On day five of the Canadian Royal Tour, hundreds flocked to the streets to welcome the Royals to Whitehorse with a lively street party.
The couple had just come from the MacBride Museum of Yukon History, where they were welcomed by legendary Yukon wireless telegraph operator, 90-year-old Doug Bell.
The couple participated in the the history-making, telegraph-to-tweet, becoming the first visitors to sign into the Museum’s digital guest book using the brand new technology.
“It was still in me, just like tapping out an alphabet,” said Bell,
The Duke and Duchess hit send on the @MacBrideMuseum telegraph office’s first ever #telegraphtotweet #RoyalVisitCanada pic.twitter.com/CYWzsqhfu2
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) September 28, 2016
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh visited the same telegraph office in 1959.
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh visited this telegraph office, now part of the Museum, in 1959 #RoyalVisitCanada ?? pic.twitter.com/UfG6F2Jwei
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) September 28, 2016
Following on from their museum visit, the couple received a traditional welcome from the Carcross/Tagish First Nation and were invited to tour the public spaces and important cultural projects.
After hearing about the traditional Inland Tlingit and Tagish totem project, The Duchess paints the eye on a totem pole #RoyalVisitCanada pic.twitter.com/ss08SbiPMX
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) September 28, 2016
Play time! The kids of Carcross Commons show off their new playground. pic.twitter.com/mNGJg9fvZx
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) September 28, 2016
