The Big Salmon River flows through the traditional territories of
Teslin Tlingit, the Kaska Dena, and the Little Salmon Carmacks
First Nation
Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...
s. This Big Salmon River is a
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...
of the
Yukon River
The Yukon River ( Gwich'in: ''Ųųg Han'' or ''Yuk Han'', Yup'ik: ''Kuigpak'', Inupiaq: ''Kuukpak'', Deg Xinag: ''Yeqin'', Hän: ''Tth'echù'' or ''Chuu k'onn'', Southern Tutchone: Chu Nìikwän, russian: Юкон, Yukon) is a major watercourse ...
The encampment of Big Salmon Village lies at the confluence of the Big Salmon and Yukon Rivers.
Geography and ecology
Black spruce is a dominant tree in the Big Salmon River watershed. This locale near the
Seward Peninsula
The Seward Peninsula is a large peninsula on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska whose westernmost point is Cape Prince of Wales. The peninsula projects about into the Bering Sea between Norton Sound, the Bering Strait, the Chukchi ...
represents the near westernmost limit of the
Black Spruce, ''
Picea mariana
''Picea mariana'', the black spruce, is a North American species of spruce tree in the pine family. It is widespread across Canada, found in all 10 provinces and all 3 territories. It is the official tree of the province of Newfoundland and Labr ...
'',
[C. Michael Hogan. 2008]] one of the most widespread
conifers in northern North America.
See also
*
List of rivers of Yukon
This is a list of rivers of Yukon.
Arctic Ocean watershed
* Mackenzie River watershed
**Upper Liard River
*** Rancheria River
**** Little Rancheria River
*** Frances River
*** Hyland River
*** Coal River
*** La Biche River
*** Beaver River (Liard ...
References
* C. Michael Hogan
''Black Spruce: Picea mariana'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg, November, 2008* Parks Canada. 1976. ''Wild Rivers: Yukon Territory'', Published by Wild Rivers Survey, Planning Division, Parks Canada, 84 pages
* Scott R. Robinson. 1988. ''Movement and Distribution of Western Arctic Caribou Herd across the Buckland Valley and Nulato Hills'', U.S. Bureau of Land Management Open file Report 23, Alaska
Line notes
Rivers of Yukon
Tributaries of the Yukon River
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