Teslin River

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The Teslin River is a river in southern Yukon Territory, Canada, that flows 393 miles from its source, Teslin Lake, to its confluence with the Yukon River.

During the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896-99, the river became a popular route to the Klondike gold fields near Dawson City with the stampeders who had crossed the Coast Mountains by routes such as the Chilkoot Trail or the White Pass trail.

The English name of the Teslin River is derived from native names. In the local Tutchone language it was called Delin Chu and the Chilkat natives called it Tes-s'l-heena. Prospectors and explorers passing through the region recorded that the local natives called the river Teslin-tuh or Teslin-too, from which we get the English name.