hundred forty two others followed his example and with the growth in tourism the signpost forest became more and more international and bigger and bigger too there are currently more than eighty thousand signs here although nobody knows for certain because new ones are added every day and some are quite a few of them from europe. leaving a sign here is a must for tourists including the montgomery s from oklahoma. watson lakes historically much more significant site is the old yukon air service hangar which is starting to collapse it bears silent witness to an immensely costly project whose effects were felt halfway around the world.