Yukon River Carmacks - Yukon (Map)

Once you begin canoeing, you are transported into a world of serenity, connection with history, and the people who are and were the great story that is the Yukon River. Steep sandy banks, rolling hills, spruce forests, wildlife sightings, and history's reminders highlight your journey.

The Teslin-Yukon River route to the 1898 goldfields of Dawson was an integral one. Historical reminders of the movement of people and sternwheelers on the river remain to this day. One of our camp sites is at Hootalinqua, a significant trading and sternwheeler depot during the goldrush. Nearby is Shipyard Island, where we will stop to see the derelict remains of the steamship Evelyn, laid up here in 1930.

This wilderness paddle along the Yukon River is best summed up by John Firth in his excellent work, "River Time" - "For a moment we find ourselves in a time warp... It is a place you can't see. You feel it. Here there is a wider sense of place - planted in our intellect by people we never met or knew and by events we never witnessed. On the Yukon River it takes hold of you as you drift around each corner and discover some new remnant of time."

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PADDLING THE YUKON : NON-GUIDED
Our self-guided mapbook contains all the information you will need to paddle the Yukon River. For more information visit Yukon River Mapbook.