River Trail. Existing sections shown in green. Trail is easily followable. In places the trail along the edge is precarious with erosion of the underlying bank and the Yukon trail should be routed a bit inland. River Limit of our . bridge exploring, trail Building a strong walking easy to follow community in DRAFT MAY 25, 2016 No idea of trail opportunities past City Limits. Couple of creek crossings, wetlands; ~12 km apparently doable but really Cantlie Lake a slog in places.

Identify trail past Golden City Limits. Horn. Local Area Plan discusses trails. Red: Urban Containment Boundary North expansion Connect river study area. trail at least to Golden Horn Reserve Trail space City limits Chadburn Lake Park planning process. ~2 km Croucher Designate Trail route Creek Oxbow Find best route island Reserve Trail Space Wolf trail? Chadburn Creek Chadden Lake Cowley Long Lake Creek Lake Robert Hidden . Campbell Lakes Livingstone Trail Bridge Sewage Lagoons Wolf Creek Marwell . . Campground Ponds . . Whistle Spook KDFN Schwatka Bend Creek . Lake Macrae Harmon Marwell Cultural Creek Lakes McIntyre Centre Creek Creek Rotary . Basalt Ear Miles Canyon Creek Fox Haven Hidden Centennial Lake Lake Estates Macauley Marwell Bridge Creek Robert Hidden Valley Little Nine Mile Ice Lake E. Lowe American Takhini Creek footbridge Laundry Creek Connect to McLean Neighbourhood Trail Task Force Lake Takhini River Creek Designate Trail route. Make public Bridge Whitehorse South Neighbourhood Trail Task Force walkways visible and findable. Strong Designate Trail route. Make public walkways visible waymarking using signposts and and findable. Strong waymarking using signposts and medallion-style markers. Keep trail closer medallion-style markers. Move trail closer to river to river. such as at Fox Farm Road/golf course.

Takhini River Bodies of water. Trails. Cities on significant rivers Whitehorse can create a significant long-distance trail. Would it be used? level of importance, such as in the UCB expansion north planning process Trail Task Force starting in May 2016, this is a perfect time to choose a trail often have walking trails alongside them. We hiked On the east side one can easily imagine making it to Grey Mountain from beyond Long Lake, or the Golden Horn Local Area Plan. from Miles Canyon to Wolf Creek. around the Isle of Man a few years ago. They needed the Yukon River Bridge in one day; one walk from downtown to Wolf East side of river, south: Here, a route would be about 35 km. Getting From Wolf Creek to the Yukon River bridge, the area will be partly economic development and looked to tourism. They Creek Campground in a day. And as a stay-another-day attraction for from the Kwanlin dün Cultural Centre to near city limits is about 18 km examined by the trail task force, and also fall under the Golden Horn decided to designate a Coastal Trail by identifying those into nature and healthy living, this would be hard to beat. along official City trails. From the city lmits to the Yukon River bridge a Local Area Plan. existing trails, and then connecting the missing To make it happen we need to start calling the bits and pieces by a formal trail would pass over Kwanlin Dün land blocks. There’s 5.5 km of nice trail pieces — at first taking the trail inland then back to the coast, then by name. Is there a First Nation name appropriate for this; a distinctive logo coming from the Yukon River bridge but about 12 km of unknown route building bridges, switchbacks and by obtaining landowner permissions that can be used as signposts along the way? still to learn to get to the city limits, plus about 3 to get to the Existing to move fences. The result, Raad ny Foillan, is 152 km in length. We spent Yukon River Trail where it meets Juicy. 11 days on the island hiking around the coastal trail. Likewise, city planning processes need to recognize this trail. Due to the nature of where the trail would pass, it’s not feasible to designate a West Side of river, south: From the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre the Here on the Traditional Territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and specific corridor. In places we need to acknowledge the trail as a high trail the trail uses 9 km of official City Trails to get to the Robert E. Lowe Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, people followed trails on both sides of the river, footbridge at Miles Canyon. With the Whitehorse South Neighbourhood from Marsh Lake to .