centre, up to the north end of the city centre at Spook Creek Station. Whitehorse presently has no active railway service. The trolley system ran on a small portion of the tracks formerly belonging to White Pass and Yukon Route. The last scheduled service to Whitehorse from White Pass Railway occurred in October 1982. The White Pass Railway started scheduled service from Skagway, Alaska, to Carcross, south of Whitehorse, in the spring of 2007, but this was disrupted by high lake water levels in August 2007. Speculation of a transcontinental rail link to Alaska includes one possible route option through Whitehorse; a report has recommended a hub at Carmacks, with a spur line to Whitehorse and on to the Inside Passage of Alaska. Water The Yukon River is essentially navigable from Whitehorse to the Bering Sea. At above sea level, the river at Whitehorse is the highest point on earth that can be reached by watercraft navigating from the sea. Currently, no passenger or freight services use the river at Whitehorse. Sister cities Juneau, Alaska, United States Lancieux, France, since 2000. Ushiku, Japan, since 1985. Historical sister city partnerships: Echuca, Australia, November 1977 – September 2008 Patos de Minas, Brazil Notable people Byron Baltimore, National Hockey League player Zachary Bell, Whitehorse-born Olympic cyclist Pierre Berton, author and television host, born in Whitehorse Ivan E. Coyote, spoken word performer and writer, born in Whitehorse in 1969 Dylan Cozens, professional hockey player for the Buffalo Sabres Stéphanie Dixon, para-athlete Randy Hahn, play-by-play commentator for the San Jose Sharks Stephen Kozmeniuk, musician who created the band Boy, music producer/composer who has worked with Madonna, Kendrick Lamar, and others Archie Lang (politician), represented the electoral district of Porter Creek Centre in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011 Jeane Lassen, Olympic weightlifter Paul Lucier Yukon's first senator Audrey McLaughlin, the first woman to lead a represented political party (NDP) in Canadian federal politics, who has resided in Whitehorse since 1979 Sarah MacDougall, Swedish/Canadian singer-songwriter, resides in Whitehorse Scott Moffatt, singer and guitarist Aaron Olson, basketball player Gurdeep Pandher, Bhangra dancer Edward Peghin, Emmy-nominated producer resides in Whitehorse Tahmoh Penikett, actor whose credits include Battlestar Galactica and Dollhouse Tony Penikett Jim Robb, watercolour painter Robert W. Service, known as The Bard of the Yukon for his poems The Shooting of Dan McGrew, The Cremation of Sam McGee and many other depicting the Gold Rush