Whitehorse to start of Lake Laberge: 35km/22mi. Sadly, like all great expeditions, yours must come to an end. The Yukon River has had a history of pollution from military installations, dumps, wastewater, and other sources. The Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association was formed in 1990 by consensus of fishers representing the entire drainage in response to recent disaster years. Common methods of fishing on the Yukon include set gillnets, drift nets, dip nets, and fish wheels. The total area is more than 25% larger than Texas or Alberta. The excitement will be palpable this morning as you meet your guide and fellow travellers. Visitors who float approximately 30 miles a day and camp each night usually take around 5 days to reach Circle. After Mountain Village, the main Yukon channel frays into many channels, sprawling across the delta.
The river flows northwest through Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve for 128 miles. It was a popular gathering site for trade and visiting between the Tlingit, Southern Tutchone and Northern Tutchone people.
Option: If you’re interested in retracing the entire journey of the stampeders from Skagway to Dawson City then check out this itinerary. The Caribou Hotel: Hauntings, hospitality, a hunter and the parrot, Camping, Canoeing & Kayaking, Fishing, Hiking, Rafting, Historic Sites, First Nations Culture, Klondike Gold Rush, Midnight Sun, Wilderness Parks, Wildlife. Jet skis and other personal watercraft are prohibited in the preserve. There are also two pedestrian-only bridges in Whitehorse, as well as a dam across the river and a hydroelectric generating station. Just out of Carmacks, Five Finger Rapids is one of two rapids on the route (Rink Rapids is the other). Border restrictions apply, please visit yukon.ca for more details. [2] The total drainage area is 832,700 km2 (321,500 mi2),[2] of which 323,800 km2 (126,300 mi2) is in Canada.
Distances: The longest river in Alaska and Yukon, it was one of the principal means of transportation during the 1896–1903 Klondike Gold Rush. The lower half of the river lies in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river passes through the communities of Whitehorse, Carmacks, (just before the Five Finger Rapids) and Dawson City in Yukon, and crossing Alaska into Eagle, Circle, Fort Yukon, Stevens Village, Rampart, Tanana, Ruby, Galena, Nulato, Grayling, Holy Cross, Russian Mission, Marshall, Pilot Station, St. Marys (which is accessible from the Yukon at Pitkas Point), and Mountain Village.
At the confluence with the Big Salmon River, you’ll pass by the abandoned First Nations village of Big Salmon before reaching the derelict Cyr’s gold dredge. Tagish Lake then flows into Marsh Lake (via the Tagish River). [11] Because the Gwich’ins had been trading regularly with the Holikachuks, and because the Holikachuks had also been trading regularly with Yup'iks,[16] the Holikachuks had been in a position to borrow the Gwich'in contraction and to conflate its meaning with the meaning of Kuigpak [River-big], which is the Yup'ik name for the same river. Bear-resistant food containers (BRFCs) are not required but strongly encouraged for your overnight visit to Yukon-Charley Rivers. The late 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s have been marked by radically reduced runs for various salmon species. Common non-motorized vessels used are canoes, kayaks, homemade wooden rafts, and inflatable rafts. The Yukon River (Gwich'in: Ųųg Han or Yuk Han, Yup'ik: Kuigpak, Inupiaq: Kuukpak, Southern Tutchone: Chu Nìikwän) is a major watercourse of northwestern North America.
The bluffs become less prominent as the river leaves the preserve near Circle. All visitors should wear personal flotation devices (life preservers) and keep emergency gear with them, such as a first aid kit, whistle, signal mirror, knife, magnesium fire starter, waterproof matches, and tightly sealed emergency rations. A little further on is Hootalinqua, from the Northern Tutchone word meaning “running against the mountain”. 99701. Side-streams tumble from the hinterlands - further passageways long inviting human traffic. Of those delta communities, Emmonak is the largest with roughly 760 people in the 2000 census. A canoe trip on the mighty Yukon River is an iconic wilderness adventure, following in the footsteps of the Klondike gold seekers. The town still evokes the heartbeat of gold rush times and you can feel the ghosts of those long gone adventurers as you stroll along the wooden boardwalks. A Northwest Mounted Police post was also built here. Whitehorse—a mountain biking nirvana with the added advantage of endless summer daylight. The villages along the Yukon have historically relied on and continue to rely on salmon for their cultural, subsistence, and commercial needs. Get into the rhythm of an extended canoe expedition on the mythic Yukon river. Steamboats on the Yukon River played a role in the development of Alaska and Yukon. Visitors access Eagle by driving via the Taylor Highway or flying in on small aircraft. Either way, Atlin Lake flows into Tagish Lake (via the Atlin River), as eventually does Lake Lindeman after flowing into Bennett Lake. The roadhouse and telegraph office are still standing along with the remnants of other buildings.
A hyperlapse is a moving timelapse and, in this case, it is of the 100 mile stretch of Yukon River from Eagle, Alaska to Slaven's Roadhouse in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. When gold was discovered in the region, it became a supply point for the miners. Alaska Log Raft Adventures .......... Yukon River - YouTube Deep in Interior Alaska, the great Yukon River strikes through bluffs and mountains of an ancient landscape to unmask rocks whose histories reach back a billion years to life's beginnings on Earth. Visitors should be prepared for all weather conditions because conditions can change rapidly and may be extreme, even in July.
As the river enters the preserve near Eagle, it flows across a narrow floodplain flanked by high bluffs and heavily forested hills. Other large lakes that are part of the Yukon River system include Kusawa Lake (into the Takhini River) and Kluane Lake (into the Kluane and then White River). There are a number of communities after the "head of passes," as the channel division is called locally: Nunum Iqua, Alakanuk, Emmonak, and Kotlik. Whitehorse to Dawson City: approximately 17 days Complete with notable location descriptions, this virtual tour of the Yukon River is for entertainment and basic orientation purposes. Circle, on the downstream side of the preserve, also has limited facilities, including a general store and fuel.