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Beaufort Sea Campbel l Alaska,USA welcome The Campbell region offers a quiet, more remote alternative to the popular Alaska Highway corridor. Here, you’ll find fewer people, plenty of wildlife, and many scenic campgrounds to choose from. The region is crossed east/west by the Campbell Highway—paralleling the route of the Hudson’s Bay Company pioneer, Robert Campbell—and north/south by the historic Canol Road. Visitors to this area should watch for moose, caribou, black and grizzly bears, lynx, wolf, red fox, Stone’s sheep at Lapie Canyon and Faro’s distinctly coloured Fannin’s sheep. Yukon Northwest Territories Faro Ross River WHITEHORSE local attractions Campbell region interpretive Centre and Community Visitor information Centre This impressive log building in “downtown” Faro is the place to go for tourist information and interesting displays on the Campbell region’s history, geology and wildlife. The helpful interpretive staff can tell you everything you need to know for a great time in the area, including the location of trails, attractions, fishing holes, scenic drives and the best spots to view sandhill cranes and the unique Fannin’s sheep in the spring and fall. The centre also presents free, regularly scheduled, guided walks and talks on the region’s many fascinating heritage features. www.faroyukon.ca mount mye sheep Centre Drive from Faro up Blind Creek Road to the sheep viewing deck (Km 5.5) and the Mount Mye Sheep Centre viewing cabin (Km 7.5) with its interpretive displays, picnic tables and wall of windows. A short distance away is a sheep mineral lick along a bluff. However, from June to September the sheep are in their summer grounds high on Mount Mye. In August, watch chinook salmon spawning in nearby Blind Creek. Ask for a map and directions at the interpretive centre. www.faroyukon.ca Pacific Ocean British Columbia our communities Faro Faro was established in 1968 as a hardrock mining town supporting one of the largest lead-zinc mines in the world. Now, Faro has reinvented itself for residents, artists and visitors who seek wilderness and rural experiences in a friendly community setting. Faro offers a range of visitor services and amenities, including a municipal campground and RV park and an impressive visitor facility, the Campbell Region Interpretive Centre. Population: 391 bottom left: Campbell Region Interpretive Centre – YG below: Fannin’s sheep – YG (S. Krasemann) ross river Ross River is a Kaska First Nation town at the confluence of the Ross and Pelly rivers and near the junction of the Campbell Highway and Canol Road. An important trading post in the past, Ross River is the gateway to the North and South Canol roads and offers a range of visitor services including the only service station on the Canol. A summer ferry in Ross River provides service to the North Canol Road. Population: 354 travelyukon.com 55

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