Exploring the Yukon River

Name: Exploring the Yukon River
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ISBN: 9780595146307

ISBN-10: 0595146309

ISBN-13: 9780595146307

Edition: N/A

Authors: Archie Satterfield

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Book details

List price: $10.95
Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/17/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 148
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

ARCHIE SATTERFIELDis the author of more than 40 books on history, travel and popular culture.After the Gold Rushis his fourth book on the Klondike.



Preface


Introduction to the Yukon River


The Journey


The River


History and Prehistory


The Gold Rush


Railroad and Steamboat


The Atlin Strike


Trip Planning


Access Points


Where to Write for Information


Customs Regulations


Fire Permits and Licenses


Kinds of Boats


Safe Travel


Equipment


Clothing


Bags


Time Allowance


Weather


Boating Season


Headwaters--Bennett to Tagish


Bennett


Lake Bennett


Carcross


Nares Lake


Tagish Lake


Side Trip Down Windy Arm


Tagish Lake North of Taku Arm


Tagish


Headwaters--Atlin to Tagish


Atlin


Lake Atlin


Atlin River


Taku


Grahame Inlet


Golden Gate, Entrance to Taku Arm


Taku Arm, South from Golden Gate


Ben-My-Chree


Taku Arm, North from Golden Gate


Tagish Lake


Tagish Lake North of Taku Arm


Tagish


Marsh Lake to Whitehorse


Source of the Yukon


The River Begins


Canyon City


Miles Canyon


Schwatka Lake


Whitehorse


Whitehorse to Hootalinqua


Takhini River


Lake Laberge


Lower Laberge


Thirtymile River


Hootalinqua


Hootalinqua to Carmacks


Big Salmon


Little Salmon


Carmacks


Carmacks to Fort Selkirk


Five Finger Rapids


Tatchun Creek


Rink Rapids


Sam McGee's Ashes


Yukon Crossing


Minto


Arrival at Fort Selkirk


History--A Trading Post and Government Station


The Remains of Old Fort Selkirk


Fort Selkirk to Stewart Island


Camps, Way Stations and Creeks Below Selkirk


White River


Stewart Island


Stewart Island to Dawson City


Sixtymile River


Klondike River


Dawson City


Tributary Rivers


Teslin River


Big Salmon River


Pelly River


Macmillan River


White River


Stewart River


Sixtymile River


Suggested Reading


Index