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    The Caribou Hotel - John Firth - Part 2

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    Friday, December 13th, 2019 - 10 minutes

    The Caribou Hotel; Hauntings, hospitality, a hunter, and the parrot, is a new book by award winning author John Firth.
    The Caribou Hotel is located in Carcross, Yukon and is designated a Yukon Historic Site. The Caribou Hotel is more than one hundred years old and has been at the centre of many historic events since the Klondike Gold Rush in the early 1900s. CHON FM presents author John Firth speaking about the history and characters of The Caribou Hotel - Part 2 of 2. Aired December 13, 2019

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