MILE 1202: Life Along The Alaska Highway

by Eric N. Foster

Overview

This book describes in some detail some of the characters, the scenery, and history of the Yukon.
The reader will experience the seasons and colors of the natural world and will also learn about some of the interesting, enterprising and committed people who have chosen to make a life for themselves and their families in this harsh, unforgiving land, that at times was bitterely cruel but at other times pleasantly nurturing to the original native inhabitants of this region.
The book also tries to explain the difficulties these people have experienced in the modern day Yukon Territory.
The author intends to give the reader a clear and interesting picture and feeling of what it is like to live in a small community far up the Alaska Highway at Beaver Creek, Mile 1202.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940044898141
Publisher:	Stuart Channel Publishing
Publication date:	09/02/2012
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

The author was born in England but raised in Canada on Vancouver Island near Duncan, B.C.. As a boy he read many stories about Canada's north and hoped to live there one day. He first worked in the Yukon as part of a geological survey crew in 1957 and then on a construction crew in Whitehorse. In 1969 he returned to the Yukon as a teacher, first in Whitehorse and then at Beaver Creek, Mile 1202. He found life there good for himself and his young family and the people and country very colourful and interesting. At the present time the author is retired and lives in Saltair, near Ladysmith on Vancouver Island.