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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 22. Chapters: Aishihik River, Alsek River, Beaver River (Liard River), Beaver River (Stewart River), Big Salmon River (Yukon), Bonanza Creek, Bonnet Plume River, Clarence River (Alaska-Yukon), Coal River (Canada), Dan Tage, Fortymile River, Holbrook Creek, Indian River (Yukon), Kelsall River, Klondike River, Kotaneelee River, List of rivers of Yukon, Little Rancheria River, Macmillan River, McCabe Creek, Moose Creek (Yukon), Old Crow River, Peel River (Canada), Pelly River, Porcupine River, Rancheria River (Yukon), Rapid River (Alaska-Yukon), Rosebud Creek (Yukon), Ross River (Yukon), Scroggie Creek, Smith River (British Columbia), Snake River (Yukon), South Nahanni River, Swift River (Teslin Lake), Takhini River, Tatshenshini River, Teslin River, Whitefish River (Yukon Territory), Wind River (Yukon), Yukon River. Excerpt: Yukon River - a: lang(ar), a: lang(ckb), a: lang(fa), a: lang(kk-arab), a: lang(mzn), a: lang(ps), a: lang(ur)/* cache key: enwiki: resourceloader: filter: minify-css:7: d11e4771671c2d6cdedf7c90d8131cd5 */ Map of the Yukon River watershedThe generally accepted source of the Yukon River is the Llewellyn Glacier at the southern end of Atlin Lake in British Columbia. Others suggest that the source is Lake Lindeman at the northern end of the Chilkoot Trail. Either way, Atlin Lake flows into Tagish Lake (via the Atlin River), as eventually does Lake Lindeman after flowing into Bennett Lake. Tagish Lake then flows into Marsh Lake (via the Tagish River). The Yukon River proper starts at the northern end of Marsh Lake, just south of Whitehorse. Some argue that the source of the Yukon River should really be Teslin Lake and the Teslin River, which has a larger flow when it reaches the Yukon at Hootalinqua. The upper end of the Yukon River was originally known as the Lewes River until it was established that it actually was the Yukon. North of Whitehorse, the Yukon River widens into Lake Laberge, made famous by Robert W. Service's "The Cremation of Sam McGee." Other large lakes that are part of the Yukon River system include Kusawa Lake (into the Takhini River) and Kluane Lake (into the Kluane and then White River). The river passes through the communities of Whitehorse, Carmacks, (just before the Five Finger Rapids) and Dawson City in Yukon, and crossing Alaska into Eagle, Circle, Fort Yukon, Stevens Village, Rampart, Tanana, Ruby, Galena, Nulato, Grayling, Holy Cross, Russian Mission, Marshall, Pilot Station, St. Marys (which is accessible from the Yukon at Pitkas Point), and Mountain Village. After Mountain Village, the main Yukon channel frays into many channels, sprawling across the delta. There are a number of communities after the "head of passes," as the channel division is called locally: Nunum Iqua, Alakanuk, Emmonak, and Kotlik. Of those delta communities, Emmonak is the largest wit