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Tour Overview
This 15-day wilderness voyage takes participants on a trip through time and wilderness. The Yukon and Teslin Rivers embody the history of the Yukon. The Yukon River served as the main transportation corridor of the Yukon and Alaska for both First Nations and early gold seekers. As you travel first the Teslin River and then the Yukon River you will gain an understanding of the Yukon’s rich frontier history from the Gold Rush of 1898 through to the sternwheeler riverboat era. Many artifacts remain along the riverbanks for canoeists to experience first-hand. The Yukon is a deep and broad river steeped in history and is therefore a perfect setting to use our hand-built cedar canoes. Our cedar canoes are propelled with hand-carved hardwood paddles of cherry, walnut and maple.
What's included: •Transportation from Whitehorse to Johnson’s Crossing on Day 1 or from Whitehorse to Carmacks on Day 8 •Transportation to Whitehorse from Dawson City on Day 15 or from Carmacks to Whitehorse on Day 8 •Meals starting lunch Day 1, ending lunch Day 8 or lunch Day 15 •Eating utensils, bowls, and mug, and group kitchen equipment •Tents, canoes, paddles, personal flotation device •Services of a CFA guide •All necessary safety equipment
Teslin is derived from a Tlingit word “tes-lin-too” meaning long, narrow water. The lake bearing the same name is very long and thin at 125 km (78 miles) in length and an average of 3 km (2 miles) in width. The Tlingit people of Teslin have traveled through this area for centuries. Famous for trading, they brought goods from the coast to trade for furs with the First Nations peoples of the interior. It is thought that they first arrived as traders about 200-300 years ago and eventually intermarried with the inland First Nations and settled permanently in the area. Teslin Tlingit’s can trace their ancestry to the Alaskan coastal areas of Juneau/Auk Bay. The Tlingit’s have maintained much of their cultural practices and language. The Tlingit language is completely unique in the Yukon. The remainder of Yukon First Nation languages are of the Athapaskan family of languages.
The Teslin River flows north towards its confluence with the Yukon River from the northwest end of the lake. The Teslin River was one of the many routes advertised to the Klondike Gold fields during the Gold Rush of 1898. By traveling inland along the Stikine River from the coast of southeast Alaska, and then via an overland trail in what is now British Columbia, stampeders could access the south end of Teslin Lake, which like the Yukon River, provided easy travel by water the remainder of the way to the gold fields in Dawson City. Dilapidated sternwheelers, cabins, a gold dredge, and abandoned villages are reminders of this historical time and wait silently on the shore of the river waiting for someone new to explore them. You might be able to see evidence of old wood camps, mining efforts, and trading centers. Please respect these artifacts and do not touch or disturb them in any way. Let the others who come after you enjoy them also.
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We are more than willing to modify an itinerary to fit your needs. We can:
•Add time to the trip for greater leisure, fishing opportunities, photography etc. •Some trips can be safely shortened in length of time, assuming clients are willing to expend more effort paddling, hiking or cycling as required by the itinerary. •Some routes can be shortened in terms of distance. •Combine this trip with other Yukon attractions and or wilderness activities. View Yukon-Wide Slideshow •Book your hotel rooms (at a discount) for the night before and after your Cabin Fever Adventures vacation and add this to your bill.
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Itinerary
Day 0: Whitehorse, Yukon
Hopefully you have enjoyed your travels and arrived safely in Whitehorse, the Yukon’s capital city, nestled among the wilderness.
Please arrive in Whitehorse in time for an orientation meeting at 8:30 pm the night before our departure. Guests are responsible for accommodation and meals while in Whitehorse. Whitehorse is a splendid little city and we recommend booking some additional time at either the beginning or the end of your trip to see Whitehorse. If you wish to fish on your trip but, have not had a chance to purchase a Yukon fishing license, you should do so this evening. Your guides will let you know where they can be purchased.
Please Note: Often our guests choose to come to the Yukon several days early, or to depart several days after their wilderness vacation. Therefore we don't include accommodation in Whitehorse in order to provide flexibility for our guests. If you prefer, we can easily arrange your hotel accommodations in Whitehorse and add these details to your itinerary.
Day 1 (L, D)
Cabin Fever Adventures staff will meet you at your hotels starting at 7:00 am. Your will need you have finished your breakfast by this time. (not included) We will answer any final questions and depart Whitehorse by 8:00 am. We will leave Whitehorse via the Alaska Highway driving southeast for 1.5 hours to Johnson’s Crossing. Here we will launch our cedar canoes upon the mighty Teslin River, which flows north from Teslin Lake. Teslin Lake’s southern bay extends deep into British Columbia and represents the southeastern headwaters, or the east fork of the Yukon River.
Day 2 - 3 (B, L, D)
Over the next two days we will travel north. The Teslin River starts as a wide and slow river. It is crystal clear to start with and you can watch the river bottom as you float downriver. As it winds its way towards the confluence with the Yukon River you will have views of the Salmon Mountains. The river soon picks up sediment from the clay cliffs it cuts through and you can no longer track your progress on the river bottom. The Teslin has gentle, flat, moving water with occasional standing waves and very easy small rapids that may be not be even noticeable in higher water. When the Teslin River merges with the Yukon River you will appreciate the Yukon’s stronger current and notice the brilliant aqua blue-green colour. The abandoned village of Hootalinqua lies at the confluence. We will stop to see the relic of the Steamship Evelyn.
Day 4 - 9 (B, L, D)
After passing the confluence of the Yukon River’s famous section known as “The Thirty-Mile River”, we continue our historic journey on the Yukon River proper, traveling each day when the weather is best, taking advantage of the long northern summer days, and enjoying good meals and fine company while resting in camp. On the morning of the eighth day we will arrive in the town of Carmacks, ending our first leg of the journey. At this point in the trip clients will have the option of continuing on an additional 390 km (242 miles) for the second leg of the trip that will take us to Dawson City. New paddlers may be joining our canoe party as we reprovision with fresh food and enjoy a riverside barbecue lunch brought to us by Cabin Fever Adventures staff. Clients who have only booked to canoe with us as far as Carmacks will be transported back to their accommodations in Whitehorse. By late afternoon we will depart Carmacks and make camp somewhere downriver.
Day 10- 18(B, L, D)
Over the next eight days we will continue our journey north passing such famous locations as the Five Finger Rapids, (not as scary as it sounds) Fort Selkirk, the Yukon Field Force Site, the Steward Island Museum, and then finally Dawson itself. We will arrive in Dawson City on the morning of the eighteenth day by early afternoon. After unloading our gear we will check in to our hotel rooms and enjoy a long, hot shower. The next two nights hotel accommodation in Dawson City are included in your package. Please note, meals are not included while in Dawson City, nor are any attractions.
Day 19 -20 ( no meals provided)
The next two days are yours to explore this interesting northern frontier community made famous by the Klondike Goldrush of 1898, the biggest in North American history. There are several interesting historical tours that can be done from Dawson City, which ideally should be booked in advance to avoid disappointment. We will depart Dawson City on day 20 at 1:00 pm with arrival to Whitehorse by 7:00pm.
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Our Trusted Partner's Responsible and Sustainable Travel Policy
At Cabin Fever Adventures we don’t believe we can protect the planet by simply saying that we love wilderness and that we strive to protect wild places. Of course we love the wilderness, but the bigger question is does the day-to-day operation of our company demonstrate this commitment? At Cabin Fever Adventures we strive to be the Yukon’s industry leader in promoting a earth-friendly business model. We actively engage our company in the preservation of not only the wilderness here in the Yukon, but consider our company an economic vehicle to affect positive change around the planet.
Our Earth-Friendly initiatives are based on the following simple beliefs:
•One person’s happiness can not be build at the cost of another's •One person can change the world by doing things differently, daily •The needs of the earth’s natural systems are the basis for all sound economic decisions when judged over the long-term.
Based on the above stated beliefs, we have instituted the following business practices into the operations of Cabin Fever Adventures.
We Provide an Organic and Fair Trade Food Menu
•Our food menu is as close to 100% organic as possible and we support several Fair Trade organizations through our food purchases as well. To learn more about organic food products please visit our food distributors website www.horizondistributors.com •To learn more about Fair Trade products and benefits please visit www.transfairusa.org
We are a Member of One Percent for the Planet
•One Percent for the Planet is an organization of member companies who donate at least 1 % of their gross revenues to non-profit environmental protection agencies. We are proud to have made this commitment and hope you will check out their site. We Support-Best Practice Local and or Canadian Businesses Partnerships •We support businesses in the following order of priority when it comes to sourcing gear for our company. First we support companies that we feel are conducting best practices for eco-justice and earth-friendly business practices. Next, we support companies that are local to the Yukon, and thirdly we support Canadian manufactured products because as a voter we can at least work towards changes in our own country.
We Challenge the Status Quo Consumer Attitudes Through our Purchasing Decisions
•We maintain our gear very well and believe in using the entire life-span of a product through proper maintenance and repairs. CFA does not get rid of perfectly good gear to satiate the consumer demand to be outfttted in gear that appears to be brand-new. We can not pretend to be true environmental advocates if our concern for the environment is Yukon-specific rather that global in perspective. Unnecessary consumerism is the fundamental lifestyle problem which has placed human existence out of balance with the planet. We need to start operating within our needs, rather than our wants. When a piece of gear no longer does its job properly or will create a significant consequence if it fails in the backcountry than it is first repaired, and if it can not be properly repaired than it is replaced, but not before. We have become skilled in gear repair, and even make some one-of-a-kind items ourselves. We attempt to source gear for our company from like-minded companies who are making significant steps to reduce their global environmental impact.
We Support Agencies Dedicated to Protecting Wild Places and to Improving Transportation Technologies Vital to Tourism
•We donate to the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and green technologies NGO’S. For more information on the work of CPAWS please visit www.cpaws.org •We donate to the Pembina Foundation. www.pembinafoundation.org The Pembina Foundation for Environmental Research and Education supports innovative environmental research and education initiatives that help people reduce their energy footprint.
We Practice Leave No Trace Camping Practices
•The owner of Cabin Fever Adventures is a certified Master Trainer for The Leave No Trace Centre for Outdoor Ethics. We travel as lightly upon the land as we can so as to leave for the enjoyment of future generations the landscape we hold dear today. To learn more about the principles of LNT backcountry travel please visit www.lnt.org
Day-to-Day Operation of our Physical Plant
We operate Cabin Fever Adventures from our wilderness base-camp and are pursuing numerous efforts to minimize our environmental footprint.
•We personally live a lower-than-average impact lifestyle at our cabin in the wilderness. We live with our family of three in a 480 square foot home (44.6 m2 ) that is also our office for CFA. We function on an average of 15 gallons (56.78 L) of water per day for our entire family, including laundry, cleaning, drinking etc. Our water consumption at home is about one-twentieth the national average for Canada. •We operate an almost paper-less office and we conduct near-paperless interactions with our clients. You will notice that we offer all our information digitally and encourage our customers to embrace communication that avoids the need for paper. •We will soon be investing in a solar energy system for our base camp. •We believe in making our equipment last as long as possible and invest in skills and equipment which allow us to utilize local building materials and waste materials, to operate and or repair our equipment. •We remove our solid human waste from the environment on our busier river routes and dispose of it in sanitation dumps •Our largest environmental impact is our use of fossil fuels for transportation. This is why we actively donate to foundations supporting advances in renewable energy, such as the Pembina Foundation and have chosen to carbon offset all of our tourism products. •We utilize green cleaning dish soaps, cleaning products, and laundry detergents.
About our Trusted Partner
Cabin Fever Adventures offers a variety of wilderness vacations in the Yukon, Southeast Alaska and Northern British Columbia. We operate by the doctrines of ecotourism and are industry leaders in decreasing our environmental impact, not just in the wilderness areas we travel through, but globally through our ethical business decisions. We offer an organic food menu, purchase carbon offsets for our transportation emissions and donate to grassroots environmental protection agencies. If you would like to see the stunning beauty of the Northwest while treading lightly on the planet, then Cabin Fever Adventures is for you. There is only one future and it is shared!
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