Watson Lake, Yukon
The 340th arrived in Watson Lake on 1 September 1942. The 93rd was 63 miles behind them at Pine Lake. Fourteen year old Frank Watson had come with his father during the gold rush. The two of them wound up on the shores of a lake near the Upper Liard River. When his father returned home, Frank stayed to work their claims. Frank built a cabin, married a local Indian girl and lived a quiet life. In 1941 when an airfield came to the shores of the lake, it became “Watson Lake”.