Five Finger Rapids on Yukon River, north of Carmacks on Klondike Highway, Yukon, Canada.

Five Finger Rapids on the Yukon River makes a good walking break for drivers along the Klondike Highway north of Carmacks, Yukon, Canada. Four islands divide the river into five narrow channels of which only the eastern is passable. Whitehorse-bound sternwheelers during the Klondike Gold Rush in 1898 had to winch themselves over the 1-2 foot drop until the underwater obstacle was blasted away. These rapids are mentioned in Jack London's novel "The Call of the Wild". In Yukon, the Klondike Highway is marked as Yukon Highway 2 to Dawson City. In Alaska, the Highway is marked as Alaska Route 98 (as in "route of 1898"). This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.

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Contained in galleries: CANADA: mountain park favorites, CANADA: Yukon: Whitehorse, Dawson, Klondike Highway, 2019 Jun: all Alaska-Canadian Highway, 2019 Jun: Alaska-Canadian favorites

Five Finger Rapids on the Yukon River makes a good walking break for drivers along the Klondike Highway north of Carmacks, Yukon, Canada. Four islands divide the river into five narrow channels of which only the eastern is passable. Whitehorse-bound sternwheelers during the Klondike Gold Rush in 1898 had to winch themselves over the 1-2 foot drop until the underwater obstacle was blasted away. These rapids are mentioned in Jack London's novel "The Call of the Wild". In Yukon, the Klondike Highway is marked as Yukon Highway 2 to Dawson City. In Alaska, the Highway is marked as Alaska Route 98 (as in "route of 1898"). This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.