Caribou Sighting

During the winter months in the Yukon, caribou can be seen traveling along and crossing roadways. There are two herds of barren-ground caribou in the Yukon: the large Porcupine Herd and the smaller Forty Mile Herd. Barren-ground caribou are herd animals and may be found in both of these herds. These enormous herds go south later in the year after beginning their trek in the north during the spring.

When tens of thousands of Porcupine Caribou migrate over the 740-kilometer Dempster Highway from Dawson City in the winter, you can see them in northern Yukon.

These enormous herds travel north in the spring and then south in the fall. The ideal time to observe wolves and lynx on the Dempster Highway is during the winter, though. Stay at Canada's Best Value Inn in Dawson City to observe animals.