Chu Kon'Dëk

Chu Kon’dëk, the Yukon River, runs through the forested homeland of the Hän Hwëch’in. Its waters connect the mouths of the Klondike and Fortymile rivers with fishing camps and hunting grounds along the valley. Salmon returning upriver were an important food, while families travelled into the hills to hunt moose, sheep and caribou. At Tr’ochëk, near the Klondike confluence, people gathered seasonally to fish and prepare for journeys inland.