The Full Yukon River Quest - Day 7 - First Yukon River Owbow To Big Salmon River Confluence
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 48.47 nm
- Elevation gain
- 2,031 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 141 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,020 ft
- TrailRank
- 33
- Min elevation
- -20 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 7 hours 34 minutes
- Time
- 9 hours 45 minutes
- Coordinates
- 12312
- Uploaded
- July 8, 2018
- Recorded
- July 2018
near Hootalinqua, Yukon (Canada)
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Itinerary description
This is one of 14 Wikiloc Trails in a series that recounts an 855 kilometer (531 statute mile, 461 nautical mile) journey by kayak from Bennett, British Columbia to Dawson City, Yukon Territories from June 30 to July 13, 2018.
A team of four Canadian kayakers from British Columbia completed this paddle in celebration of and homage to the roughly 100,000 gold prospectors who sought their fortune by attempting this route during the Yukon Gold Rush of 1897 to 1899. Fewer than a third actually completed the route, which began with a 53 kilometer hike and climb over Chilkoot Pass from the Southeastern Alaska panhandle coast at Dyea to a high mountain lake at Bennett, British Columbia. One member of the kayak expedition had completed this four-day hike and climb several years earlier with his two sons. This journey by boat would complement and complete that first stage in the re-enactment of this historic journey: traveling from the Pacific Ocean to the Yukon Gold Fields.
This was another great day to look at, and touch, the history of the Yukon River. We stopped on "Shipyard Island" to inspect the paddlewheeler still in dry dock (after over 50 years) and walked on the original Klondike, aka "Klondike I", paddlewheeler, which is still stuck on a shoal in the middle of the river.
We completed 89 kilometers/55 statute miles/48 nautical miles on this day, despite many stops to see the sights.
A team of four Canadian kayakers from British Columbia completed this paddle in celebration of and homage to the roughly 100,000 gold prospectors who sought their fortune by attempting this route during the Yukon Gold Rush of 1897 to 1899. Fewer than a third actually completed the route, which began with a 53 kilometer hike and climb over Chilkoot Pass from the Southeastern Alaska panhandle coast at Dyea to a high mountain lake at Bennett, British Columbia. One member of the kayak expedition had completed this four-day hike and climb several years earlier with his two sons. This journey by boat would complement and complete that first stage in the re-enactment of this historic journey: traveling from the Pacific Ocean to the Yukon Gold Fields.
This was another great day to look at, and touch, the history of the Yukon River. We stopped on "Shipyard Island" to inspect the paddlewheeler still in dry dock (after over 50 years) and walked on the original Klondike, aka "Klondike I", paddlewheeler, which is still stuck on a shoal in the middle of the river.
We completed 89 kilometers/55 statute miles/48 nautical miles on this day, despite many stops to see the sights.
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2,044 ft
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