Paddlewheel Graveyard — Attraction in Yukon

I loved the Paddlewheel Graveyard. It was a nice evening for a walk, so we went down the river bank until we came to the old abandoned Paddlewheel ships.

It's quite impressive! Such history. I was amazed at how large they actually are.

The walk was not hard at all. We just followed the river & you can not miss them! We did have to cross a little stream via a fallen log. Haha. But that made it fun. I suppose you could have just stayed on the river bank & risked wet feet, but that isn't what we chose to do.

It was a fun & interesting place to explore & let your imagination roam.

You can access the river path from the campground. You can drive your car or simply walk knto the free ferry crossing the Yukon River & park in the public area. It's a 15-minute walk at most. I think. Haha.

You don't have to buy a ticket. You don't have to wait in a line. You just have to take a relaxing walk, soak up the fresh Yukon air & enjoy a bit of...

What can I say. I find stuff like this fascinating. Old technology.

Remains of several paddle wheelers crumbled together although you can differentiate them. If the water is low enough, walk along the shore, much easier than in the forested path. You can access either by driving to the end of the Yukon River campground near site 50(?).

Not a maintained exhibit in any way so don’t expect much other than the shells of...

Very cool and almost erie walking through the splinters of these ships. The river was running high so I couldn't walk along the shore and the trails through the woods are wet, narrow, and sketchy. This space could really use a maintained trail. Probably not safe for small children, the hulls are degrading and there's nothing to prevent them from...