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1958

Prime Minister and Mrs. Diefenbaker Visit the Yukon

Prime Minister and Mrs. Diefenbaker visit Yukon and are hosted by the Whitehorse Board of Trade.

L. to R. : Bill Walker, President - to the left of Mrs. Diefenbaker, F.H. Collins, P.J. Nielsen, Rolf Hougen, Mrs. Gordon Cameron, Jim…

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1958

Yukon Gold Rush Jubilee

This story appeared "somewhere" following the summer success of the Yukon Gold Rush Jubilee (60Years)

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"Rolf Hougen, one of the Yukon's liveliest boosters, Board of Trade spark and member of a family department store at Whitehorse, did…

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1959

Hougen’s Limited

By 1959, Hougen's was a full line department store with sporting goods, electrical items, music, hardware, men's clothing, ladies wear, children's wear, photo sales & photo finishing and drug sundries. The other department stores in Whitehorse were Taylor & Drury…

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1959

Hougen’s Limited

By 1959, Hougen's was a full line department store with sporting goods, electrical items, music, hardware, men's clothing, ladies wear, children's wear, photo sales & photo finishing and drug sundries. The other department stores in Whitehorse were Taylor & Drury…

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1959

Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal

As part of the publicity to celebrate the opening of the new C.N. owned Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, they provided a suite, interview with the Montreal Star and Photos. Here is what, in part they printed:

"Mr. Rolf Hougen…

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1959

Santa on the Train

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen. They are four of the famous eight reindeer that take Santa Claus on his appointed rounds on Christmas Eve. But in the Yukon, when Santa came early, it was not always…

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1959

The Queen Visits the Yukon

Rolf and Marg Hougen meet Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip during their visit to the Yukon. FH Collins looks on. Prince Phillip went to Dawson City alone as the Queen was not well. A reporter wrote a story that…

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1959

Yukon Lakes

Not Many Lakes in the Yukon were missed in the search for Lake Trout, Arctic Gryaling or Rainbow Trout, Marg and Rolf and children, as they were added, enjoyed boating and tenting.

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