Pelly River

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The Pelly River is a major waterway in Canada’s Yukon Territory, flowing through remote wilderness and historic gold rush regions before joining the Yukon River.

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Label Occurrences
Pelly River canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
climateZone subarctic ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
crossedBy Klondike Highway at Pelly Crossing ⓘ
linked to: Klondike Highway
discovererOrExplorer Robert Campbell ⓘ
drainageBasin Yukon River drainage basin ⓘ
linked to: Yukon River
flowsDirection generally northwest ⓘ
flowsInto Yukon River ⓘ
flowsThrough historic gold rush regions ⓘ
remote wilderness areas ⓘ
hasEcosystemType boreal forest ⓘ
subarctic river system ⓘ
hasFeature braided channels ⓘ
gravel bars ⓘ
rapids ⓘ
hasMajorCrossing Pelly Crossing bridge ⓘ
hasNearbyIndigenousGroup Kaska Dena ⓘ
Northern Tutchone ⓘ
Tlingit ⓘ
hasSettlementOnBank Fort Selkirk, Yukon ⓘ
Pelly Crossing, Yukon ⓘ
linked to: Pelly Crossing

Ross River, Yukon ⓘ
hasTributary Earn River ⓘ
Glenlyon River ⓘ
Hoole River ⓘ
Macmillan River ⓘ
Ross River ⓘ
Tay River ⓘ
historicalUse fur trade route ⓘ
transportation route during Klondike Gold Rush ⓘ
locatedIn Yukon ⓘ
Yukon Territory ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
mouthOf Yukon River ⓘ
namedAfter Sir John Pelly ⓘ
namedBy Robert Campbell ⓘ
partOf Yukon River basin ⓘ
linked to: Yukon River
region northern Canada ⓘ
riverMouthLocation central Yukon ⓘ
near Fort Selkirk ⓘ
sourceLocation Pelly Mountains ⓘ
southeastern Yukon ⓘ
usedFor canoeing ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
wilderness recreation ⓘ
watercourseType navigable in sections ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yukon River → hasTributary → Pelly River ⓘ