Yukon River Alaska Map
When students work on our hands on activity map of alaska they can see how the yukon is north of the denali national park.
Yukon river alaska map. Learn how to create your own. The source of the river lies in british columbia in canada. This map was created by a user. Whitehorse to dawson city.
The remaining 500 miles is in canada. The united states and canada. Atlin chetwynd dawson creek fort nelson fort st. Its overall length is 3185 kilometers km with 1149 km within canadian borders.
The ogilvie mountains form the valley wall to the north and after 40 miles the forty mile river enters on river left. Others suggest that the source is lake lindeman at the northern end of the chilkoot trail. From dawson the yukon has become a giant river and runs northwest as it heads to the border with alaska. Complete with notable location descriptions this virtual tour of the yukon river is for entertainment and basic orientation purposes.
From forty mile it is about 110 miles to eagle where the next access road is found. The state of alaska has a long stretch of this river. Chicken eagle haines skagway tok. The yukon river is the longest river in yukon alaska.
Map of the yukon river watershed the generally accepted source of the yukon river is the llewellyn glacier at the southern end of atlin lake in british columbia. Enjoy a boat ride down the yukon regardless of your location or the weather. Dawson city watson lake whitehorse campbell region faro ross river klondike region carmacks dawson city pelly crossing stewart crossing silver trail keno city mayo kluane region beaver creek burwash landing destruction bay haines junction north yukon eagle plains old crow southern lakes region carcross marsh lake mount lorne tagish teslin. There is a small monument where you enter the usa and a cleared swath of land.
Third longest river in north america flowing northwest from the coastal range mountains of northern british columbia through the yukon territory and alaska to the bering sea. Please use it as a visual and mental reference in addition to proper river information and maps.