Yukon Wanderlust

Seeking fortune & adventure two young German Canadians Art and Ernie Barz were down to their last dollars when they reached Dawson City in 1937. A year later aided by some of Yukons leading citizens the Barz brothers chartered four plane-loads of huskies equipment and supplies to the Territorys remote Bonnet Plume region. Seeking to avoid the expensive non-resident trappers licence fees the brothers convinced the authorities that they were miners. Instead they set up one of the largest clandestine fur-trapping operation in the Canadian north. In time they became legal trappers and ran Chappies Trading Post near the confluence of the Bonnet Plume and Peel Rivers. During their five years in Yukon they met some of the Territorys larger-than-life characters and explored its vast pristine wilderness. Yukon Wanderlust weaves the Barz brothers stories their photographs and related historical events into a fascinating chronicle of a vibrant yet overlooked period of Yukon history.