Yukon issues flood watch as ice breaks up along Klondike River near Dawson City
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DAWSON CITY – The Yukon government has issued a flood watch for the Klondike River near Dawson City as warm temperatures hasten the ice breakup, while a stretch of the Alaska Highway is closed due to flooding in another area.
The flood watch says the Klondike River is open from Rock Creek to its mouth in Dawson City, but several ice jams and ice sheets remain upstream.
It says one ice jam near Henderson Corner is causing backwater flooding, and there’s potential the ice could move downstream and affect additional properties.
The jam is not expected to reform below Rock Creek once the ice is released, and while the bulletin says water levels will temporarily rise, flooding is not likely.
A lower-level ice advisory remains in effect for the lower Yukon River, while another is in place for the Nordenskiold River around Carmacks.
A stretch of the Alaska Highway, meanwhile, is closed from Beaver Creek to the U.S. border, with an email from Julia Duchesne, an information officer with the territory’s emergency coordination centre, saying the closure is due to flooding.
The Yukon road conditions website shows the highway is closed for about 33 kilometres, from the 1,870-kilometre mark to kilometre 1,903.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 3, 2026.