Fortymile River
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| Fortymile River | |
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 The Fortymile River from Taylor Highway
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| Countries | United States, Canada |
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| States/Territories | Alaska, Yukon |
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| - location | north-west of Chicken, Alaska, United States |
| - coordinates | 64°14′34″N 141°45′15″W / 64.24278°N 141.75417°W |
| Mouth | Yukon River |
| - location | Forty Mile, Yukon, Canada |
| - coordinates | 64°25′35″N 140°32′00″W / 64.42639°N 140.5333333°W |
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The Fortymile River is a river in Alaska and the Yukon. Prior to the Klondike Gold Rush, there was considerable mining activity along this tributary of the Yukon River. In the 1970s, there was an asbestos mine at Clinton Creek in the Yukon. When gold was discovered on the Fortymille River in 1886, two Alaska Commercial Company traders, Leroy N. McQuesten and Arthur Harper, built a post at its mouth.
The site brought many gold miners into the area. Books were also written about the Forty-Mile River and the miners in this area.
The Taylor Highway passes through the Fortymile River drainage basin.
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[edit] References
- ^ "Fortymile River". Natural Resources Canada. http://geonames2.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/v9/sima_unique_v9?english?KACGL?C. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
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