Yukon who is who

Heinz Sauer

Heinz Sauer grew up in Munich and arrived in Canada when he was 21. He came to the Yukon in 1978 and worked at the Faro lead-zinc-silver mine. He liked the bush so bought a trap line and worked for another trapper for half a year to learn the skills. His cabin is downriver from Minto and so he built a boat of plywood and fibreglass. Encouraged by friends, he started giving boat rides and tours of Fort Selkirk. His last boat was a sleek Yukon-built aluminium vessel. He ferried tourists from Minto to Fort Selkirk for fifteen years, from 1992 to 2007.¹⁾