Description

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In this thrilling adventure, ten-year-old Charlie is the target of two disreputable gold miners, one who may be a murderer. Charlie flees with his friend Claire, and the youngsters find themselves lost deep in the forest facing greater threats than the dangerous gold miners. Charlie and Claire confront the Yukon wilderness during a time when the only way to get to Dawson City in the summer was on the water with the great paddlewheelers or on foot using the Telegraph Trail. At the Echo Valley wood camp where the children are staying for the summer, there are no roads and no telephones. To survive, they must rely on their wits. Their older siblings, Edward and Victoria, try to rescue them, but are also caught up in the adventure, and a mystery that is not solved until the very end.-- (6/29/2017 12:00:00 AM)

About the Author

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Yvonne Harris spent her childhood in the Yukon in the 1940s during the time of the paddlewheelers. She is an avid outdoors woman, even though a recent stroke has forced her to trade marathon canoeing for easy paddles. She has paddled the Yukon River at least 12 times beginning when her children were babies. Her youngest is now in her thirties. She told the story of the Echo Valley mystery to her children on one of her many trips on the Yukon River. This section of the river where the story is takes place has perfect echoes, thus the name of the wood camp. To write Yukon Gold Mystery, the author researched the Telegraph Trail, taking advantage of the excellent resources of the Yukon Heritage Branch.