Roman “Jake” Chaykowsky (1920 – 1995)
	
Jake Chaykowsky was born in the Ukraine. He moved to Canada and worked at various jobs including being a cabinet maker in Vancouver.((Jim Robb’s Colourful Five Percent: “Roman “Jake” Chaykowsky.” August 1995.)) He met his wife in Thunder Bay, Ontario.(("Ahafia (Helen) Chaykowsky: February 1924 - August 2007." //The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 27 August 2007.))
	
In 1950, Jake worked at a gold mine in Atlin, British Columbia and was involved in an industrial accident.  He left for the south and at Judas Creek, after a fifteen-minute negotiation, found himself the proud owner of a highway lodge.((Jim Robb’s Colourful Five Percent: “Roman “Jake” Chaykowsky.” August 1995.)) The Pines lodge burned in 1962 and Jake built a new lodge at the junction of the Alaska Highway and the Atlin/Tagish road.(("Ahafia (Helen) Chaykowsky: February 1924 - August 2007." //The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 27 August 2007.)) He planned a small place, but it grew into Jake’s Crystal Palace hotel with luxurious décor and an indoor swimming pool.((“Jake’s Corner: a “must stop” on the Alaska Highway.” polarhorizons.com. 2020 website: https://polarhorizons.com/blog/?p=1846#sthash.mhuJ6D3h.dpbs.)) Jake was sensitive to the needs of those less fortunate and, in the 1970s built a cabin across the road to provide penniless travellers with a free place to stay.((Jim Robb’s Colourful Five Percent: “Roman “Jake” Chaykowsky.” August 1995.))