Motorboating Yukon's Historic Waterways
Come aboard for a Yukon motorboat tour and explore our grand rivers and lakes from the comfort of a cabin cruiser or a custom-made Yukon riverboat. Our roads and highways pale in comparison to our vast network of Yukon river routes and waterways. A Yukon cruise on a motorboat allows you to retrace the journeys of First Nations people travelling by canoe and sternwheelers navigating the rivers during the Klondike Gold Rush.
Whether your passion is history, fishing or watching wildlife, choose from a range of motorboat tours—from dinner cruises and shore camping excursions to multi-day adventures in luxury accommodations.
Yukon River Motorboat Tours and Cruises
Boasting 600 kilometres of scenic interconnected lakes, the Southern Lakes form the headwaters of the Yukon River. At Whitehorse the river squeezes through Miles Canyon, once filled with boiling rapids that resembled the flowing manes of white horses. Today the Yukon River is tamed by a dam and this scenic journey downriver can be enjoyed by motorboat.
Downstream, the Yukon River is lined with historical attractions and side trips at Lake Laberge, Hootalinqua, Carmacks, Fort Selkirk and Dawson City. If swinging in a boatswain's chair is your kind of adventure, book a Yukon River motorboat tour. If you are comfortable in Yukon waters without a licensed guide, motorboat rentals are available to explore at your own pace.
Your Yukon motorboat tour embarks here.