Tr'on'Dëk

Tr’ondëk, the Klondike River, flows from the mountains to meet the Yukon in the homeland of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in. At Tr’ochëk near the confluence, families gathered to fish for salmon and hunt; the river valley also led inland to moose country. In autumn, hunters travelled into the high country for caribou and sheep. The name Tr’ondëk is associated with the hammerstones used to secure salmon weirs in the river.