Whitehorse Daily Star

Cool summer helped keep river level down

Record rainfall at Burwash, Beaver Creek and Faro caused flooding on the North Klondike Highway and resulted in record-high water levels downstream on the Yukon River, but cooler temperatures upstream have had the opposite effect, despite the higher-than-normal precipitation.

By Jason Unrau on September 9, 2008

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