Fist lady of the yukon

It was the lure of gold that drew the fearless Martha Black to the Yukon, but it was the awesome beauty of the wild country that caused her to stay. Martha was born to a wealthy family in Chicago, Illinois in She was five during the great Chicago fire of After completing finishing school, where she excelled in elocution and botany, Martha married Will Purdy in and had two sons. When news of the Klondike Gold Rush reached her, she left her sons with her parents and headed north with her brother. Together they climbed the Chilkoot Pass and sped through the treacherous waters of Miles Canyon without incident.

The bust of former MP Martha Louise Black joins six others downtown, while the commemoration of another historical figure is in the works. The seventh in a series of busts commemorating Yukon historical figures now sits at the corner of 4th Avenue and Main Street in downtown Whitehorse. Christensen says her grandmother and mother were close friends with Black, and she remembers visiting the trailblazer growing up in Whitehorse. Dawson was staunch Conservative, and Whitehorse was staunch Liberals.

Martha Louise Black, Photographer: Pierre Brunet e Hidden among the millions of items in the collection of Library and Archives Canada are a set of 10 floral postcards.

Soothing Your Stomach Naturally. Physiotherapists are not in the business of saving lives, but for people with severe or chronic pain, getting the right treatment can feel like rebirth. After nearly 40 years practicing physiotherapy in the north, Emson is happily still treating patients, but she has reduced her hours and sold her clinic to colleague Kristy Lerch.