Scroggie Creek is a tributary of the
Stewart River in
Yukon
Yukon () is a Provinces and territories of Canada, territory of Canada, bordering British Columbia to the south, the Northwest Territories to the east, the Beaufort Sea to the north, and the U.S. state of Alaska to the west. It is Canada’s we ...
, Canada. Every February, it forms part of the trail for the 1,000-mile
Yukon Quest
The Yukon Quest, formally the Yukon Quest 1,000-mile International Sled Dog Race, is a sled dog race scheduled every February since 1984 between Fairbanks, Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Whitehorse, Yukon, Whitehorse, Yukon, switching directions ...
sled dog race. The creek has some
placer gold
Placer mining () is the mining of stream bed deposits for minerals. This may be done by open-pit mining or by various surface excavating equipment or tunneling equipment.
Placer mining is frequently used for precious metal deposits (particularly ...
deposits being actively mined.
[Government of Yukon]
"Yukon Placer Database Operations Report: Scroggie Creek"
(PDF), Ygsftp.gov.yk.ca. Accessed May 14, 2009.
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
Rivers of Yukon
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