A cyanide spill at a major gold mine in the Yukon Territory — high in the Yukon River watershed — has sparked widespread concern in Canada. But Alaska salmon advocates say the mishap isn’t ...

The oil firm Hilcorp is already conducting test wells on Alaska Native corporation land in the Yukon Flats region.

Later this spring, barges of heavy equipment will pull away from a launch on Alaska’s road system and begin a journey up the Yukon River. More than 100 miles upstream, a tributary, Birch Creek ...

GOLD FOUND IN ALASKA. Share full article. Jan. 18, 1883. ... Jan. 17.--Several months ago mention was made of a prospecting party having started for the upper waters of the Yukon River, Alaska, ...

In the east central region of Alaska, a property in the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve is hitting the market for $23.5 million. The property, which is called Woodchopper Gold Claim, is ...

ALASKA: Gold Rush. 3 minute read. TIME. November 7, ... Some guessed the brass had come from the fittings of a Yukon River steamer, the worn gold from a forgotten prospector’s cache.

Whitehorse, on the banks of the storied Yukon River, is situated in the Canadian province of Yukon and is one of the most prominent cities on the Alaska Highway.

Measured by annual average water volume, it is the ninth largest river in the United States. The Kuskokwim and neighboring Yukon Rivers form one of the largest deltas in the world, covering more than ...

At the end of the 19th century, an estimated 100,000 people joined the Klondike Gold Rush, seeking their fortunes in the interior of Alaska and Canada’s Yukon territory.

A cyanide spill at a major gold mine in the Yukon Territory — high in the Yukon River watershed — has sparked widespread concern in Canada. But Alaska salmon advocates say the mishap isn’t ...

Later this spring, barges of heavy equipment will pull away from a launch on Alaska's road system and begin a journey up the Yukon River. More than 100 miles upstream, a tributary, Birch Creek ...