Since we were half was to Carcross and were craving an ice cream cone, we decided to drive the rest of the way. While in Carcross, we visited the Carcross Cemetery and found Polly's grave shown above.
Numerous Yukon pioneers are buried here, including Bishop Bompas, Skookum Jim Mason, Kate Carmack, Tagish Charlie and Polly the Parrot.
For more than 50 years Polly held court at the Caribou Hotel where he gained international fame for singing opera--and for shocking unsuspecting hotel guests with colourful profanity. Polly died in 1972 at the age of 126 years--older than the gold rush itself--and his grave boasts one of the finest bronze markers in the cemetery. I remember Polly telling me to "f--- off" very loudly when I went to talk to him.
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