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Holidays in Yukon - Yukon Tourist information.
Bordering the American state of Alaska to the west, the Northwest Territories to the east and British Columbia to the south. Its northern coast is on the Beaufort Sea
One of the best ways to visit the Yukon is via the beautiful Alaska Highway. The Yukon is a paradise for lovers of wildlife and wild scenery. The Kluane National Park offers unique outdoor opportunities. The city of Whitehorse is the attractive provincial capital. Visit the SS Klondike II a genuine sternwheeled paddle steamer .Dawson City has beautifully preserved buildings from the Klondike Era. Be sure to visit Diamond Tooth Gertie's Gambling Casino to recapture those heady gold rush days.
Capital City Yukon : Whitehorse
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Camping & Caravanning
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Wilderness campsites | Full facility campgrounds for RVs | Quiet scenic sites | Trailer parks with all amenities for families | Camping resorts | RV parks
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Frontier Travel - Highlights of the Yukon
In order to experience the highlights of The Yukon with a little bit of Alaska thrown in, we recommend a
fabulous circle route, which can be driven by car or motorhome. Start in Whitehorse and drive north, following
the gold seekers to Dawson City. Spend a night or two here; pan for gold or cruise the Yukon River. Back in
the car, head west into Alaska for the day before returning to Canada to stay at Beaver Creek. You now
head south down the Alaska Highway, along the edge of the stunning Kluane National Park to Haines Junction. From here you can enter the park by float plane, or on foot...
Windows on the Wild - Tailored adventure holidays featuring spectacular scenery and wildlife
Algonquin Park | Snowmobiling, Sledding, and Icehotel | The Yukon | Yukon Quest
Cedar & Canvas Adventures
Guided adventures on Yukon's rivers, lakes, mountains, and tundra : Yukon River, Teslin River, Pelly River, Big
Salmon River, Aishihik and Sekulman Lakes, Snake River, Coast Mountains and Custom Trips .
Fishing Yukon
Wilderness Fishing Yukon / Fly Fishing For Lake Trout & Northern Pike .
Fishing in the remote lakes of Canada's Yukon Territory, the awesome wilderness, remains one of the great
adventures in the last frontier. Let us fly you and your friends to one of 9 secluded lakes, 60 to 115 miles
north of Whitehorse, in the Yukon River basin where with basic boating and fishing skills you can enjoy some
of the best fishing in the world. These picturesque lakes, cold and clear, offer excellent fishing all summer
with the peak months being June and July. Most guests catch at least one fish over 20 pounds. Our lakes
have produced lake trout up to 50 pounds and Northern Pike up to 45 pounds. Three of the lakes also have Arctic Grayling up to 4 pounds. All of the lakes have Whitefish and Burbot.
Camps: Coghlan Lake, Teehnah Lake, Ken Lake, Lyn Lake, Claire Lake, Drury Lake, Mandanna Lake, Ten Mile Lake and Frank Lake.
Muktuk Kennels & Sledge Dog Tours
Muktuk specializes in customized dog-sled tours for small groups, for rookies and for experienced mushers.
Rookie Ranch is the most popular program for beginners. Mush your own team of friendly Alaskan Huskies through spectacular mountain scenery and pristine wilderness.
Spirit of the North Guides - Year-round Adventures in Canada's Yukon!
Kayaking, Canoeing, Boating, Fishing, Northern Lights Viewing, Wilderness Cabin Rentals & Much More...
Up North Adventures
Specializes in guided and self-guided canoe and kayak trips and has a wide range of high quality outdoor
gear for rent to make your time in the Yukon enjoyable and to choose among a variety of activities. Be it
paddling or travelling by motor boat, exploring the Whitehorse area by bike or going on a guided ATV tour, we
can accommodate your needs. They also provide shuttle services for your self-guided trips across the whole Territory into NWT and even Alaska.
Yukon Escapes
Yukon owned and operated guiding company offering trips for all seasons, skill levels and budgets. We
provide unique snowmobile, ATV, zodiac, power boat and jet boat tours. Their experienced guides can
accompany you on snowmobile to the Yukon's best ice fishing, where you will angle for Arctic Char and Lake Trout.
Yukon Horsepacking Adventures
Come and enjoy a horseback ride through the scenic country around Fox Lake or Lake Laberge, just a short
drive north of Whitehorse. The legendary Midnight Sun provides not only long days, but a type of light that photographers dream of.
Travel Guides Yukon / Related books
Yukon (Bradt Travel Guide)
Canada's Yukon is one the world's last great wildernesses, where bears, moose and caribou roam. It's a place where hikers, paddlers, skiers and
mushers can travel for days without seeing another human soul, where the northern lights dance green and red across starry skies, and where glaciers
tumble, mountain peaks soar, and tundra shrubs scream scarlet as summer turns to fall. Bradt's Yukon is the only guidebook dedicated to this natural and
historical wonderland. Offering practical advice on everything from where to pan for gold to how to avoid being eaten by a bear, alongside quirky anecdotes
(such as the story behind the 'sourtoe cocktail' – a shot of whisky garnished with a severed human toe), it's the perfect companion for highway drivers,
cruise-ship passengers, and outdoors enthusiasts alike. Polly Evans is the author of five narrative travel books, the last of which told the story of her
learning to drive sled dogs in the Yukon. She won the 2006 Bradt/Independent on Sunday travel-writing competition.
Paperback: 288 pages; Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides; 1 edition (15 Mar 2010);
ISBN-10: 1841623105; ISBN-13: 978-1841623108.
Whitehorse and Area Hikes and Bikes: A Lost Moose Book
Yukon Conservation Society (Author)
Paperback: 147 pages; Publisher: Harbour Publishing; Rev. Ed edition (31 Mar 2005); ISBN-10: 1550173294; ISBN-13: 978-1550173291.
Kluane National Park Hiking Guide
Vivien Lougheed (Author)
Paperback: 288 pages; Publisher: New Star Books; 3 edition (Feb 2007); ISBN-10: 1554200253; ISBN-13: 978-1554200252.
Map Yukon Territory
Map: 2 pages; Publisher: International Travel Maps; 5th Revised edition edition (22 July 2009); ISBN-10: 1553418476; ISBN-13: 978-1553418474.
Transport / How do I get in Yukon
Whitehorse Airport - Yukon Airports and Aerodromes
NAV Canada
Flight Operations [ Aviation Weather Web Site, Register to File a Flight Plan Over the Internet [PDF], NOTAM,
Aeronautical Information Products, Operations Report, ANS Programs, Local Area Weather Manuals and more ]
Book flights at ebookers and benefit from discounted airfares. View their latest offers and book your flights, accommodation, car hire and insurance online.
 Air Canada, Tango, Air North Airlines, Air North [ Air North is a Yukon airline providing airline passenger & cargo service to Alaska, Yukon territory & North west territories ]
Viarail - Canadian Rail
Greyhound - coach travel
Skagway's White Pass & Yukon Route - Scenic Railway of the World
Built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush, this narrow gauge railroad is an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. Experience the breathtaking panorama of mountains,
glaciers, gorges, waterfalls, tunnels, trestles and historic sites from the comfort of vintage parlor cars.
Alaska Highway
See List of Yukon territorial highways.
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Tour Yukon - Canada's True North Tourist Board
Government Province of Yukon
Visit Whitehorse - Tourist Board Whitehorse City
Whitehorse City - Capital City Yukon
Beaver Creek
On the Alaska-Yukon border, it is Canada's westernmost community.
Burwash Landing and Destruction Bay
Along the western shore of Kluane Lake, the largest lake in the Yukon, are two of the Territory's smaller
communities, Burwash Landing and Destruction Bay. The communities are located in the Shakwak valley, on the perimeter of Kluane National Park and the Tachal Region.
Burwash Landing is the home of the Kluane First Nation. Southern Tutchone people have inhabited the Kluane
area for countless generations. The current site of Burwash Landing was a traditional summer camp location.
Carcross and Tagish
At the northern tip of Bennett Lake, on the old Klondike Gold Rush trail, lies the village of Carcross. Once a
hunting and fishing camp for Inland Tlingit and Tagish people, Carcross became a key stopover and supply
centre during the Klondike Gold Rush. Tagish attracts tourists and cottage owners from Whitehorse.
Carmacks
Carmacks is located at the confluence of the Yukon and Nordenskiold rivers. Originally, the Carmacks area
was part of the hunting and fishing territory of the Northern Tutchone people. The site of Carmacks was an
important trading stop on the river trade routes of the Coastal Tlingit and the Northern and Interior Athapaskan. During the Klondike Gold Rush, the site became a stop on the way to Dawson
Dawson City - Dawson City [ Klondike Visitors Association ]
The second largest is Dawson City, which was the capital until 1952
Faro - Town of Faro - the Town of Faro is an excellent place to view the Northern Lights
The Town of Faro is tucked away in a mountainous setting in the Tintina Valley, in the overwhelming
wilderness of the Campbell Region between the Hess Mountains and the Pelly Mountains, in the Central-South Eastern Region of Yukon Territory.
Faro is an ideal base for wildlife viewing as it is situated in one of the most densely concentrated wildlife areas in North America.
Haines Junction
Set against the spectacular backdrop of Canada's highest mountains, Haines Junction is a popular holiday
destination for Yukoners as well as tourists. It is located on an early trade route used by the Coastal Tlingit
and Chilkat peoples. Haines Junction is best known as the access point to Kluane National Park and Reserve.
Keno City - Keno City
The Keno City area ranks with Dawson City in its rich and varied history of mining activity, predating that of
the 1898 Gold Rush. For many years the region was the 2nd largest silver producer in North America, and the 4th largest in the world.
Marsh Lake, where the Yukon begins - see Exceptional Places
A scenic 35-minute drive (55km) from Whitehorse. One of the best places in the world to view the aurora borealis.
The crystal clear waters of Marsh Lake, spectacular mountain views, pristine forests, as well as an
abundance of sledding and skiing trails provide opportunities for all. Historically, the area was a major transportation route for the Klondike Goldrush of 1898.
Mayo - Village of Mayo
Located in the central part of the Yukon Territory. Our area, which is in the Na Cho Nyak Dun traditional
territory, is marked on tourist maps as "The Silver Trail". The highway serving our region -- also called the
Silver Trail -- connects the communities of Stewart Crossing, Mayo, Keno City, and the mining ghost town of Elsa.
Mount Lorne - Hamlet of Mount Lorne
Located south of Whitehorse, the Hamlet of Mount Lorne extends from just south of the junction of the Alaska
and Klondike Highways to south of Bear Creek, and down the Annie Lake road to the Weaton River bridge.
Old Crow
Old Crow is the most northerly community in the Yukon, and the only community that can't be reached by road.
In some years a temporary winter road is constructed. Old Crow is located on the banks of the Porcupine
River, north of the Arctic Circle about 800 kilometres north of Whitehorse. It is the home of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation.
Pelly Crossing
Originally, Pelly Crossing was used by Selkirk people as a campsite along the way to Ta'Tla Mun. The
community of Pelly Crossing is located along the Klondike Highway and on the bank of the Pelly River, 282 kilometres northwest of Whitehorse and 254 km southeast of Dawson City.
Ross River - see Ross River
Originally, First Nations people used the site as a seasonal camp and gathering place.
Teslin
Located on Teslin Lake at the mouth of the Nisutlin River. During the Klondike Gold Rush, it was one of the waterways used to reach the Yukon River.
The First Nation people of the Teslin area are the Inland Tlingit, or the Dakh-ka Tlingit. The Tlingit people have
traveled through this area for centuries. Famous as traders, the Tlingit came from Alaska in search of furs for
trading, and some settled in the Teslin area. Teslin Lake was an important fishing area for First Nations.
Watson Lake - Town of Watson Lake - Gateway to the Yukon
Located in the southeastern corner of the Territory, just 14 km from where the Alaska Highway crosses the
British Columbia border. Watson Lake is a key transportation hub. It sits at the junction of the Alaska Highway,
the Robert Campbell Highway to the central Yukon and the Northwest Territories, and the Stewart-Cassiar Highway from central British Columbia.
Watson Lake lies within the traditional territory of the Liard First Nation, part of the Kaska Tribal Council.
Mount Logan - the second highest peak in North America
Canada's highest point, Mount Logan (5959 m), is found in the territory's southwest. Height aside, Logan is
one of the most massive mountains in the world. Its many cliff faces, well over 10,000 feet, rise to an
immense ten-mile summit crest of high peaks and saddles. The summit crest spills giant heavily crevassed glaciers for miles over the surrounding valleys.
White Pass & Yukon narrow gauge railway
Whitehorse Daily Star
Yukon News - Yukon's leading source of news & information
Yukon River Quest
The Yukon River Quest is the longest endurance marathon canoe & kayak race in the world!! Where else could you paddle 24 hours a day?
Yukon Quest
At the Top of the World, in the Yukon-Alaskan Interior, an epic event takes place every year that few people
from "down south" have experienced. Covering 1000 miles between Whitehorse, Yukon Territory and
Fairbanks, Alaska during the depths of the Arctic winter, the Yukon Quest is the "Toughest Sled Dog Race in the World."
The Yukon Quest Trail follows historic Gold Rush and Mail Delivery routes from the turn of the 20th Century.
Once a travel highway of the Northern frontier, the trail comes alive each February with the breath of
hundreds of sled dogs. Teams of one human 'musher' and 14 canine athletes, travel for two weeks, racing through some of the last pristine wilderness remaining in North America.
Cuisine - Yukon cooking
History of the Province of Yukon
The territory's historical major industry is mining, including lead, zinc, silver, gold, and copper. Indeed, the
territory owes its existence to the famous Klondike gold rush of the 1890s.
Yukons History - Wikipedia
Canadian Heritage Rivers System - Canada's national river conservation program
Canada is a land of rivers. White ribbons cascading through endless boreal forest. Silver ribbons sliding down
broad, glacier-carved valleys. Meandering muddy rivers sweeping across the prairies. Ribbons of green
linking a labyrinth of lakes, ponds and bogs on the Canadian Shield. Sparkling brooks cascading to the ocean.
Rivers are everywhere imprinted on the Canadian landscape – and in the hearts and minds of its people.
See The Thirty Mile, a section of the Yukon River between Lake Laberge and the Teslin River, is a rich hunting
and fishing area for its original inhabitants, the Ta'an Kwach'an (People of the Flat Lake Place).
Klondike gold rush of the 1890s - see Wikipedia
On August 16, 1896, rich placer gold deposits were discovered by George Carmack in Bonanza (Rabbit)
Creek, a tributary of the Klondike River near Dawson. News reached the United States on July 17, 1897 when
the first successful prospectors arrived in Seattle, and within a month the Klondike stampede had begun.
Hudson's Bay Company - see Hudson's Bay Company Archives
Heritage Canada Foundation - see heritage links
"...preserve and demonstrate and to encourage the preservation and demonstration of the nationally
significant historic, architectural, natural and scenic heritage of Canada with a view to stimulating and promoting the interest of the people of Canada in that heritage."
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