An observant bystander rescued a woman Saturday morning from the Yukon River.

Barry Blisner with the Whitehorse Fire Department said they got a call around 10:25 a.m. about a woman in the river near Shipyards Park.

When firefighters arrived on the scene she was already sitting on the riverbank next to the man who had gone into the water to pull her out.

The woman was cold, but otherwise unharmed. She was taken to Whitehorse General Hospital by ambulance as a precaution.

"With the water being so high and so fast, I'd say she was pretty lucky,” he said.

Blisner said he doesn't know how she ended up in the water.

This is the third time this month that a person has become caught up in the current of the fast-moving river.

Last Thursday, 19-year-old Nicholas Close-Silverfox from Whitehorse drowned after jumping into the river to rescue his dog near the Riverdale side of the Millennium trail.

On July 2nd officers pulled another man safely from the water.

The man was walking in the water and refused to the officer's demands to exit, instead wadding deeper.

The man went under a few times before the officer was able to swim out to him.

He was arrested under the Mental Health Act and taken to the Whitehorse General Hospital.

Blisner urges the public to be extra careful around the water especially when the river is so high and fast.

"Taking precautions until (the water) goes down is paramount,” he said.

Blisner points out that all the emergencies so far have involved adults. The water can be particularly dangerous for children.

An Environment Yukon official estimates the river can move between one and 1.5 metres per second.