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    Yukon - Charley Rivers

    National Preserve Alaska

Coal Creek Dredge

Coal Creek Dredge
Coal Creek Dredge
NPS Photo by Josh Spice
 

The Coal Creek Dredge is a piece of living history in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.
Located about a mile off the Yukon River, up the Coal Creek drainage, the dredge stands as it did when the miners left it, decades ago. Many tools and supplies remain inside as if they walked away yesterday.

Step back in time and experience the history of mining in Yukon-Charley Rivers by:

- Taking a Self-Guided Dredge Tour (pdf)

- Learning about Yukon River Mining History and Techniques (pdf)

- Re-living and Remembering Life at Coal Creek (pdf)

- Reading about the History of the Coal Creek Dredge

Did You Know?

Steam Tractor

The Washington Creek steam tractor was used in an effort to transport coal before it was determined that the coal in Yukon-Charley was too soft to be burned by sternwheelers.