Wildlife, scenery and wonder abound in Yukon rivers

Title: Calgary Herald (Online)
By: Lynn Martel
Date: May 02, 2012
Publication Type: News Website/ Daily Newspaper

In the Yukon, 70 mountain rivers course along three major watersheds to ultimately pour into the Bering Sea and the Arctic and Pacific oceans. Flowing, rushing, tumbling and meandering across boundless landscapes of rolling hills, rumbling glaciers, open tundra and lush forests, four Heritage Rivers - designated as the best examples of Canada's river heritage - flow through vast tracts of pristine wilderness: the Alsek, the Thirty Mile section of the Yukon River, the Bonnet Plume and Tatshenshini rivers. Read full article