Fabric Of Joy
A story about Gabrielle’s new-found affection for an old relic of the past stemming from a benign cold on a paddling trip – the handkerchief
Taagish Méné (Tagish Lake)
In her final 50 Lakes column for the season, Wendy takes us through the spectacular fall colours and views of Taagish Méné (Tagish Lake)
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Łʼèx Hîni Shâk Âyi (Rose Lake)
There is a small gravel parking area, but otherwise no other services—nothing but the lake’s own loveliness
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Chu Cho (‘Big Water’) — Little Salmon Lake
Within the Traditional Territory of the Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation and the Kaska Dena Council lies Little Salmon Lake
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Paddle On For Yvonne
The Yvonne Harris Memorial Race will start at 6 p.m. Aug. 13 at Rotary Park. Stories and tributes will be shared at the Takhini River Bridge
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Dòon Chúu — Fisheye Lake
Lying within the Traditional Territory of the Kaska Dena, Fisheye Lake is a local watering hole that packs in a lot of fabulousness
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A Lake With A Big Sky Vibe
Simpson Lake is a medium-sized body of water known for its beautiful ombre colours, shallow shorelines and wide-open sky
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Äshèyi Mǟn
Äshèyi Mǟn (Aishihik Lake) lies within the traditional territory of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN).
Nekhų Män/ Kùsawu.â (Kusawa Lake): The Locals’ Favourite
Kùsawu.â is a Tlingit name meaning “narrow lake.” Nekhᶙ Män (Southern Tutchone) means “rafting across lake,” speaking to the narrowest point at the north end where people crossed.
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50 Lakes: Autumn’s magic in every valley
There are few things I enjoy more than autumn paddling. The feel of the crisp air and fall vistas from the deck of my stand-up paddle board
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Great Things Can Come in Small Packages
Let’s be honest, as adults, there are not enough of them. That little moment and a squeal of delight! The natural high…
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Things Are Really “#$@!” Up!
I’ll admit, I have long passed over Tarfu Lake. It didn’t seem like a primary destination for Yukoners. Often, I’d heard of it as…
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A Slow Start
Stand-up paddleboarding 50 Yukon lakes in a single season will take some good planning and a lot of luck. For me, the season was…
The Thrill Of The Seasonal (Gear) Swap
I love the thrill of diving into the storage closet and pulling out the new season’s gear. I tuck winter boots and parkas…
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In Celebration Of Freshwater
March has always been my favourite month of the year. I enjoy the longer days and blue skies. We Yukoners can spend…
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The Yukon 1000: One Canoe, Two Women, One-Thousand Miles
Known as the longest paddling race in the world, as well as the most-remote and self-reliant, the Yukon 1000 is an extreme undertaking that requires strength, endurance, bush smarts and thorough planning.
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Postcards: Yukon Microadventures
The summer days here in the Yukon are wonderfully long, and the midnight sun is perfect for going on adventures & microadventures.
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My experience on the Beaver River
CPAWS Yukon organized a paddling trip on the Beaver River for the youth of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun.
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Paddling in the Peel
In the early 1900s, when she was a teenager, Bobbi Rose Koe’s great-great-grandmother and her friend paddled a moose skin boat through the dangerous stretch of fast-flowing high water at Peel Canyon. More than 100 years later, Koe joined a group of five youth from First Nations in the Yukon and the Northwest Territories on an 18-day canoe trip. Along the way they passed through the treacherous Peel Canyon.
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The perfect canoe paddle
There are many canoe paddles on the market today, made in many styles, of many materials. The key to buying one to fit you personally
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The history of the canoe
Back in the early 1970s I wrote a monthly outdoors column for an Ontario outdoors magazine. One evening, after a day spent hunting moose, we pulled
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Just keep paddling
Carmen Gustafson is gearing up for her fourth Yukon River Quest. For those who are fond of stats, that means that by this year’s Canada
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A long time ago, in a lake far away
I was 12 years old in 1955 when my oldest brother, Robin, went away to university. As siblings in a close-knit family, we had shared
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Yukon See It Here: Matt Cook
Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon life. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on to editor@WhatsUpYukon.com.
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Yukon See It Here – By Matt Cook
I took these photos while out kayaking on Fox Lake and enjoyed a beautiful sunset from the middle of the lake.
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Dog Culture – Murray Martin
Avalanche, a Siberian Husky, joins Murray Martin on many kayak journeys.
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From passion to success
It’s been 20 years since Thomas de Jager first discovered the Yukon. Today, he runs his successful business Yukon Wide Adventures that gives locals and
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Bringing Up a Family the Old Fashioned Way
What has bringing up children in outdoor experiences and enjoying the life of camping, fishing and hunting done for the children?
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An Unkindness of Ravens
It is easy to laugh at the antics of ravens. They are quirky, curious and yes, funny. A well-known title they carry among First Nations
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The Week That Was…
The week began with my English friend finally making it with her CanaDream Camper – a one-month, one-woman journey from Calgary to Whitehorse. For the
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A Year of Firsts for Yukon River Quest
At this year’s Yukon River Quest, stand up paddleboarders will be competing for prize money for the first time. The 2016 race introduced the stand
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I’m a Survivor
It is winter in the Yukon, why would anyone even be thinking of paddling? If you are a breast cancer survivor, and would like an
Whisky and Cake
It’s 6 a.m. on a rainy morning just before Canada Day. In six hours I need to be ready to drive to Mayo, with three
Camaraderie in a Canoe
Nine ladies in a voyageur canoe whose ages range from 23 to 62; 715 kilometres; paddling for Yukon Cancer Care Fund. Stix Together is a
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Farewell Winter, Hello Summer
After a long Yukon winter, you look forward to packing away your warm winter coat. We all look forward to the warmer days.
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Visiting the Glaciers
We always said that when the kids were old enough we would take them for an Alaskan kayaking expedition, just like the one we had
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Didee & Didoo: MY GYM
WHEN I MENTION MY GYM IT DOESN’T HAVE A BASKETBALL RIM. MY GYM IS THE GREAT OUTDOORS I SHARE IT WITH ANIMALS ON ALL FOURS.
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Missing the Mark
The Code is clear: what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Ditto for jury rooms and papal conclaves. Double ditto for hunting trips. But sometimes a
Doing the Squirrel-paddle
I couldn’t sleep the night before. Was it the roughly 10 night-shifts in a row I had pulled just prior to leaving, or was it
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Not Content with Watching the River Flow
Some people are just not content to watch the river flow.They have to get in it and, as Ratty said to Mole in The Wind
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Different Interests, Same Outcome
My oldest daughter Hayley and I have spent her whole life in the outdoors together; we hunt geese, ducks, moose, and caribou. We started hunting
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How to Dump
It was a Monday evening in June, before solstice. At nine o’clock, the sun was shining hot. Dallas-rae Gaven was reading in her bathhouse-cum-cabin on
Canoeing The Peel
Meet Gabriel Rivest, a Yukoner. Last summer, Rivest and five friends spent 63 days canoeing 1,500 kilometres through the six rivers in the Peel and
Tatchun Lake is for Us Paddlers
Tatchun Lake Campground has 20 campsites and none of them are a pull through site; there is a boat launch and a cook shelter. That’s
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Caramel Cliffs on the Yukon River
I had anticipated the kayak trip for a full year. The four days I had spent the previous year on the Yukon River, with my
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Eddy, My Friend
Canada was built via the canoe. It was once the main mode of transportation across the country; today, canoeing is a pastime, a sport, a
Growlers: Not Just For Pirates
Canoeing to the DCMF? You are probably already concerned about the rattling of beer bottles in your canoe (to be safely consumed, of course, by
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(Ex)changing Paddling Gear
Perhaps you believe, as Kenneth Grahame suggests in his classic novel, The Wind in the Willows, that “there is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing
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Steely Determination: Racing the Yukon River Quest
There is a strong current heading north towards Dawson and it is not just that of the Yukon River. Sixty-nine teams are registered in this
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10th River Quest Biggest Yet
BY GEORGE MARATOS It starts with a boisterous sprint down Main Street in Whitehorse and ends with an arduous paddle to the finish in Dawson
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