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20.2.4 AQUATIC RESOURCES
The Property is located in the White River watershed, which is in the Upper Yukon
minor drainage area of the Yukon River major drainage area, which drains northwest
toward the Bering Sea (Environment Yukon 2010). The Yukon River watershed
is the fifth largest drainage in North America in terms of discharge volume (YRITWC
2002).
The Property is located across the crest of a watershed divide. The western portion
of the Property drain west via Arch Creek, Maple Creek and Wade Creek to Donjeck
River. The remainder of the Property drains east, primarily via Nickel Creek to Quill
Creek, and then to the Yukon River (Figure 20.8). Both the Kluane and Donjeck
rivers flow north, and merge approximately 45 km north of the Property.
Project-specific aquatic resources studies have not yet been initiated. Hydrology and
water quality data have been collected from five sampling stations located within
15 km of the Property. Samples have been collected from 2008 to present from Quill
Creek (at Alaska Highway), Swede Johnson Creek (at Alaska Highway), Donjeck
River (at Alaska Highway), and Arch Creek (near the mouth of Donjek River) (Yukon
Water 2011).
Common fish species occurring in the region include Lake chub, pikes, Longnose
sucker, Chum salmon, Chinook Salmon, Inconnu (predatory whitefish), Lake trout,
Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Lake whitefish, Round whitefish, Slimy sculpin and
burbot (Government of Yukon 2010).
20.2.5 PARKS AND PROTECTED AREAS
The Property is located within the Kluane Wildlife Sanctuary, created in 1942, which
covers an area of approximately 22,000 km 2 . Mineral tenures and exploration are
permitted in Yukon wildlife sanctuaries as long as they are in compliance with the
Yukon Wildlife Act. Activities such as hunting and trapping are prohibited within the
Sanctuary, as prescribed by the Yukon Wildlife Act (B. McLean, pers. comm.).
Kluane National Park and Reserve is located immediately south of the sanctuary and
the Tatshenshini-Alsek Wilderness Park abuts the sanctuary to the west
(Environment Canada 1995). The proposed Asi Keyi Territorial Park is located
immediately west of the Project area across the Donjek River. The Asi Keyi
Territorial Park is yet to be established under the Yukon Parks and Land Certainty
Act (Environment Yukon 2012).
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