Yukon Books by Gus Karpes

Gus has been writing about the Yukon for more than twenty-five years. He has authored a series of books on the wild rivers of Southern Yukon, is an award winning columnist and his latest book “FOOTSTEPS ON THE LIVINGSTONE TRAIL” is an adventure novel set in early Yukon.

Gus is an award-winning columnist a historian and a naturalist with a love for the outdoors. He is a member of the Outdoor Writers of Canada and a member of the Yukon Order of Pioneers. Gus and his wife Irene live at Lake Laberge.

LV1 – Footsteps on the Livingstone Trail – A novel.
ISBN 978-1-896407-15-9 – Kugh Enterprises, Whitehorse, Yukon 2009
170 pages. – soft cover – 1st edition
$14.95

Book description

Since 1918, the Mount Laurier Valley and the Livingstone winter trail to Lake Laberge has guarded the secret of Peter Cranston’s brutal murder and the whereabouts of a fortune in gold nuggets that he wrested from the Livingstone goldfields.

More than 40 years later, a chance encounter with the only witness to the murder leads Sam Jeager on a quest into the Yukon wilderness to find Cranston’s cache of raw gold. The Yukon does not give up its treasure easily and to make matters worse, he has to deal with a ruthless thief who is determined to beat him to the prize.

His first Yukon novel! Gus writes about his favorite subjects, Lake Laberge, the Livingstone Valley and the Yukon Wilderness that has been his home for many years. First edition - first printing - signed by author.

Listen to an interview with Gus Karpes on CBC Radio about the book.

TL1 – TALES FROM THE LAKE – A collection of stories from Lake Laberge, Yukon.
ISBN No. 978-1-896407-16-6 – Kugh Enterprises, Whitehorse, Yukon 2009
Soft cover – 187 pages – 1st edition
$19.95

Book description

A delightful collection of sixty-three life stories. The tales are about living at the lake away from the urban comforts and conveniences of the city. Gus also shares many of his experiences as a river guide, naturalist and wilderness tour operator accumulated over the years that he and his wife Irene Pugh have lived in Canada’s far north.
First edition - first printing - signed by author.

Watch Youtube video on Footsteps on the Livingston Trail and Tales from the Lake.

Listen to an interview with Gus Karpes on CBC Radio about the book.

YR1 – Exploring the Upper Yukon River - Part 1 – Whitehorse to Carmacks.
Photo ISBN 978-1-896407-04-3 – Kugh Enterprises, Whitehorse, Yukon. 200mi / 320km – seven to ten days. 5th revised printing 1996. 140 pages. $8.95.

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YR2 – Exploring the Upper Yukon River – Part 2 – Carmacks to Dawson City.

ISBN 0-88839-421-7 – Hancock House, Vancouver, B.C. 1998 – 112 pages. 260mi /416km – seven to ten days. $12.95

TR1 – The Teslin River
– Johnson’s Crossing to Hootalinqua Yukon Canada.

Photo ISBN 978-1-896307-00-5 – Kugh Enterprises, Whitehorse, Yukon Eight to ten days including Yukon River portion to Carmacks – 5th printing 1995- cerlox bound. $8.95.

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BS1 – Exploring the Big Salmon River – Quiet Lake to the Yukon River.

Photo ISBN – 1-88839-422-5 – Hancock House, Surrey, B.C. 1998. 147mi/235km - ten to 12 days including Yukon River portion to Carmacks. $11.95