Andy's Yukon Wildflowers Keno Hill, Minto Hill, and Monument Hill Keno City Area

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Click here for tourism and hiking information about Keno City area.   The location of Keno City, Yukon, relative to Whitehorse, Yukon. Source GoogleEarth. Detailed view of Keno Hill, Minto Hill, and Monument Hill, Keno City, Yukon.  The blue dots represent locations of images from many photographers, available on GoogleEarth. Keno City is an historic mining area - silver-rich galena was discovered in 1918.  United Keno Hill Mines established the original wooden signpost in 1956, as part of meeting associated with the International Geophysical Year. The sign post arrows provide the approximate distance to cities represented by the meeting delegates. Frost polygons present at the top of Monument Hill, Keno City area.  The part of the mountain was exposed about the ice and snow that shaped the area during the last glaciation.  Such areas are called “nunataks”.  Geologists conclude that 18,000 years ago, at the peak of the most recent glaciation, valley glaciers occupied the valleys around the lower parts of the Keno Hill mountains. Click here for a simplified glacial history of the area. An old mining cabin at Sheep Camp, Keno Hill, Yukon. The front of the mining and historic museum at Keno City. Without a doubt, of the many historic museums that we have seen, this is one of the best, designed, laid out, and staff with care, thoughtfulness, and attention to detail.  The new hard wood interior is as dramatic as the holdings. Scenery and History: Once above the treeline, the subalpine and alpine are easily accessible.  The area has an history of mining, following discovery of silver in 1918. The target was silver and lead, as galena.  An old access road affords access to the alpine on Keno Hill, Minto Hill and Monument Hill.  There are some old mining-related structures on the mountain and caution is needed.  As an aside, without the road access, rough as it is, very few people would be able to reach the subalpine and alpine meadows to enjoy the flowering plants and the scenery. Click here for an excellent on-line brochure that describes the natural and societal history of the area, including hiking opportunities. Flowering Plants: Illustrated on these pages are images of flowering plants photographed in the area of Mt Montana and Sugarloaf Mountain, south of Carcross, Yukon, Canada.  The plants occur in the subalpine and alpine zones.  The range of species illustrated is not comprehensive. The intent is to illustrate only a few of the many species that occur on Mt Montana and Sugarloaf Mountain.  A visit at different times of the summer will yield different species in flower.  Although focusing on this part of Yukon, the wildflowers illustrated on these pages may occur elsewhere in Yukon and in parts of British Columbia, Alberta, and Northwest Territories. Wildflower Common Name Wildflower Scientific Name Thumbnail Image Montane Subalpine Alpine Narcissus-flowered Anemone Anemone narcissiflora   Pussytoes, Single-headed Antennaria monocephala Sweet Coltsfoot Petasites frigidus   Woolly Lousewort Pedicularis lanata

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Andy Fyon		April 19, 2008

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