The Peel watershed drains 14% of the Yukon Territory Canada and flows into the Beaufort Sea via the Peel and then Mackenzie Rivers. While the lower part of the Peel River and its confluence with the Mackenzie River are in the North West Territories, most of the watershed, 68,000 km2 out of 77,000 km2 is in the Yukon. Six major tributaries and numerous smaller streams feed the Peel.[1] The Yukon portion of the watershed is undergoing land use planning, a process laid out in Chapter 11 of the Yukon Land Claims Agreement and is called the Peel Watershed Planning Region (PWPR). This article is confined to the PWPR.
There are no communities within the Yukon's PWPR although it is within the Traditional Territories of, and extensively utilized by, four First Nations: The Na-cho Nyak Dun, the Tetlit Gwich'in, the Vuntut Gwitchin and the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in. These people, along with the now gone Tukudh Gwich’in, have lived and travelled in the region for millennia; some of the earliest evidence of humanity in Canada is within Vuntut Gwitchin territory at Bluefish Caves. For the Tetlit Gwich’in, the Peel is the centre of their world; the name Tetlit Gwich’in means “people who live at the head of the waters”.[2] They and the Vuntut Gwitchin are caribou people; caribou provided food, clothing, tools and shelter. In early times vast caribou fences were made to intercept the migrating caribou and funnel them into corrals so they could be taken with spears, snares and bow and arrow. Once rifles were adopted, the caribou fences were reabsorbed by the land and now the only traces left are in Vuntut National Park. Fences were needed because caribou are consummate travelers; the Porcupine Caribou Herd travels from the Peel into Alaska, from the Beaufort Sea to the Yukon River. The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in and the Na-cho Nyak Dun would also travel into the Peel for caribou. To this day, they still do, and trap for fur, harvest small game and gather plants.
The Peel was named in 1826 by Sir John Franklin after Sir Robert Peel, who was British Home Secretary (later Prime Minister) at the time. It was first explored by Europeans in 1839 when John Bell of the Hudson's Bay Company ascended it as far as the Snake River. It was not fully surveyed until 1909 despite being the only route used by fur traders into the interior of the Yukon until the gold rush years of the 1890s.[3] The Yukon part of the watershed contains six major tributaries to the Peel; from west to east: the Ogilvie, Blackstone, Hart, Wind, Bonnet Plume and Snake Rivers. The Bonnet Plume is a Canadian Heritage River.[4]
The Peelwatershed drains 14% of the Yukon Territory Canada and flows into the Beaufort Sea via the Peel and then Mackenzie Rivers. While the lower part...
part of its area within Yukon. Other watersheds in the territory include the Mackenzie River, the PeelWatershed and the Alsek–Tatshenshini, and a number...
Northwest Territories Peace River Country Steamboats of the Mackenzie River PeelWatershed Hodgins, Bruce W.; Hoyle, Gwyneth (1994). Canoeing north into the unknown:...
sections 1996 and 2,000 - Peel Fell to Duncansby Head. Colin Meek completed a watershed run in 27 days in summer 2012 - Peel Fell to Duncansby Head. Chris...
By George McWhirter, Anvil Press, 2009. Wild Rivers of the Yukon's PeelWatershed: A Traveller's Guide (Poetry & Prose), Juri Peepre and Sarah Locke,...
Rouble had worked to undermine the recommendations of the Council's PeelWatershed Commission after six years of public consultations. There was concern...
River Arctic Red River Peel River (Yukon) Ogilvie River Blackstone River (Yukon) Hart River Rengleng River Coronation Gulf watershed Coppermine River (Nunavut)...
between the existing interchange of Highway 401 and the 407 ETR at the Halton–Peel boundary, and Highway 400 north of Vaughan. In addition, two new extensions...
proposed by the Yukon government land plan that would have opened the PeelWatershed, a pristine wilderness about the size of [the province] of Nova Scotia"...
designated a Canadian Heritage River in 1998. List of rivers of Yukon PeelWatershed 65°56′19″N 134°55′23″W / 65.9386°N 134.923°W / 65.9386; -134.923...
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society and its campaign to champion the PeelWatershed land-use plan. In 2012, he joined the Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health...
introduced brown trout population. Credit Valley Conservation, the local watershed management conservation authority, operates several Conservation Areas...
This is a list of rivers of Yukon. Mackenzie River watershed Upper Liard River Rancheria River Little Rancheria River Frances River Hyland River Coal...
combinations of additional flavours, such as anise, black pepper, lemon peel, orange peel, nutmeg or vanilla pods. When making walnut liquor, Romanians sometimes...
Ascent Mount Plata 19,580 ft., destinomontana.com.ar, Retrieved 2023-11-24. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the...
Simcoe County, is located in Grey County and the Regional Municipality of Peel. The Nottawasaga River is the resting home of HMS Nancy, a merchant schooner...
includes the City of Toronto and the regional municipalities of Durham, Halton, Peel, and York. In total, the region contains 25 urban, suburban, and rural municipalities...
Elections were held in the Regional Municipality of Peel of Ontario on October 27, 2014, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province. Mayoral...
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