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Encyclopedia: Yukon River

The longest river in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, it was one of the principal means of transportation during the 1896–1903 Klondike Gold Rush. Paddle-wheel riverboats continued to ply the river until the 1950s, when the Klondike Highway was completed.

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How to say "Yukon River" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	ユーコン川
	(German)	Yukon (Fluss)
	(Spanish)	Río Yukón
	(French)	Yukon (fleuve)
	(Italian)	Yukon (fiume)

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List of Yukon rivers

Arctic Watershed Upper Liard River Nahanni River Watson Lake Bering Sea Watershed Yukon River Little Atlin Lake Atlin Lake Tagish Lake Teslin River Teslin Lake Morley River Wolf Lake... River Morley River Nahanni River Swift River Takhini River Teslin River Upper Liard River Yukon River...

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Nowitna River

The Nowitna River is situated in central Alaska west of Tanana. The river runs almost entirely through Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge. Part of the river is a designated National Wild and Scenic River. The river empties into the Yukon. Length: ? km/? mi Empties: Yukon River Tributaries...

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Delta River

The Delta River is a tributary of the Tanana River, which in turn is a tributary of the Yukon River in Alaska in the United States. The river runs from the south to the north about 256 km (160 miles), being fed by numerous streams and 21 lakes. It meets the Tanana River near Big Delta, in a huge...

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List of rivers in Canada

List of Prince Edward Island rivers List of Quebec rivers List of Saskatchewan rivers List of Yukon... This is a list of rivers in Canada : List of Alberta rivers List of British Columbia rivers List of Manitoba rivers List of New Brunswick rivers List of Newfoundland and Labrador rivers List of...

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Alphabetical list of rivers in Canada

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Bennett, British Columbia

Coast Mountains from the ports and then build or purchase rafts to take them down the Yukon River to the gold fields around Dawson City, Yukon. Today, Bennett is a stop on the White Pass and Yukon...

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Klondike

The Klondike is a region of the Yukon Territory in northwest Canada, just east of the Alaska border. It lies around the Klondike River, a small stream that enters the Yukon River from the east at Dawson. The Klondike is famed in part because of the Klondike Gold Rush, which started in 1897. Gold is...

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List of Alaska rivers

River Tinayguk River Tlikakila River Unalakleet River Wind River Yukon River... This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Alaska . Alagnak River Alatna River Alsek River Andreafsky River Aniak River Aniakchak River Beaver Creek Birch Creek Chandalar River Charley River...

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Klondike Gold Rush

that would take them the final 500 miles down the Yukon River to the gold fields. The Chilkoot Pass was... miles) up the Yukon River. Many using this route late in 1897 were caught by winter ice below Fort... a frenzy of immigration to and gold prospecting in the Klondike in Yukon Territory, Canada, after...

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Bering Sea

include: Pribilof Islands Bering Island Tributaries: In Alaska Yukon River Johnson River Kuskokwin River Fish Creek Stone Creek Black Creek Eden Creek Tonzona River (North) Pingston Creek Tonzona River (South) Jones Creek South Fork Kuskukwim River Post River east creek west creek...

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