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WARNING: This story contains distressing details.

Maria Benoit says she wasn't surprised by the results of this summer's ground search of a former residential school site in her community.

But the Haa Shaa du Hen (chief) of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation in Yukon says it still feels a "little bit different" to know more about the grim legacy of the former Chooutla Indian Residential School.

"People here always knew that there was, you know, remains here somewhere. The spirits did lots of talking in the past, so everybody kind of knew, and now it's confirmed for sure," Benoit said. [...]

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A Real Beauty

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Carcross, Yukon Territory - Canada

Harry Snowden

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Carcross, Yukon

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The Duchess of Cambridge painted a totem pole in the workshop of Tlingit carver, Smarch | September 28 2016

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continuing this trips unfortunate theme of "so close yet so far" we were supposed to drive to alaska for the day but the only person comfortable with mountain driving tore the ligament in his knee the day before we left so. no alaska :(

in vancouver and i cant even go to the aquarium. fml

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CANADA TOUR | DAY V - 28 SEPTEMBER 2016

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent their fifth day in Canada, exploring Yukon.

Their first stop of the day was the MacBridge Museum where they spent time reading stories to children and visiting the Dominion Telegraph Office.

Afterwards, they attended a street party at Main Street in Whitehorse before traveling to Carcross.

They visited the Carcross Commons to watch a traditional welcoming ceremony from the Carcross/Tagish First Nation. Following this, they saw the White Pass steam train and met young mountain bikers from a project called The Single Track to Success (S2S) at the Montana Mountain.

Finally, they flew from Whitehorse airport back to their base in Government House in Victoria.

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2024 : The Mountain Beyond the Desert

Nares Mountain, Carcross Desert, Yukon

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28 September 2016 | Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visit Carcross during the Royal Tour of Canada in Carcross, Canada. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Charlotte are visiting Canada as part of an eight day visit to the country taking in areas such as Bella Bella, Whitehorse and Kelowna. (c) Mark Large - Pool/Getty Images

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something of note, CITIES ARENT THE ONLY PLACES THAT NEED RAIL, in the early days of Railroads a lot of them were built to serve: Farms, Mines, Oil Fields, Sugarcane Plantations, Ports, Steel Mills, Sawmills, and Logging Camps, Hell some railroads were built specifically to do just one of those, for example the White Pass & Yukon Railroad that ran between Skagway AK and White Horse YT connecting to the Klondike and Yukon rivers

the White Pass & Yukon of course opened in 1900 and was closed in 1982 however a large chunk of the Railroad (Skagway to Carcross) was reopened in 1988 as part of the expansion of Tourism in Alaska and is now the busiest Tourist Railroad in the Americas due to its scenic vistas and connection to Alaska Cruise system

Slime mold was grown on an agar gel plate shaped like America and food sources were placed where America’s large cities are. 

The result? A possible look at how to best build public transportation. 

I just really like the idea of slime mold on a map of the US. It’s beautiful.

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Carcross Desert, YT (No. 2)

Carcross Desert is significantly drier than the surrounding region, receiving less than 50 cm (20 in) of precipitation per year. This is due in part to a rain shadow effect caused by surrounding mountains. As a result, several rare species of plant life have taken hold in the comparatively arid conditions. Carex sabulosa, the Baikal sedge, is only known to exist in four other sites in North America, mainly existing in Asia. Yukon lupine, also unusual for the surroundings, "grows like a weed." While the vegetation in the area currently locks much of the dune system in place, a large event such as a forest fire could easily clear out the vegetation and return the dunes to an active state.

Source: Wikipedia

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Barrel Stove - St. Saviour’s Anglican Church - Carcross, Yukon Terr.

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Carcross, YT

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ok im gonna post what i put in be warned its a collection of multiple infodumps

haha there is none get recked lol ah Toronto and your weird Conservative Transit culture that only changes every 20 years and is constantly Copying New York's Homework never change /s

theyse are Snowplows in, Chama New Mexico, Banff Alberta, Skagway Alaska, Saint Paul Minnesota, Revelstoke British Columbia, Stratford Ontario, Sand Point Idaho, and Tahoe California

most of these are the VERY fun Rotary Snowplow most of which were Steam Powered (these started to loose Popularity in the 60s and 70s but there are still a few around mainly the Diesel powered ones that BNSF, Union Pacific, and the Alaska Railroad still have, and i think Canadian National has a few stationed in British Columbia) Rotary Snowplows are more efficient at lower speeds and are better in Mountianous area with deep deep snow, whereas the blade style work better at higher speeds and are preffered now, most modern locomotives are fitted with a small for smaller snowdrifts but occusionally they bring out the big guns, now the Rotaries are interesting because while they do have an engine most of them are not self propelled and usually require 2 or 3 locomotives to shove them, they may also need to be Bucked (basically Ramming the Snow) the main places where you are likely to see Rotary snowplows today are Donner pass in California between Sacremento and Reno near Tahoe on the old Overland Route (if you remember learning about the Central Pacific Railroad and the Original Transcontinental Railroad thats this they ran over Donner Pass) you can also find a Steam Powered Rotary Snowplow, Denver & Rio Grande Western OY she is on the 3 foot gauge Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama New Mexico (my dad said he was gonna take me there and he never did >:[ )

those are the firetubes they carry hot air and gases (not smoke tho steam locomotives only produce smoke if they have incomplete combustion) from the Firebox through the boiler heating up the water to increase its pressure (it only turns to steam when the Throttle or Safety valve is opened this btw is called Flash Boiling, and its one of the basic concepts that the steam engine relies on so you can squeeze as much energy as possible out of the steam)

these is the North American Railroad Network, it is the largest contiguous unified collection of Standard gauge lines in the world (Europe has a denser network but each country built its lines with diffirent Signals, Electrification, Loading gauge, and in the case of Spain and Russia track gauge) what this means is you can move a freight car Churchill Manitoba on Hudson’s Bay all the way down to Oaxaca in Mexico and its all built to mostly the same standards (the track quality will vary quite a bit but it can all accomadate standard freight cars) also as you can see there are a lot of duplicate lines, and keep in mind that they trimmed a lot of the lines, about half of them

oh also Cuba was integrated in this system until the Cuban revolution they had special ferries that moved freight cars over the sea, they also do this in Northern Quebec with the Quebec North Shore & Labrador Railroad and with the Alaska Railroad, and they used to do it with Prince Edward Island, oh also there is a ferry that moves freight cars across the New York Harbor and across the Gulf of Mexico something of note, CITIES ARENT THE ONLY PLACES THAT NEED RAIL, in the early days of Railroads a lot of them were built to serve: Farms, Mines, Oil Fields, Sugarcane Plantations, Ports, Steel Mills, Sawmills, and Logging Camps, Hell some railroads were built specifically to do just one of those, for example the White Pass & Yukon Railroad that ran between Skagway AK and White Horse YT connecting to the Klondike and Yukon rivers the White Pass & Yukon of course opened in 1900 and was closed in 1982 however a large chunk of the Railroad (Skagway to Carcross) was reopened in 1988 as part of the expansion of Tourism in Alaska and is now the busiest Tourist Railroad in the Americas due to its scenic vistas and connection to Alaska Cruise system

oh yeah James J Hill, there are a couple of Statues of him at the University of Washington because he owned the Great Northern Railroad and the Northern Pacific Railroad also Amtrak's Empire Builder Train (Chicago to Seattle) is named after him also his Railroad empire is now Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) formed from a merger of the Hill companies and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe

admittedly the TTC has been in a Period of Stagnation due to funding issues (the City and the Province have been arguing) there was another line supposed to open in the late 2010s but its been plagued by Construction defects and it has yet to open (Line 5 Eglinton)

also issues with Procurement are the main reason the Toronto Subway has been in a period of Stagnation for so long, china is able to get around procurement issues because they do everything at the highest level of Government and have an extremely modular standardized method of building transit that lets them do it very very very cheaply without scimping on quality

oh btw Toronto has more Rail Transit than that

its also crazy because Japan was one of if not the only country that didnt extensively prune its Railway Network after World War 2, compare that to the US which abandoned nearly Half its network and has more Abandoned Rail lines that every other country combined, although i think behind them are Canada and Mexico who also cut a bunch but the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany, Russia, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina, etc all cut large amounts as well the UK is pretty famous with their Beeching Cuts

naming locomotives that way was mostly a british thing, when American locomotives were named they either have a nickname like Peaches or are named after place, for example: Eureka, Sonoma, Minnetonka, Kenosha, Ruby Basin, etc there are some with other names like: El Gobernador (Spanish for The Governer), Antelope, Jupiter, or Mastodon (these are the names of some Central Pacific locomotives

similar story for passenger cars however named train services are another matter entirely with things like: The Super Continental, The Overland, The Coast Daylight, The Broadway Limited, The Empire Builder, The California Zephyr, The Sunset Limited, The International Limited, The Montrealer, The Floridian, The City of New Orleans, The Texas Rocket, The Cascadian, The Portland Rose, The Senator, The Spirit of St Louis, The Canadian, The Ocean, The Wolverine, The City of Los Angeles, The Silver Meteor, The Super Chief, and The 20th Century Limited

some of those named Trains youve definetely heard of because Amtrak still does the tradition of naming trains and they kept a lot of the really famous ones although some like the Super Chief and 20th Century limited got combined with other trains and had their names changed, Via Rail also kind of did this with The Super Continental, and The Canadian

Toronto should do it because GO expansion, also the Money should be used to finance an Extension of the Bloor-Danforth line to Mississauga and extensions of the Sheppard line to Scarborough Town center and to Sheppard West to Connect with the University-Spadina line, perhaps with Interlining up to York University, oh and tolls on the 401 could finance upgrades to the Milton line and maybe building a new Orangeville line

There has never been a Direct Train from New York to Los Angeles, you have always had to change trains in Chicago, St Louis or New Orleans, Also building HSR over the Rockies would have minimal benefit for the Amount it costs because its just not Populous Enough to justify all the Tunneling it would require, just start with Chicago to New York and other shorter corridors radiating out of Chicago hell there are already a lot of Railroad lines that are currently abandoned but could be converted into HSR

The Optimal Railroad should not make money, profitability is actually typically an Indicator of Failure a Railroad should spend exactly as much money as it makes if you are making money you should expand using that money and offer unprofitable services to soak up that extra income, this also applies to Electrical Distribution, Steel Making, Telecommunications, Water, and to a degree Agriculture haha infodumped in this Textbox

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The Duchess of Cambridge was officially welcomed to Carcross Commons with traditional music, dancing, and speeches | September 28 2016