Rampart House once an early trading post in the Yukon’s northwest and important gathering place for the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation is now among a list of protected historic sites in the territory. Community members came together at the site last week to celebrate and remember.
Ice jams at the mouth of the Forty Mile river caused water and ice to flow into the historic townsite of Forty Mile. Buildings and structures were moved from their foundations. The extent of the damage has yet to be determined.