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GROWING DEMAND - At the turn of the 19th century, Whitehorse was a growing concern in the wake of the Klondike Gold Rush. In 1901, the Yukon Electrical Co. began providing the frontier city with electricity generated by wood-fired boilers driving steam turbines. Photo Yukon Archives, Anton Vogee fonds, #265 PIONEER PROVIDER - For more than four decades until his death in the early 1950s, Willard 'Deacon' Phelps ensured the lights stayed on in Whitehorse. Photo courtesy Phelps family NEW GENERATION - Like his grandfather and his father were, Willard Phelps is involved in meeting the energy needs of Yukoners as the sitting chair of the board of directors for Yukon Energy. Star photo by VINCE FEDOROFF