Keno City - An Historic Town With A Heart of Silver, Yukon, Canada.

Rambles with Robin and Ruby: Keno City - An Historic Town
With A Heart of Silver, Yukon, Canada.
Episode 19E41, July 2, 2019
Robin is a 2015 T@B travel trailer. Ruby is a 2019 Subaru Outback.
In this episode of Rambles with Robin and Ruby, season 2019, episode #41, I share some images of the town of Keno City, Yukon, Canada. There are no video segments, per say, in this episode. Rather, I use photographs to highlight some aspects of the historic mining history sites in the local alpine and the townsite, including the old Keno Hotel, which sadly burned down on December 11, 2020. My intent is to share with you a flavour of the eclectic town of Keno City. Some photos were composed back in 2007 and 2008, when we first visited Keno City, but most photos were composed in the summer of 2019.
Keno City is an interesting place to visit - great people, wonderful alpine hiking, amazing alpine wildflowers, butterflies and animals, and a long prospecting and silver mining history.
Enjoy the tour.
Andy Fyon
Key words: Na-cho Nyak Dun First Nation, Keno City, Yukon, Canada, Andy Fyon, Rambles with Robin and Ruby, Keno City Hotel, Keno City Snack Bar, Mike Mancini, Leo Martel, silver mining, Keno Hill, historic town, alpine hiking, geology, Mayo mining district, Sheep Creek Mine, 700 Mine, Keno City Alpine Interpretive Centre.
Music:
A)Communicator by Reed Mathis (RUclips Audio Library);
B)Happy Before We Get Old by Michael Shynes (Artlist.io)
Other information sources:
1) a musical tribute by Sam Gallagher, dedicated to Bonnie Lynch, Leo Martel and the Keno City Hotel, which burned down on December 11, 2020: • The Bastards Burned Do...
2) Keno City Hotel Facebook page: / kenocityhotel
3) Keno City Hotel fire: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/...
4) Keno City Walking Tour: yukon.ca/sites/yukon.ca/files...
5) Keno City Mining Museum: www.heritageyukon.ca/our-heri...
6) Great Mining Camps of Canada 1.
The History and Geology of the Keno Hill Silver Camp, Yukon Territory: journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php...
7) Exploring Keno Hill: Stories of a Silver Deposit: ygsftp.gov.yk.ca/publications...

[@PlayNowWorkLater]

Yay! And you got to meet Mike Mancini at the snack shop! What a guy!

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

One of those people who works hard, enjoys life, has a cool cafe, and makes excellent pizza!

[@frederickmoller]

Thanks I loved it!

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

Glad you liked it!

[@petermihacerar1137]

Mining history of course!

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

You are correct. Much of Canada (and other nations) was indeed opened by natural resource industries and related road or rail infrastructure.

[@dirkrentmeister7753]

Great Video! FYI, Frozen Fred is AKA “Permafrost Pete” 😎

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

Thanks for the info! And thank you for the value add.

[@motorhomemike4014]

drank many a beer in the hotel in the 70's and 80's

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

Sadly, those are now special memories. What took you to Keno?

[@motorhomemike4014]

@@rambleswithrobinandruby9422 hello i used to work underground in Elsa in the 70's and in the 80's I was a forest fire fighter in Mayo for 3 seasons and I would always go to Keno on my time off lots of good people and fun times then

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

@@motorhomemike4014 I agree. Great people. A special palce.

[@petermihacerar1137]

Deep dish pizza!

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

And that pizza is excellent!