Watson Lake is known as the “Gateway to the Yukon”. We saw the sign post forest (65,000 of them) at the Visitors Center. They had a great staff there that gave us Yukon Passports. You can get them stamped at attractions spread over the Yukon, then enter a contest. They also gave us another game card, you have to enter a number found at Visitor Centers and attractions. After you get 5 numbers on your card you can earn a book. They were offering two different ones. We had enough when we got to Whitehorse but they only had one of the books left. We will have to try again at another location for the other book. Tried again in Dawson City but their supply was out of the one we wanted also. Da!!!
Watson Lake is a very small town but progressive in that they had a small city park with a free dump station, no overnights allowed. We also went to their little theatre which showed in a sort of an omni-vision type theater (where the seats lean back and it is viewed on the domed ceiling), about the northern lights. Since we don’t know if we will get to see the real deal before we head south it was a fun thing to do. It also showed several short films about the area. Highly recommend stopping for the show. We didn’t spend the night there, we just got gas ($5.63 per gal), a few (very few) groceries, and dumped, then off up the road until we found a nice pull-out.
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