Wednesday May 28th2025
The Atlin Whisper
“Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world.”
Margaret Mead
SATURDAYS 10 UNTIL 1
JUNE 7, JUNE 28, JULY 12, JULY 26, AUGUST 30 WATERFRONT BESIDE
Atlin District Board of Trade AGM June 3rd, 2025
7 p.m. Atlin Rec Centre Board Room
Elections for President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, 8 Council Member positions. Regular meeting to follow.
“Always On My Side”
Sometimes you’re right beside me and always there on my side.
Sometimes if confidence wavers you will restore my self-esteem as you always believe in me.
Sometimes when you’re beside me I don’t feel left on my own. I am always in touch with you so, I never feel alone.
You are always on my side.
Jeff Salmon
Message from the Atlin community representative on the Government to Government Forum between BC and TRTFN ( the G2G Forum).
The G2G Forum addresses important issues on the land base, including mining and mineral exploration, protected areas, fish and wildlife management, as well as research and monitoring.
As your Atlin Community representative, I would like to hear from you about topics that are important to you so I can be the conduit of Atlin Community interests at the Forum.
The next forum is scheduled for June 17-18, 2025, in Atlin.
Send me your questions or issues relating to the scope of the G2G by emailing infoatling2g@gmail.com
Åsa Berg
AVFD BBQ
Unsere Ursel
Ursula Holmok, longtime Atlinite, passed away peacefully on April 8th at the Thomson Centre in Whitehorse with Manu and her dogs by her side. She was born in Halle/Saale, Germany on May 3rd , 1924. Ursula is now where she longed to be – with her son Gerhard.
When life became too challenging in Atlin, Ursula moved to the Thomson Centre where she lived her last two years with companionship and the best care.
She is survived by her son Bernhard, daughter-in-law, Sheilagh, and beautiful granddaughter Hollis.
We remember Ursula fondly for her love of fine art and classical music; books of all sorts; Friday “Kaffeeklatsch”; laughter; a good party; her Henkell piccolos; making extraordinary tortes filled with marzipan, rum, whipped cream and only “one tablespoon of flour,” which she shared with so many; the company of young people; Montreal (her former home); all dogs; and fancy, stiletto-heeled shoes.
Our dear friend Ursula was one of the most remarkable women we’ve ever met. She was fiercely independent, intrepid, and had an enthusiasm for life that was infectious. We miss you. We all love you.
Ursula and Rex
Atlin Museum, Gift Shop and Visitor Centre
Open May 10-Sept 15th Wednesday to Sunday 11:00-4:00 pm
180- 3rd Street, Atlin, B.C.
PH: 250-651-7522
Tarahne or Globe Theatre is available for nightly rentals.
For more information call the above number or email: atlinhistoricalsociety@gmail.com
Debit & Credit Cards Accepted
Come aboard the MV Tarahne for the annual
Tarahne Tea
Atlin B.C.
Saturday, July 5th 2025
2 Sittings: 12:00 noon and 2:30 PM
Purchase your $25 Tickets which will be available on Sunday June 1 at the Atlin Museum, Open Wednesday to Sunday 11 AM to 4 PM, or call 250-651-7522
If you’re interested in helping out with this year’s Tea, please email trishgobeil@gmail.com
The Atlin Recreation Centre would like to thank the following for the May 10 Car Wash:
- thanks to Megan for the great idea of holding a car wash to celebrate Atlin's arrival of spring and its muddy season!
- thanks to Gary Pumps Ltd for donating the water to wash the vehicles
- thanks to the owners of muddy vehicles who paid to have them washed
- thanks to the volunteers who washed the muddy vehicles, and
- thanks to those who cooked, and those who ate, at the concession!
Your community centre can't exist without all you wonderful volunteers - good going!
LANDFILL
SPRING/SUMMER HOURS
*Effective –
Saturday April 26th, 2025*
SATURDAY-MONDAY
CLOSED ON ALL BC STATUTORY HOLIDAYS
Victoria Day - Closed Monday, May 19th ….…. Open May 17, 18, 20
BC Day - Closed Monday, Aug 4th …...…. Open Aug 2, 3, 5
Labour Day - Closed Monday, Sept 1st ……... Open Aug 30, 31 & Sept 2,
Thanksgiving Day - Closed Monday, Oct 13th ... Open Oct 11, 12, 14
HOURS 11 AM - 4 PM
Operated by the Atlin Community Improvement District
BIG WATER SOCIETY
We are pleased to announce a new counsellor!
Big Water Society is pleased to have Laurie LarkinBoyle, RCC, DVATI, and MEd, as our new mental wellness counsellor for all people in Atlin. This is a FREE professional and confidential service that Big Water Society provides to the community.
Laurie brings a wonderful blend of mental wellness counselling as well as Art Therapy for those that prefer to keep their hands and brain busy. Laurie is available every Wednesday from 10am-12pm and 1pm-3pm by phone, video and email.
For more information and to book an appointment: Website: Crocuscreativearttherapy.com
Phone: 431-813-2756
Email: crocuscreative@gmail.com
ATLIN GOLDFIELDS PAST, PRESENT
AND FUTURE
By Clive Aspinall, M.Sc., P.Eng.
ncaspinall@gmail.com
16th May 2025 - Gold Price/per oz USD$ 3,201.70 /CDN$ 4,470.69
Bedrock Source of Atlin Placer Gold
Placer gold in some Atlin creeks have links to the Surprise Lake granite rocks, and by extension to similar rocks on Ruby Creek. Primary exploration targets for lode gold near Atlin have historically been quartz-carbonate-mariposite altered (called ‘Listwanite’) ultramafic and mafic bedrocks. A good example of Listwanite ultramafic rocks can be seen on the sides of the Atlin airport runway. Monarch Mountain consists of unaltered mafic rock. Altered ultramafic rock (Listwanite) have been considered the only source of Atlin placer deposits until recently. However, despite more than a century of searching, coarse gold such as found in the placer gravels has never been discovered in Atlin’s “Listwanite” ultramafic rocks.
This has prompted the belief that the ‘Listwanite’ rocks are mere erosional remnants of bedrock sources of the coarse placer gold, and that these sources have been almost entirely lost to erosion. An alternative hypothesis argues that, although gold is found with “Listwanite”, it was not the only bedrock source. Almost all of the Atlin placer streams or their headwaters are underlain granite style rocks in the Surprise Lake area, (geologists call these group of rocks “Surprise Lake Batholith). These rocks created a hot subterranean halo when formed. This hot halo caused adjacent rocks to chemically change. Streams with placer deposits distributed around Surprise Lake granite rocks host gold nuggets containing cassiterite and thorite. Both cassiterite and thorite are present in these Surprise Lake granite rocks.
Lode gold discovered along Otter Creek in 2016 was found in rocks of the Kedahda Formation. This gold could have been introduced into Kedahda Formation by the once hot halo surrounding the Surprise lake granites. Kedahda Formation rocks are extensive in the Atlin region and consist primarily silica rich rock, with lesser amounts of basaltic rocks, volcanic ash, dark shales, and dirty sandstone.
Therefore there are potentially two source types of rock for Atlin gold, 1) listwanite-altered ultramafic or mafic rocks and 2) Kedahda Formation rocks where found adjacent granitic rock, Surprise Lake type, or other. Both rock types make Atlin very prospective for gold exploration, and future discovery.
(Source of this paper is based on Geologist Mitch Mihalynuk BC Geological Report, 2016
NORTHERN HOMES REAL ESTATE
Discovery Avenue
Perfect location, at the entrance to town, this 31.4 x 90 ft lot, prepped and ready for development.
Ideal for that business you have been thinking to develop. Take the first step!
$140,000
4th Street
400 sq.ft., one bedroom cabin plus a large workshop on two adjoining 50x100 lots, fully fenced. Quiet location with lots of room for expansion, or keep one lot and sell the other!
$249,000
Surprise Lake Road
6 acres along the Spruce Creek with a fabulous meadow surrounded by the woods and the roaring creek, room for several guest cabins if you chose. Main house is 2 story and a main level cozy self-contained mother-in-law cottage is perfect for guests. So much potential to expand.
$350,000
Lot F Fulton Street
Quiet street with just a short walk to the lake, great views of mountains and water, power in and ready for you to develop as you wish ... or simply park your RV. Vacant lots like this are hard to find ... this one is waiting for you!
$180,000 SOLD … more buyers seeking same!
Seeking True Remote?
Above Jade City on the old Cassiar Highway, in the middle of the gold fields, 0.5 hectares (not surveyed) on the banks of Troutline Creek, License of Occupation, 10-year terms with current term good until 2032. Story and half cabin plus outbuildings. Current holder has had a small farm with goats and chickens. Telephone service. 4.4 km from main highway.
$89,900
First Street
Rare opportunity for good building lot (two adjoining lots being sold as one parcel), just steps away from Atlin Lake, close to center of community, accessed from lane. 50x100’, no records of previous development on the land.
$195,000
4th of July
.78 acres of Crown Land Lease, gated, partly cleared, the perfect spot to keep your RV and recreational necessities there for year around enjoyment. Lease term to 2042.
$45,500
Second Street
100x30 foot lot, sloping between the lake and mountain view. Great central location waiting for you. Develop your new home at your own pace.
$135,000
Call Myrna at (250) 775-1019 or Katie Suter at (250) 500-1915 myrnablake1@gmail.com .or myrnablake1@zoleo.com when travelling Go to northernhomesbc.ca for more details.
The Job
The job description is really quite simple:
1.) Love one another.
The Plan
God’s plan is clear
The counter-plan is veiled
The Bidding
Everybody fears the knights
But the pawns do the dirty work
And the financiers turn and wash their hands
The Cycle
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind
Tit for tat makes the whole world dumb
Is this what we really want?
Nothing
What happens when a child dies in a warzone?
The Dichotomy
There is day, there is night
There is up, there is down
There is right, there is wrong
These are true dichotomies
There are plenty of false ones
Decide carefully
The Questioning
The answers are easy
The questioning is tough
The Asking
We already know the answers
We need only ask the questions
The Outstanding Questions
The Brightness that Blinds
The devil does not do his darkest deeds
In the dead of night
But rather in bright broad daylight
Where we must squint to see
The Doors
The War Room
The Prayer Room
Wedecidewhichdoorweopen
One is easy, but leads to destruction
The other is hard, but leads to peace
The Day of Rest
On the seventh day we rest
Why?
To observe some tradition?
To honour our Creator?
Or simply, to rest?
God knows we need to rest.
https://stephenbadhwar.substack.com/ May2025
39 Lake St, Atlin
Kitchen Hours at the Atlin Mountain Inn are now until June, 2025
Tuesday Lunch: 12-2pm (restaurant)
Saloon opens at 5pm Wed-Saturday
Thurs, Fri & Saturday: Dinner 5:30-8pm
Wednesday is Wing Night, Thursday is Patio BBQ, Friday is Menu, Saturday is Menu plus Burger and beer special.
(Restaurant Dinners Closed until June)
Self-serve coffee in Restaurant 7am to 5pm. Various meals, Submarine Sandwiches, Hamburgers etc. available 24/7 in the lobby Deli vending machine Cash only.
Please note that requests for same day water delivery must be received no later than 11 am of said day. Thank you!
Water delivery and Sewer Removal are available Monday through Friday
Home Heating Fuel, Bulk Fuel Available
Phone 250-651-7463
Email garypumpsltd@gmail.com Box 147
Atlin BC V0W 1A0
Office hours – Monday to Friday 8 am – noon
Closed all Statutory Holidays With thanks, Gary McNeil and Jody Smallwood
~Weekly freight truck run on Mondays and freight runs available upon request~
Atlin Christian Centre Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Service and Sunday School Sunday 11 a.m. Come join us! 250-691-0128
Mountain Shack Café Restaurant Fast Fancy Food Great Service 110 Discovery Avenue In Atlin, B.C. EAT IN OR TAKE OUT 250-651-7789
MECHANIC WANTED
Contact: Alain Vanier 250-651-0037 Reasonable Rates!
Going to church on Sunday can be a beauty treatment--You can have your faith lifted.
Atlin Community Library
Atlin Community Library has 30 NEW BOOKS ready to be borrowed. The Library is open Friday and Saturday from 2pm to 4pm. We're located in the Courthouse on Second Street between Trainor and Pearl. Not a member of the Library? Come in and sign up. It's free. You can borrow books and tapes for 3 weeks for free. Come on in! It could become a habit. A very good habit.
Looking for a full-time licensed heavy-duty mechanic in Atlin, BC.
Wage is negotiable depending on experience. Accommodation can be provided if needed. Please send resume to bobscontracting2020@gmail.com
The next Whisper is June 11th
Smallwood Enterprises Ltd
We provide Concrete, Drain Rock, Screed gravel, Sand, Topsoil and Septic systems.
We also provide Equipment Rentals, Excavations, Covered Storage, and Snow Removal.
Please call (250) 651-2488 or email bobscontracting2020@gmail.com
Submissions are due no later than Sunday June 8th 6pm
The Purpose of the Atlin Whisper is to encourage, build-up and inform the people of Atlin concerning ongoing community events and happenings. The Whisper is not a political mouthpiece. Compiled and edited by Lynne Phipps. Paper for printing courtesy of Northern Homes Real Estate Printing courtesy of Dani McNeil and the RCMP Atlin. Delivery by Bobbie Whelan and Gary Hill. Classifieds, news, upcoming events Contact 1-867-334-7949 or lynnephippsatlin@gmail.com if you have, pictures or articles you would like to submit.
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