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Lee Olynyk
Lee Olynyk was born in Fort William, Ontario. He came to the Yukon in 1973, driving his 1955 GMC half-ton pick-up. He stated placer mining on Last Chance Creek near Dawson in 1992.1)
Lee Olynyk and Ron Toews were partners at Last Chance when they recovered a partially frozen carcass of a Yukon horse dating from the last ice age. This is one of the most significant ice age horse finds in Yukon and consists of a large piece of hide with hair and mane attached; a partial forelimb with muscles, tendons and bones; and a portion of the horse’s internal organs. The mummified remains can be seen on display at the Yukon Beringia Centre.2)
1)
“Whitehorse Motors Salutes.” The Yukoner Magazine, Issue No. 23, August 2002: 2.
2)
“Yukon Horse,” Yukon Beringia Centre 2018 website: http://www.beringia.com/exhibit/ice-age-animals/yukon-horse
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