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	Yukon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yukon or Yukon Territory or (usually) The Yukon is one of Canada's northern territories, in the country's extreme northwest.
		The two main Yukon rivers flowing into the Mackenzie in the Northwest Territories are the Liard River in the southeast and the Peel River and its tributaries in the northeast.
		Yukon was one of eight jurisdictions in Canada to offer same-sex marriage before the passage of Canada's Civil Marriage Act, along with British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yukon (1434 words)

	Yukon River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The longest river in Alaska and the Yukon, it was one of the principal means of transportation during the Klondike Gold Rush in 1898 to 1899.
		The generally accepted source of the Yukon River is the Llewellyn Glacier at the southern end of Atlin Lake in British Columbia.
		The upper end of the Yukon river was originally known as the Lewes River until it was established that it actually was the Yukon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yukon_River (585 words)

	Yukon River
		Yukon River, 3185 km long (of which 1149 km lie in Canada), fifth-longest river in N America, rises in Tagish Lk on the northern BC border, flows N and NW across the YUKON TERRITORY into Alaska, where it flows in a great westward arc to Norton Sound on the Bering Sea.
		The Pelly R (608 km) rises in the SELWYN MTS to the E and descends to the Yukon at Fort Selkirk.
		In Alaska the major tributaries are the Porcupine R (721 km), which rises in the NW Yukon Territory, the Tanana from the S, and the Koyukuk from the N. The Yukon is a slow-moving, braided stream, and is shallow except when swollen by spring waters.
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008772 (484 words)

	Tourism & Culture - Cultural Services - Heritage Resources Unit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Yukon's headwater lakes are mostly glacially fed and reach their high-water levels in the late summer.
		Some of the river's major tributaries are fed by melting snow; their levels rise quickly in May and June and then drop.
		The section of river from Marsh Lake to Dawson was known as the upper Yukon; the Yukon below Dawson was called the lower river.
	www.yukonheritage.com /publications-ykriverheritage.htm (5347 words)

	Ecoregions of the Yukon Territory
		The headwaters of the Yukon River are in the glaciated coastal mountain ranges of British Columbia.
		The 1,300-year-old White River volcanic ash deposit is often seen as a white band of soil along river banks and can be up to 30 cm thick.
		Permafrost is sometimes visible from the river on north-facing slopes.
	www.yukoninfo.com /yukonriver (767 words)

	Our Time Machine is a Canoe (Part 1) - ExploreNorth
		Although I knew that the rivers were the highway for most of the pioneers, and could tell Steven lots of stories about life then, it wasn't until we had gone a few miles down the river that we were able to start to feel what life was like then.
		This section of the Yukon River was the most dangerous for the sternwheelers, due to the speed of the current and the narrow, ever-shifting channel.
		As with all of the other historic structures along the river, however, the buildings at Hootalinqua are all being desecrated by vandals who have a need to record their presence by carving their names into the logs.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/yafeatures/bl-canoe1.htm (1754 words)

	The History of Carmacks, Yukon Territory
		Before the outside world discovered the Yukon, the Carmacks region was part of the traditional fishing, hunting, trapping and trading area of the Northern Tutchone people.
		The region was also an important trading centre where the local Indians met the Southern Tutchone from the southwestern Yukon, as well as the Tagish and inland Tlingit from southern B.C. and southern Yukon.
		Among them was Tantalus Butte, an imposing landmark on the Yukon River near the mouth of the Nordenskiold.
	www.yukonalaska.com /communities/carmackshist.html (1089 words)

	Yukon River Water Trail - YFNWR, ATS
		River vistas typically consist of several, broad river channels and, in many places, several large channels and numerous smaller channels and sloughs, along with islands and large river bars.
		The river possesses a rich history of subsistence and travel during the fur trade and gold mining eras.
		Traveling this river segment, either an end in itself or as part of a more extensive boating experience, gives the visitor firsthand experience and understanding of the Yukon River and its extensive flats.
	www.dnr.state.ak.us /parks/aktrails/ats/ne/yukon.htm (296 words)

	A Guide to the Yukon River - ExploreNorth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Th elength is often stated as 1,980 miles, but that is much out-of-date, and defines the Yukon River as starting at Hootalinqua, where the Pelly River joins what used to be called the Lewes River - for more information about that issue, see this article.
		a federal hydrologist, Rick Janowitz, determined in 1999 that the source of the Yukon River is a stream fed by the Llewellyn Glacier at the south end of Atlin Lake.
		A public advisory body whose main concern is the conservation of Yukon River salmon stocks.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/weekly/aa100199.htm (499 words)

	Canoe Tours and Rental on the Yukon River
		This is the name given to the first 30 miles of the Yukon River running out of the north end of Lake Laberge to Hootalinqua, an abandoned gold rush village at the confluence of the Yukon and Teslin Rivers.
		The White River sees a dramatic difference in the colour (and the sound) of the Yukon River.
		We follow the Yukon River to Carmacks and continue to the ruins of Montague Roadhouse which was one of the 52 stopping places between Whitehorse and Dawson City in 1901.
	www.goalaskatours.com /adventure_rivertrips_yukon.html (952 words)

	Big Salmon/Yukon River Canoe Trip Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Read the North/Black/Liard River Trip Report, or check the main N/B/L Section Page for all the trip info, both are located in another part of the canoe tripping section of the Lightning Paddles Web site.
		Shallow river travel means we probably won't see more motor boats until the Yukon River, many miles downstream, though they can come up the Big Salmon a short ways from that end.
		The Yukon is a historical route because of the 1897-98 Klondike gold rush activity downstream, near Dawson.
	www.paddles.com /users/bsy/salmlog.html (6002 words)

	Canoe the Yukon River and Pelly River with Pathways
		Canoe the Yukon River and Pelly River with Pathways
		The Pelly and Yukon Rivers are in virtually untouched areas and contain a large variety of wildlife.
		We paddle on the Pelly River (grade 1) for two days and visit the Pelly Farm, which was originally established to supply hay for horses travelling the road to Dawson.
	www.canoe-yukon.com (1252 words)

	Yukon on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The river is incised in the Yukon Plateau; marshy land borders much of its upper course.
		The Yukon River is a major salmon-spawning ground, and salmon fishing is an important seasonal activity.
		The Yukon is used to generate hydroelectricity, but it remains one of the greatest undeveloped hydroelectric resources in North America.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/Y/Yukon.asp (631 words)

	Yukon River Whitehorse to Dawson City
		For those of you who thought canoeing down The Yukon consisted of aimlessly drifting down the river are you in for a surprise.
		The Yukon Field Force was established in 1898 and based her at Fort Selkirk.
		Almost everywhere you camp along the Yukon there is evidence of bears, ranging from tracks in the soft ground along the river to bear scat, to markings on the trees.
	www.angelfire.com /ky/soybeans (1940 words)

	Yukon River Chum Salmon Freshwater Ecology and Environmental Influences on Their Survival
		Subsistence and commercial fishing were closed on much of Yukon River during 1993 and 1998.
		It is generally understood that there are two major runs: "summer" chum tend to spawn in lower and middle Yukon tributaries during July and August; while "fall" chum are found more frequently in upper Yukon tributaries during September, October and November.
		The ASC-BSO initiated this study in 1996 to identify factors affecting or controlling the abundance of Yukon River chum salmon.
	www.absc.usgs.gov /research/Fisheries/Yukon/yukonchum.htm (480 words)

	CNN - Runoff pollution poisoning Yukon River - April 19, 1998
		GALENA, Alaska (CNN) -- The Yukon River stretches nearly 2,000 miles through some of the most pristine wilderness in North America, but Alaska's lifeline is hazardous to the life it sustains.
		The central Alaskan village of Galena is one of the largest settlements along the Yukon, and one of the most polluted regions.
		EPA officials say they realize a partnership is needed to find a workable solution; that the Yukon will never be protected, unless the government and the tribes find a way to help the region's residents learn a better way to care for their environment.
	www.cnn.com /EARTH/9804/19/yukon (568 words)

	Sternwheelers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		One of the great river systems of North America, the Yukon, rises 15 miles from the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia and then flows north and west for 2,300 miles until it empties into the Pacific Ocean at Norton Sound in the Bering Sea.
		Major tributaries are the Teslin, Pelly, Stewart, White and Klondike in the Yukon and the Porcupine, Tanana and Koyukuk in Alaska.
		Below the White River, the Yukon is discolored by glacial silt.
	www.yesnet.yk.ca /schools/carcross/sternwheelers/sternwheelers.htm (1778 words)

	Yukon River Quest 2004
		Current Yukon River Quest record holder Steven Landick and his canoeing partner Bruce Barton were the first team to arrive in Carmacks this morning, on Day 2 of the 2004 Quest.
		Yukon River Quest Spokeswoman Dianne Villesèche said there were three paddlers left between the fire and Big Salmon, but she didn’t anticiapte any problems getting through it.
		The Yukon River Quest grew out of the gold rush centennial Dyea to Dawson races and has increased in popularity each year, from 16 teams in 1999 to more than 30 teams in each of the last two years.
	www.kayak.yk.ca /html/riverquest/2004 (3958 words)

	Yukon - Charley Rivers National Preserve (National Park Service)
		Numerous rustic cabins and historic sites are reminders of the importance of the Yukon River during the 1898 gold rush.
		Peregrine falcons nest in the high bluffs overlooking the river, while the rolling hills that make up the preserve are home to an abundant array of wildlife.
		The Charley, a 100-mile long wild river, is considered by many to be the most spectacular river in Alaska.
	www.nps.gov /yuch (116 words)

	Yukon
		While the Yukon River has a tremendous wilderness quality, there are many small villages along the river.
		There are no rapids on the Yukon River in Alaska, but the river is wide, and the current is swift during the short summer canoeing season.
		We traveled the length of the Yukon, stopping at villages and unloading supplies and fuel for the Athabaskan Indians of the region.
	members.aol.com /mmcbs3/yukon.html (1013 words)

	Yukon River Tours
		For Koyukon Athabascans, the river is a powerful presence, especially in the summer.
		Travellers to this place find a night on the shore of the Yukon is an adventure that deepens the wonders of the natural world.
		River Bridge (mile 56-the Yukon Crossing - on Dalton Highway): June 1 - Sept.
	www.mosquitonet.com /~dlacey/yrt.080398 (589 words)

	Yukon Territory Alaska Northern British Columbia
		• The official tree of the Yukon is the sub-alpine fir.
		Of this, 20.4 miles (32.8 km) are in Alaska; 32.2 miles (51.8 km) in British Columbia, and 58.1 miles (93.5 km) in the Yukon.
		Yukon has a population of just over 31,000 people today, almost identical to that of 1900.
	www.yukoninfo.com (515 words)

	Fortymile River Rafting - whitewater wilderness rafting hiking camping trip Yukon River Eagle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Fortymile, nationally designated as Wild and Scenic, is an alternatingly fast and intimate river, (Class II and III) flowing past cliffs in a narrow winding valley before reaching the mighty Yukon.
		The river valleys are also an open book to the tremendous geologic forces that are caused these ancient mountains to push upward and evolve.
		This is a seldom traveled wilderness river that allows one to feel the beauty and history of the Yukon, while the circular route provides a wonderful contrast with the "other" Alaskas.
	www.advenalaska.com /forrtymileintro.htm (673 words)

	shiller returns to Yukon river
		Dr. Alan Shiller, professor of marine science for The University of Southern Mississippi, will return to the Yukon River in Alaska next week to determine how climate changes are affecting the river's relatively pristine environment.
		Last year, the scientists sampled the middle third of the river and they expect to sample the upper part of the river next summer.
		Shiller said that during the September trip to the Yukon he enjoyed the beautiful colors of fall in Alaska.
	www.usm.edu /pr/prnews/may03/yukon03.htm (397 words)

	Taiga River Tours - Your Yukon River Travel Adventure - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Dawson was built at the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon rivers, about 150 miles south of the Arctic Circle and is surrounded by pristine wilderness.
		From its headwaters in the lakes of the Coastal Mountains the Yukon River begins its journey of more than 2000 miles (3200 km) to its mouth at the Berring Sea.
		Thousands of years ago the mighty Yukon was one of the first major rivers in North America to be travelled upon by indigenous peoples, but one of the last to be discovered by Europeans.
	www.taigarivertours.com (331 words)

	Yukon Quest 300 - alternating trail 300 mile sled dog race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The former Yukon Quest 250 has been lengthened to 300 miles to reflect concerns expressed by Yukon Quest mushers at the post-race drivers' meeting in February 2004, and to reflect the revised qualifying standards for the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
		Following the Yukon Quest 1000 trail, this will be the first year for the 300 mile race course to run from Fairbanks.
		The 2006 Yukon Quest 300 Rules will be delayed until the race course is finalized as some of the race course details need to be stipulated in the official rules.
	www.yukonquest250.org (376 words)

	.:. Yukon River Quest .:. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		WHITEHORSE, YUKON – Registrations are now being accepted for the eighth annual Yukon River Quest, the longest annual canoe and kayak race in the world, which will be held June 28 to July 2, 2006.
		The 740-kilometer (460-mile) wilderness adventure paddling marathon is held on the Yukon River from Whitehorse to Dawson City in Canada's Yukon Territory.
		Congratulations to all the teams who raced this year and a huge thank-you to all of the sponsors and volunteers of the 2005 Yukon River Quest.
	www.polarcom.com /~riverquest (226 words)

	Yukon River Adventure: 9-Days \| Alaska \| Yukon
		After crossing the Canadian border, the road descends into the Yukon River Valley and to the goal of all the Stampeders of the Great Klondike Gold Rush of 1898, Dawson City.
		The fort's presence is still felt in the names of many streams and rivers in both directions, named for their estimated distance from the fort.
		The glacier give life to the wild river of the same name and we'll follow the north side westward, arriving back in Anchorage in the early evening, somehow just a bit different than when we left, and most likely figuring out just when you can return.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/321.html (1673 words)

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