Pelly River

Catchment area of ​​the Pelly River

The Pelly River and the Pelly Mountain Range

The Pelly River is a river in the Yukon Territory.

He is one of the most water-rich tributaries of the Yukon. The only settlements are Faro and Ross River at the headwaters and then about 350 kilometers further downstream Pelly Crossing, where the Klondike Highway crosses the river. After the union with the Macmillan River Pelly River flows near the trading post at Fort Selkirk in the Yukon.

The river's name goes back to John Henry Pelly, a Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. Robert Campbell, an employee of the Company, which mapped the river for the first time, the name was changed in 1840 to Pelly. George Dawson confirmed the designation of the river. 1846 Campbell established a trading post at the confluence of Pelly in the Yukon. But this trading post was not successful, and in 1849 it burned down.