Yukon Flats

The Yukon Flats form a vast lowland basin between the Brooks Range and the White Mountains. Here the Yukon River divides into channels across a broad floodplain, joined by the Porcupine, Chandalar and other rivers. Thousands of lakes, bogs and wetlands provide nesting grounds for waterfowl, while forests grow on the higher ground. The flats have been home to Gwich’in and Koyukon Dene peoples for thousands of years. Their rivers and lakes form a landscape of fishing places, camps and routes across the interior.