60sTravel in the Yukon in the 21st century is literally a breeze compared to the earlier modes of transportation. Waterways, wagon roads, horse trails, and traditional foot roots all paved the way towards the comforts we enjoy today, and eventually train routes, roads and air travel developed over the years making our lives much easier in the North .Anyone who's left the familiarity of their home town and travelled a thousand miles of dusty Alaska H...
2021-02-1045 minMy Amazing Yukon Life#015 – Restoring the Fokker Super Universal CF-AAM aircraft to her halcyon days.#015 – Restoring the Fokker Super Universal CF-AAM aircraft to her halcyon days.In today’s podcast with Donna Clayson, we learn about a research project she complied discussing the dedicated team of pilots, engineers, historians and many others behind the scenes who worked diligently for 18 years restoring one of the first aircraft to serve in the Yukon. The rebirth of the Fokker Super Universal CF-AAM became a labour of love to the dedicated restoration crew who then had the pleasure of flying her to numerous airshows throughout Canada and the United States. CF-AAM is now on...
2020-09-2246 minMy Amazing Yukon Life#013 – Keeping Yukon's History Alive and Well. An interview with historian Donna Clayson.#013 – Keeping Yukon's History Alive and Well. An interview with historian Donna Clayson. In today’s podcast interview, we only began to scratch the surface of Donna Clayson’s lifelong passion and enthusiasm towards preserving the Yukon’s rich history. As an accomplished writer of short stories, news articles, research papers, and often times history presenter at the Yukon Transportation Museum, she undoubtedly has a natural way of drawing the listener into her adventures. Donna speaks of her own life experiences and recounts the lives and adventures of the old timers who influenced her, along with the fact t...
2020-09-0356 min