Klondike Highway
Dawson Range
Stewart Crossing
Klondike river
Yukon river


The Northern Tutchone speaking people who live at Pelly Crossing traditionally led a nomadic life in the lower Pelly River area.
When Robert Campbell established a trading post at fort Selkirk, the site was already a meeting place for trade with the coastal Tlingit First Nations. The Hucha Hudan, the people of the flat country, started to settle there on a seasonal basis, drawn by the facilities, jobs at wood camps and on the paddlewheelers. A solitary post grew to a thriving community. In the 1950’s a road was constructed north from Whitehorse, and Pelly Crossing was established as a ferry crossing and highway construction camp. With the completion of the road, the paddlewheelers stopped running the rivers and Fort Selkirk was virtually abandoned.
 

The Selkirk First Nation first mover to Minto and finally settled at Pelly Crossing. Their Final Claims and Self-Government Agreements were signed at Minto in 1997. The Selkirk First Nation Council administers the community of Pelly Crossing

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Marcello Pelly terri at The Pelly River

It is already early morning August 13th.
The air is hazy from forrest fires in Alaska.
It feels like a different planet.