Yukon-Goldrush

The sharpness of the of the Claymore’s great blade and MacPhee’s black dog that saved him from the mermaid howl that I am Clan Morrison. The strong, bold colors by shades of black in sumie and the bright powder of pastel sing that I am an artist. The Yukon Territory has been given the last identity of the west. Ironically, the Yukon is confused with Alaska even after “Sergeant Peston of the Yukon.” The area way said to be the final resting place of Sir Franklin in his search for the Northwest Passage. Twenty years after that a Hudson Bay Company came to the territory.  In 1886, gold was discovered on the Rabbit River. This drove thousands of Americans over the frozen Rockies of which many died on the trail. The gold rush lasted until the 1920’s. The Alaskan Highway moved the capital to Whitehorse from Dawson. The Yukon is still into mining.  In the 1970’s, the first nations got legal deeds too their lands.  My Fist dog was black.

The Yukon has a special mythology with such as the poem the “Cremation of Sam MacGee.”The mountain behind everything is from Ni’iinlii Njik (Fishing Branch) Territorial Park which is the largest territorial park in the Yukon. The old hotel is for Dawson, the origin of the gold strike which was once called the “Paris of the North” which now has only a few thousand residents. The sign on the back of the hotel in the “Whitehorse Inn sign” in the MacBride Museum of Yukon History which was built in the 1950’s to preserve the history. Everything rests on the deck of Takini Hot Springs which started in 1907 and had three owners. The weird sign is Sign Post Forest which is started from the construction of the Alaska Highway. The steam boat is the Klondike II which ran freight on the Yukon River until 1950. The hut is from Trondek Hwechin Cultural Centre of the Champagne Aishihik First Nations.  It is 9” x 12,” drawn with pencil and charcoal and completed recently.   If you are interested in buying this or any other of my work email me at MatthewMorrison76@gmail.com to order.