Yukon River
The
Yukon River is a watercourse of northern
North America. Over half of the river lies in
Alaska,
USA, with the other portion lying in and giving its name (meaning
great river in Gwich'in) to
Canada's
Yukon Territory. The longest river in
Alaska and the
Yukon, it was one of the principal means of transportation during the Yukon
Gold rush in
1898 to
1899.
The river passes through the communities of
Whitehorse, Yukon and
Dawson in
Yukon, and into
Circle,
Fort Yukon,
Stevens Village, Alaska,
Tanana,
Ruby,
Galena, Naruto,
Grayling,
Holy Cross,
Russian Mission, and Ohogamut in Alaska.
The river flows into several parklands and refuges including:
- Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge\n*Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge\n*Innoko National Wildlife Refuge
The river ends in the Yukon Delta
Tributaries:\n*\n**\n***Anaconda Creek\n*Beaver Creek\n*Tetlin River\n*Porcupine River\n**Black River\n***Mountain Creek\n***Bear Creek\n***Wood River\n**Chandalar Creek\n**Sheenjek River\n***Eskimo Creek\n***Sheenjek River East Fork\n*Chandalar River\n**East Fork Chandalar River\n**West Fork Chandalar River\n**Marten Creek\n**Christian River\n*Big Salt River\n*Hess Creek\n**Mastodon\n*Fish Creek\n**Garnet Creek\n*Coal Creek\n*Texas Creek\n*
Tanana River\n*NC Creek\n*Tozitna River\n**Bluebell Creek\n**Bandanna Creek\n*Lynx Creek\n*Bering Creek\n*
Nowitna River\n*Big Creek\n**Beaver Creek\n**Glacier Creek\n*Melozitna River\n**Whakatna Creek\n**Black Sand Creek\n**Melozitna Creek\n*Ruby Slough\n*Yuki River\n**East Yuki River\n*Yuki River\n**East Yukli River\n*Kala Creek\n**Kelly Creek\n*Galena Creek\n*Bishop Creek\n*Koyokuk River\n**Workyard Creek\n**Gisasa River\n**Houdaic River\n***Huslia River\n****Nulitna River\n****Tom Cook Slough\n****Billy Hawk Creek\n**Cutoff Slouch\n**Hogatza River\n****Clear Creek\n**Batza River\n**Matthews Slough\n***Little Indian River\n***Indian River\n****Calamity Creek\n***Pocahontas River\n**Kanuti River\n**Alatna River\n***Siruk Creek\n***Discovery Creek\n**South Fork Koyokouk River\n***Jim Creek\n**Jane Creek\n**John River\n*Naruto River\n*Innoko River\n**Iditarod River\n***Flat Creek\n***First Chance Creek\n***Yetna River\n**Tolstoi Creek\n***Coffee Creek\n***Madison Creek\n***Hurst Creek\n**Taft Creek\n**Finland Creek\n**Scandinavian Creek\n**Nixon Creek\n***North Fork Innoko River \n****Tango Creek\n****West Fork Innoko River\n**Colorado Creek\n*Reindeer River\n*Kako Creek\n*Engineer Creek
See also
\n*List of Alaska rivers\n*
List of Yukon rivers
Category:Yukon rivers\nCategory:Alaska rivers
