About Tutchone Tours
Tutchone Tours is owned and operated by Teri-Lee Isaac, a Selkirk First Nation citizen, of the Northern Tutchone wolf clan in Pelly Crossing, central Yukon, mid-way between Whitehorse and Dawson City. A graduate of the Yukon University & Heritage and Culture Program, Teri-Lee has a wealth of knowledge about the region’s culture and history, and has operated tours on land and water. Recognizing a gap in local tourism services, Teri-Lee started Tutchone Tours, an Indigenous owned business that offers expert led guided boat tours to Fort Selkirk.
She and her partner, William Smith, operate these tours always considering safety as a number one priority. The river boat tours depart from Minto Landing and offer a day trip to Fort Selkirk, return.
Offering a River Boat Tour to historic Fort Selkirk in the Yukon Territory from Minto Landing. This tour offers a guided day trip to Fort Selkirk on a 1’hour riverboat ride to Fort Selkirk as you view wildlife along the way. Breathtaking scenery, on a day or adventure, and cultural learning about the history of the Yukon.
Directions
Once you arrive in the area in your own vehicle, look for signs along the Klondike Highway to Minto Landing and that will direct you to the Yukon River. The Tutchone Tours guide will meet you at the river with their boat and then guide you to Fort Selkirk further downstream. Booking must be made in advance as no one will be at the site at all times.
DISTANCES
From Whitehorse : 252 kms, 2.5 hrs
From Dawson City : 282 kms, 3.5 hrs
From Carmacks : 75 kms, 45 minutes hr
From Pelly Crossing : 34 kms, 25 mins
What you need to know
Our tour operates in light rain or shine. Travellers should bring a jacket, water bottle and comfortable footwear. Please prepare for the weather with appropriate clothing..
If we have to cancel a tour due to extreme weather, safety concerns, or wildlife activities at the site, we will do our best to offer you an alternative tour departure. If that is not possible, we will refund the tour package price.
Travellers will be required to sign a Liability Waiver Form prior to start of tour. Life jackets are provided.
booking policy
Reservations are strongly recommended in advance for our tour. Reservations can be made at any time but must be confirmed with a credit card. To make a Reservation, either click on the any of the tours you’re wanting, select your date of travel or call us at 867-336-3043 or email us at : Tutchonetours@gmail.com to inquire for further information.
Cancellation Policy - If you cannot make your tour when you’ve scheduled, please let us know in advance so that changes can be made to accommodate your tour another time. If you have to cancel at any time, please let me know at least 24 hours in advance or a full payment will not be refunded. Thank You for your consideration.
History of Fort Selkirk
The History of Fort Selkirk goes back over 8,000.00 years ago, according to archeological records. The Hücha Hudän people were the original village site owners and later became a trading post established by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1852. Fort Selkirk was named by explorer Robert Campbell, an operator of the trading post. Although, over the centuries, the Selkirk people had a trading relationship with the Coastal Tlingit’s and would meet to trade during summer camps on the location where the present location is along the banks of the Yukon River. Later, the construction of the Klondike Highway between the 1940’s - 1970’s changed things and the Selkirk people moved first to Minto and later settled in Pelly Crossing. The Selkirk First Nation people (Hücha Hudän) are now a Canadian First Nation Self-Government in Yukon, who continue to occupy Fort Selkirk to fish, hunt and gather seasonally in their traditional surrounding areas.
Most Selkirk people now live in Pelly Crossing, the halfway point between Whitehorse and Dawson City where the Klondike Highway crosses the Pelly River.