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Adventures in Art History

A large, ornately decorated, picturesque wooden building seen in dawn light.

HTA from Coast to (almost) Coast

By Peter Coffman It’s hard to find two towns in Canada further apart than Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, and Dawson City,…

Two rivers converge, defining a lush point of green land

‘Possession’, ‘Ownership’, and Tr’ochëk National Historic Site

The Tr’ondek Hwech’in fishing camp of Tr’ochëk once stood on the flat land in the left middle-ground, where the Yukon…

A large square tube suspended above the landscape.

Dredging for Dollars

By Peter Coffman Imagine a stream cascading down a mountain, winding through a lush forest of evergreen and deciduous trees,…

Pyramidal wooden structure in forest.

Bridging the Gulf of Incomprehension

Dawson City and the Yukon River. By Peter Coffman During his one and only Klondike winter, writer Jack London (of…

A Classical wooden facade with pilasters and a pediment over teh door.

Dawson City’s Enclave of Power

Dawson City, Yukon. By Peter Coffman If I say “Dawson City”, you may think “Gold Rush! Canada’s wild west! The…

St. Anne’s Church: a Eulogy

St. Anne’s Church, Toronto, by Ford Howland (1907). By Peter Coffman I don’t enjoy writing eulogies, and I don’t think…