so.... would you give it all up to move to the yukon?

Why not? said:
My wife and I lived on Canim Lake in 1971. The Lattas, the Hank Plotz family, and Everett Greenlee and his wife were our neighbours. Picked up our mail at the Eagle creek PO.

I think you will find the weather not much different up here, however the fishing is not quite as good.

Ted
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ya, my two favorite lakes up here are lang and bobbs , lang for the burbot when we can get in there and bobbs for the tastiest kokanee I've had. hard to catch but so worth it. my favorite fish was sockeye until I ate some bobbs lake kokanee ;)

so I notice that kokanee is well represented in the Yukon stocking programs and burbot are a lot more common and accessable than the ones around here.
definitely will be bringing the fishin gear when we take our road trip.
 
Lived in Alaska for several years mostly around the Ketchikan area.
If I was contemplating moving back to the far north I'd return to Alaska - so much more freedom than the Yukon or NWT for firearms owners like me.
Somebody packing a holstered 629 or a Ruger Super Redhawk DA revolver or a Freedom Arms SA revolver a common sight.
No liberals throwing hissy fits about guns which are considered a survival tool like an axe or a knife in Alaska.
 
Gunoholic said:
Lived in Alaska for several years mostly around the Ketchikan area.
If I was contemplating moving back to the far north I'd return to Alaska - so much more freedom than the Yukon or NWT for firearms owners like me.
Somebody packing a holstered 629 or a Ruger Super Redhawk DA revolver or a Freedom Arms SA revolver a common sight.
No liberals throwing hissy fits about guns which are considered a survival tool like an axe or a knife in Alaska.
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hmmmm, yes, my wife an I have been trying to make a permanent move to Alaska for a couple years now. it's not so easy to become an American these days LOL
Yukon would be the next best compromise for us other than where we are right now.
 
45ACPKING said:
hmmmm, yes, my wife an I have been trying to make a permanent move to Alaska for a couple years now. it's not so easy to become an American these days LOL
Yukon would be the next best compromise for us other than where we are right now.
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I am a USA/CDN citizen by birth so I don't have to jump that hurdle.
Even mono-national Canadian citizens can stay in the United States for 6 months at a time as per international agreement.
Many Canadian "snowbirds" live in Florida months at a time.
 
At this point in time in my life, I don't know if I'd want necessarily to 'move' there. As many of you know, my favorite big game animal to hunt and as 'table fare' is Mr. Moose. Going there and getting a 'crack' at one of the sizeable Moose in that area would definitely get my motor going.
 
I did it 22 years ago , best move I made.

Moved back to the prairies after 10 years in Whitehorse for family and health reasons, other than those 2 reasons we would still be there. The move back was worth it for the family reasons - aging parents, brother, niece ( now a hunting buddy) , grandkids ( wife's but they treat me the same) - but even so it was tough ��. If you want to do it ....do it.
 
Gunoholic said:
I am a USA/CDN citizen by birth so I don't have to jump that hurdle.
Even mono-national Canadian citizens can stay in the United States for 6 months at a time as per international agreement.
Many Canadian "snowbirds" live in Florida months at a time.
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Just to clarify that the max amount of time is 6 months within one calendar year, either consecutively or amassed in total. Some seem to think you can stay for six months, return for a few days to Canada, then go back for the remainder of the year. Wrong.
 
Johnn Peterson said:
At this point in time in my life, I don't know if I'd want necessarily to 'move' there. As many of you know, my favorite big game animal to hunt and as 'table fare' is Mr. Moose. Going there and getting a 'crack' at one of the sizeable Moose in that area would definitely get my motor going.
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sum big moose in northern BC
 
Gunnutz said:
I did it 22 years ago , best move I made.

Moved back to the prairies after 10 years in Whitehorse for family and health reasons, other than those 2 reasons we would still be there. The move back was worth it for the family reasons - aging parents, brother, niece ( now a hunting buddy) , grandkids ( wife's but they treat me the same) - but even so it was tough ��. If you want to do it ....do it.
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Did the same, moved to Whitehorse in '95, moved back to Saskatchewan in 2011.

I ####ing hate it here but making big money.
7 more years Freedom 55, then I may summer in the Yukon.
 
Johnn Peterson said:
At this point in time in my life, I don't know if I'd want necessarily to 'move' there. As many of you know, my favorite big game animal to hunt and as 'table fare' is Mr. Moose. Going there and getting a 'crack' at one of the sizeable Moose in that area would definitely get my motor going.
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This was the bottom edge of acceptable for a shooter bull last fall in our area of Northern BC, two over-60's have come out of the same area the last few years. If you're ever looking for directions I can tell you where to camp and go, likely even land for coffee every couple days. :) Only open to friends and folks I'd like to know as friends. This isn't far from 60 degrees and the Moose forget they're south of the line it seems.

 
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This was the bottom edge of acceptable for a shooter bull last fall in our area of Northern BC, two over-60's have come out of the same area the last few years. If you're ever looking for directions I can tell you where to camp and go, likely even land for coffee every couple days. :) Only open to friends and folks I'd like to know as friends. This isn't far from 60 degrees and the Moose forget they're south of the line it seems.

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northern BC is pretty cool I love traveling up hwy 37
 
I'd go in a heartbeat, if there were any jobs in my field. The wife, not so much. I can always get another wife

"been displaced 15 years
 
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carverk said:
Bin trapped in Stewart lots of time from avalanches in the spring the and the craziest winters I have been in.
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Lived a stones throw across the border from Stewart, BC in Hyder Alaska for a coupla years in the 70s because it was a lot cheaper than living on the Canadian side when I worked at the Granduc copper mine just north of Stewart, BC.
My dual CDN/USA citizenship worked well for me back then.
The money was pretty decent at the mine.
Most of the mono-national US folks living in Hyder at the time hadn't worked in years.
Hyder was the drinkingist town I ever lived in.

Sorry to digress.
 
If I was to move back up north I think I'd go back to the Ketchikan, Alaska area.
I could strap a 44 Mag or 454 Casull hogs leg to my belt and not have to worry about CFOs, restricted handguns or any of that nonsense.
Still have a few die-hard friends still up there from way back when.
I'm kinda long in the tooth and creaky to face up to that cold now.
The winters in southern Ontario are cold enuf for me.
 
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