Faro, Yukon

We got sidetracked at Carmacks by 163km and landed at Faro for the night. Highway 4 – (the Robert Campbell Highway) has some spectacular scenery (even through the rain). Faro was established in 1968 as a mining town just above the Pelly River. In the picture below of the Pelly River, you can see Faro as the collection of buildings to the right hand side of the Picture. Enroute to Faro, we stopped to explore the Montague Road House Historic Site. Even as a ruin, it is still a very impressive building. The smaller of the two buildings was where they kept food frozen in the winter.Read more