Yukon River crossed by ferry
Downstream from Whitehorse, Yukon, only a single bridge crosses the Yukon River. It's along the pipeline haul road in interior Alaska. Crossing the river at Dawson City, Yukon, a favorite destination for many RVers, means putting your vehicle on a free ferry run by the Government of Yukon. This boat can handle about a dozen small cars at once or a couple of large trucks with an extra car or two tucked in wherever there is space.
Generally the ferry runs back and forth in 15-minute intervals between ice out, usually in May, and the low water prior to freeze-up, usually mid to late October. Low water, however, can stop the ferry at any time, though it is rare except just before October.
Labels: Dawson ferry
posted by Ron Dalby at
9/27/2007 05:09:00 PM
2 Comments:
My family & I have spent many weeks in the Bonanza Cr area (about 4 mi. NE of Dawson) and used this ferry every day. Its a shame you didn't show the small crawler tractor used to regrade the approach ramps on both sides of the river. Had to be used almost daily as the Yukon R. fluctuates so much.
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Anonymous, at October 13, 2007 12:14 PM
WE crossed the Yukon on this ferry in our 35' MH. On the ferry with us was a 1ton pickup pulling a 26' (or so) TT and two regular size cars. It was a tight squeeze but the guys who run this ferry are so good at it that there was no worries of dents and we were all on and off in a jiffy. Wonderful people up in that part of the world!
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Anonymous, at October 14, 2007 12:05 PM
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