Quebec man wraps up 3,200-kilometre trek down Yukon River
On the last leg of his 3,200-kilometre voyage down the Yukon River on a riverboard, Denis Morin was moved to tears.
He had stopped for a day to rest in Mountain Village, Alaska, a reservation of less than 1,000 people. He connected with the people there, he said, and when he left, a group of villagers bid him farewell on the beach.
The Quebec man said traditionally, that’s something they do for loved ones who are leaving by boat.
“I saw a group of people coming to the beach, just to see me,” he said. “I’ll bring that with me for a long time.”