What the.....??
The entire population of the Yukon is only 33,000. And that’s as high as it’s likely ever been since the Gold Rush.
If you wanted to disappear, wouldn’t you choose New York? Los Angeles? Rio? And why would it take so long to find her?
Not a whole lot of days with a whole lot of daylight and old people don't even leave the house for 8 or 9 months of the year.
Canada’s North is VERY different. It is a whole other world in the north. If you are not an Inuit who was born there, or a government employee transferred there, why would you go there? So isolated, lonely and cold! Chances are, if you are not one of the above, you are running away from something, trying to disappear from something. For many, it works because people don’t ask a lot of questions.
As long as one does not screw around someone else, few questions are asked and you get along fine, even with the Mounties. Besides, in the middle of January, if you decided that you had to run away from Dawson City, where would you run to? Remember, this is a place that can be so cold in the winter, that vehicles are left runnung with keys inside, 24/7 to prevent them seizing up from the cold! So its best to just do your own thing, be a good neighbour and don’t ask too many questions, even the Mounties. Some ‘detatchments’ in villages are only one or two men. You have ‘official’ hours, but you are actually on call 24/7. Such policing is TRUE ‘community’ policing!
Communications in the north are not as easy as in the south and travelling up north has its challenges, so finding someone can be difficult. It is however, much easier in the age of the internet, though.
I can recall working for a finance company in Ottawa in the early ‘80s, tracing a bad debt to a small settlement in the North West Territories. My contact number was a bar/store/restaurant in the village. Aside from a telephone at the RCMP post, it was the only ‘phone in the village. I left a message for him when he made his once a week treck into town for supplies and a drink. He called me back sometime later and we had a good chat and eventually he did pay back some of debt.
Canada’s North is VERY different. It is a whole other world in the north. If you are not an Inuit who was born there, or a government employee transferred there, why would you go there? So isolated, lonely and cold! Chances are, if you are not one of the above, you are running away from something, trying to disappear from something. For many, it works because people don’t ask a lot of questions.
As long as one does not screw around someone else, few questions are asked and you get along fine, even with the Mounties. Besides, in the middle of January, if you decided that you had to run away from Dawson City, where would you run to? Remember, this is a place that can be so cold in the winter, that vehicles are left runnung with keys inside, 24/7 to prevent them seizing up from the cold! So its best to just do your own thing, be a good neighbour and don’t ask too many questions, even the Mounties. Some ‘detatchments’ in villages are only one or two men. You have ‘official’ hours, but you are actually on call 24/7. Such policing is TRUE ‘community’ policing!
Communications in the north are not as easy as in the south and travelling up north has its challenges, so finding someone can be difficult. It is however, much easier in the age of the internet, though.
I can recall working for a finance company in Ottawa in the early ‘80s, tracing a bad debt to a small settlement in the North West Territories. My contact number was a bar/store/restaurant in the village. Aside from a telephone at the RCMP post, it was the only ‘phone in the village. I left a message for him when he made his once a week treck into town for supplies and a drink. He called me back sometime later and we had a good chat and eventually he did pay back some of debt.
She was from Alaska. If she settled in the Yukon, there might be friends or family there.
She could have easily said she was abused and hiding from him. After a few years, life moves on and inertia takes hold.
Actually, it appears she made a pretty good choice.