After our Dawson City trip, we returned to our camper in Whitehorse. Our last wanderings around Whitehorse took us to Miles Canyon just above Five Finger Rapids on the Yukon River, an area that gave the gold rush stampeders major problems in navigating the river to get to Dawson City. The canyon was much deeper and the river much more shallow during the gold rush period. There's a dam further along the river now. At one time travelers were only allowed to go through the canyon if they had an experienced river pilot to take their vessel through. Now there is the swinging bridge to get from one side to another, not Ken's favorite thing. The first view is from the swinging bridge. The next shows a small motorboat moving slowly up river through the canyon and gives you the perspective. In photo 3 you can see on the left side 2 bikers along the path to also give you a perspective on the size and distance. The last photo is from the cliff above the Miles Canyon section of the Yukon River at Whitehorse. You can barely see the bridge.
Is the bridge the only way to get across now? Those canyon walls look steep and deep, even if they aren't as deep as they once were- it's still looks deep. That water would be freezing cold. Did it look like it was a lazy or a swift current? Are folks allowed to fish in it or were you two fished out?
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