Whitehorse Gem & Mineral Club
Whitehorse, Yukon
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About our Club:

Our club's activites include mineralogy and mineral collecting, as well as some lapidary work. Lapidary activities include gemstone work, jewelry making, mounting stones, and cleaning gems and minerals. Our club also organizes day and weekend field trips to mineral collecting sites. All activities are open to anyone with an interest in the earth sciences and in lapidary work. Out of town visitors are welcome.

Our club is a member of the Gem & Mineral Federation of Canada.


How to Contact Us:

Contacts:
  • Walter Bilawich, President
    27 Klondike Road
    Whitehorse, Yukon
    Y1A 3L8
    Tel: (867) 667-7457
    Fax: (867) 668-5882

  • Annabelle MacFie, Treasurer
    10298 Pine Street
    Whitehorse, YT
    Y1A 4E9
    Tel: (867) 393-3470

  • Sylvia Kitching, Secretary
    14 Willow Crescent
    Whitehorse, YT
    Y1A 4P8
    Tel: (867) 633-2135

  • Fred Dorward, Director
    Site 15, Comp 58,
    Whitehorse, Yukon
    Y1A 5W7
    Tel: (867) 633-6454
    Fax: (867) 633-6454

  • Pat Kehoe, Internet contact
    33 Balsam Crescent
    Whitehorse, YT
    Y1A 4V6
    Tel: (867) 633-5488
    Fax: (867) 633-5488
    E-mail: kehoe@yt.sympatico.ca

Mailing Address:

  • Whitehorse Gem and Mineral Club
    14 Willow Crescent
    Whitehorse, YT
    Y1A 4P8


Meetings:

  • Date: Third Wednesday of each month, from September to June.
  • Time: 7:00 PM
  • Location: Yukon Chamber of Mines Building, Whitehorse.

  • Our monthly meeting location is announced through rolling ads and announcements on local radio stations and newspapers. Guests, families and students are welcome.


Upcoming Activities:

Monthly meetings may feature a guest speaker, or may involve lapidary activities or other demonstrations. Field trips offer an opportunity for members to collect some of the many different rocks and minerals found in the Yukon. For more information about our field trip activities and fall/winter program, please contact us.


Newsletter:

Chatter Marks is the official bulletin of our club and is published every two months, except July and August. Articles and other contributions are more than welcome. Other club editors may use articles, provided proper credit is given.


Online Resources:



Canadian Rockhound

Canadian Directory of
Rock & Mineral Associations

Official home page of the
Whitehorse Gem & Mineral Club

Online: November 20, 1997
Last updated: July 5, 2000
Page maintained by the Canadian Rockhound

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