* Eight to twelve passenger canoes, as they were used by the Hudson Bay Company fur traders

Itinerary:

Day 1:
Arrival at Whitehorse airport and reception by your tour guide. Transfer to a downtown hotel.

Hotel: River View Hotel

Day 2:
Sightseeing of Whitehorse in the morning: McBride Museum, Yukon Sternwheeler, Old Log Church, last opportunity for shopping. In the afternoon we will load and embark our 10 metres (30 feet) long canoe and paddle down the fast flowing Yukon River to Lake Laberge.

Day 3 to 13:
On the third day we will cross Lake Laberge. At the end of the lake we will find an abandoned settlement: Lower Lake Laberge. The following section of the Yukon River is called "The Thirty Mile River". It extends from the end of Lake Laberge to the mouth of the Teslin River. In 1991 it was declared as Canadian Cultural Heritage Site, because of its natural beauty and cultural and historical relevance. Sunken paddlewheelers are the last remaining witnesses of the time, when the Yukon was played by numerous sternwheelers. Today the Yukon is traveled on by canoes and occasionally by small motor boats of local Indians fishing for salmon. After about five days and 320 kilometres (200 miles) we will arrive at a private campground near Carmacks. Continuing our journey we safely will pass through the Five Finger Rapids. At Yukon Crossing we will set up our next camp. Yukon Crossing was once a place, where horses and wagons were ferried crossed the river on their way to Dawson City. On the next day we will arrive in Minto, an abandoned sternwheeler station. The next stop on our way to Dawson City will be in Fort Selkirk, the first fur trading post in the Yukon (established in 1848). Fort Selkirk was destroyed by natives a few years after its establishment. It was restored recently and gives a good impression on how people lived there until the 1950s. We will spend the remaining 4 days on the Yukon River with smooth canoeing and occasional drifting. If we are lucky, we will spot moose or bear crossing the river. These animals will hide away in the bush on the banks, as soon as people are approaching. Bald eagles can be spotted almost every day. During the whole trip the Yukon River flows through pristine wilderness. Impenetrable forests are seaming the banks of the mighty river. On the thirteenth day we will arrive in Dawson City, the legendary capital of the Gold Rush of 1898. Today Dawson City looks like a western movie setting. The surroundings of Dawson city bears the traces of one century of gold seeking. In the evening we will visit "Diamond Tooth Gertie’s" Gambling Hall, the only legal gambling hall in the Yukon Territory. Poker, black jack and roulette; honk-y-tonk piano players and can-can-girls create an almost authentic Gold Rush atmosphere.

Hotel: Aurora Inn or Westmark Inn

Day 14:
In the morning we have scheduled a visit at the Gold Rush Museum and the Jack London Cabin. After that, we will say good bye to Dawson from the Midnight Dome, a viewpoint high above the city. Via the Klondike Highway we will arrive in Whitehorse in the late afternoon.

Hotel: River View Hotel

Participants:     6 - 10 persons

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