updated Thursday 12 November 2009
Check this week's Weather Forecast for Atlin.
Discover Atlin!
Atlin is a small isolated community in the NW corner of British Columbia, on the traditional lands of the Taku River Tlingits. Glacial-fed Atlin Lake is 4 miles wide and 85 miles long, in a wide wilderness valley surrounded by snowcapped mountains.
Atlin is a 2 to 3 hour drive from Whitehorse Yukon or Skagway Alaska. Current population is up to 400 full-time residents. During the Klondyke Gold Rush of 1898, the population was 10,000! Many buildings from that era still exist.
Though Mining and Tourism underpin the economy of Atlin, there is a large and very influential colony of artists, artisans and authors in this very special little-known community.
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Winter has arrived. We will have ice fog until the lake freezes - probably in January.
Previous Novembers: Sunrise over Monarch Mountain; Sunset over Teresa Island.
 
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When in Atlin, stay at MOORE HOUSE.
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MOORE HOUSE is a scribed log home on 4 acres of private woodlands.
Located 4 km south of Atlin.
MOORE HOUSE is on the Monarch Mountain Trail near Pine Creek Beach.
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Large welcoming rooms with panoramic views of lake and mountains.
Shared guest bath.
In-room Phone, TV, DVD, VHS, movies, fast wireless broadband.
Outstanding collection of local artwork. Knowledgeable live-in owner/operators. Continental breakfast.
Home-made bread; great coffee.
We proudly serve coffee freshly roasted by Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters Inc. of Whitehorse.
The photo at left is an October sunrise.
MOORE HOUSE is OPEN ALL YEAR
Contact us at 250-651-0015 or toll-free at 877-399-2665
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If MOORE HOUSE doesn't suit your needs, please see "...more places to stay".
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For a directory of services, events, businesses, and attractions in the Southern Lakes region of
Atlin, Carcross, Marsh Lake, Mount Lorne, Tagish and Teslin
Go to Southern Lakes Yukon
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Flying to Whitehorse? Start your Northern visit with Northerners!
Fly Air North, Yukon's Airline from Calgary, Edmonton or Vancouver.
Connect through Westjet. I do! You can now check your luggage straight through.
The photo above is from Air North's inflight magazine, YUKON North of Ordinary. I hope they will forgive me for borrowing it. It accompanied a message from Joe Sparling, President of Air North, in Volume 3 Issue 3 Fall 2009.
Air North is indeed Yukon's Airline; based in Whitehorse, it flies to Northern and Southern destinations. The President's Message is worth reading: "This airline spends almost $20 million each year in the Yukon, and these dollars are spread out over more than 200 Yukon businesses and almost 200 Yukon employees." and "We are extremely proud of what Air North, Yukon's Airline, has accomplished during the past thirty-two years and in particular since 2002."
See www.NorthofOrdinary.ca. You'll enjoy coming North with Air North!
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Aurora Borealis in Atlin? Yes! Click on Aurora Forecast.
Hint: to find Atlin, locate Whitehorse, Juneau and Dease Lake. Atlin is in the centre of that triangle. At left, aerial view of Five-Mile Bay at Breakup in May 2009. At right is Rhianna Rasmussen, pilot with Discovery Helicopters.
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ Atlin has one restaurant: The Atlin Inn Restaurant at 250-651-2211. This website is paid for and maintained by Carolyn Moore, owner/operator of Discover Atlin and Moore House. All the editorial comments are mine and can be blamed solely on me. Unless stated otherwise, all photos are mine. Feel free to use my photos if you give the following photo credit ©Carolyn Moore, Atlin BC Canada. Photos by others may not be used without their permission.
Interior photos of Moore House above, which have the prefix "JB" are © Joshua Berson. He took them while he and his family were guests at Moore House. The photo of Atlin's waterfront is © Diana and Brad Thayer. Many thanks for letting me use them!