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The Yukon River proper starts at the northern end of Marsh Lake, just south of Whitehorse. Some argue that the source of the Yukon River should really be Teslin Lake and the Teslin River, which has a larger flow when it reaches the Yukon at Hootalinqua. The upper end of the Yukon River was originally known as the Lewes River until it was ...
The Yukon River Basin is located between the Yukon Territory in Canada and Alaska in the United States, with a small portion in British Columbia, Canada. This basin is made up of 13 other individual basins that drain into the Yukon River and other adjoining rivers and tributaries .
Yukon River 1,973 miles (3,175 km) . Marsh Lake. McClintock Creek; Tagish River. Tagish Lake. Bennett Lake; Atlin Lake; Nares River. Little Atlin Lake; Partridge ...
The territory is named after the Yukon River, the longest river in the Yukon. The name itself is from a contraction of the words in the Gwich'in phrase chųų gąįį han, which means "white water river" and refers to "the pale colour" of glacial runoff in the Yukon River. [12] [13]
The Whitehorse rapids were rapids on the Yukon River in Canada's Yukon Territory, named for their supposed resemblance to the mane of a charging white horse. [1] The rapids formed where the Yukon River flows across and cuts down through lava flows of the Miles Canyon basalt.
Steamer Hannah on Yukon River, at Eagle, Alaska, circa 1900. White Pass boats which operated on the upper Yukon River generally were registered in Canada and were operated by a subsidiary known as the British Yukon Navigation Co. White Pass boats which operated on the Lower Yukon River generally were registered in the US and were operated by a ...
Five Finger Rapids seen from Klondike Highway. The Five Finger Rapids, also known as the Five Fingers, are located on the Yukon River, Yukon, Canada.Four islands of composite rock divide the river into five narrow channels of which only the eastern is passable.
Beaver Creek (Upper Tanana: Taatthee Niign) is a 180-mile (290 km) tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. [2] The creek begins at the confluence of Champion and Bear creeks in the White Mountains National Recreation Area, about 50 miles (80 km) north of Fairbanks.