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Atlin Lake is generally considered to be the source of the Yukon River [5] although it is drained via the short Atlin River into Tagish Lake. Atlin Lake was named by the Tlingit First Nation people of the region. [6] View of Atlin Lake. The name comes from Áa Tlein (in Canadian spelling  Tłèn), the Tlingit name meaning simply "big lake". [7]
The Coastal Tlingit tribes controlled one of the mountain passes into the Yukon interior; they were divided into three tribes: the Chilkat Tlingit (Jilḵáat Ḵwáan) along the Chilkat River and on Chilkat Peninsula, the Chilkoot Tlingit (Jilḵoot Ḵwáan) and the Taku Tlingit (Tʼaaḵu Ḵwáan:) along the Taku River. Inland, the Tlingit ...
The Tlingit phrase t’áchán shahéeni describes the present-day Blanchard River (pre-1891 Tatshenshini River). Chinook (king) salmon run up the present-day Tatshenshini River to the Blanchard River and, thence, up the Blanchard River. [6] At the headwaters (shahéen) of the Blanchard River, the salmon (t’á) die, and their carcasses stink ...
Among the longest rivers of Canada are 47 streams of at least 600 km (370 mi). In the case of some rivers such as the Columbia, the length listed in the table below is solely that of the main stem. In the case of others such as the Mackenzie, it is the combined lengths of the main stem and one or more upstream tributaries, as noted.
Carcross, originally known as Caribou Crossing, (Tlingit: Nadashaa Héeni [3]) is an unincorporated community in Yukon, Canada, on Bennett Lake and Nares Lake. It is home to the Carcross/Tagish First Nation. It is 74 km (46 mi) south-southeast by the Alaska Highway and the Klondike Highway from Whitehorse.
The Taku River (Lingít: T'aaḵu Héeni) is a river running from British Columbia, Canada, to the northwestern coast of North America, at Juneau, Alaska. The river basin spreads across 27,500 square kilometres (10,600 sq mi). [3] The Taku is a very productive salmon river and its drainage basin is primarily wilderness. [4]
List of rivers of Alberta; List of rivers of British Columbia; List of rivers of Manitoba; List of rivers of New Brunswick; List of rivers of Newfoundland and Labrador; List of rivers of the Northwest Territories; List of rivers of Nova Scotia; List of rivers of Nunavut; List of rivers of Ontario; List of rivers of Prince Edward Island; List of ...
Nass River Bridge carries Highway 37 over the river. About 220 years ago, as recorded by the oral history of the Nisga'a people, the Nass River was dammed by a 22.5 km (14.0 mi) long lava flow which came from the Tseax Cone and destroyed the Nisga'a villages and caused the death of at least 2000 Nisga'a people by volcanic gas and poisonous smoke.
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