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In 1901, the company entered the steamboat business to complete the service to points on the Yukon River. Beginning in 1901, the White Pass was almost the exclusive operator on the Upper Yukon River (Whitehorse–Dawson City). The service also included Tagish Lake and Atlin Lake, the headwaters of the Yukon River. [2]
Never on the Yukon River. Eklutna: None by 1917 41 feet Owned by Alaskan Engineering Commission. Used on the Cook Inlet. Retired at the end of 1917. Disposed of between 1924 & 1930. Never on the Yukon River. - Eklutna was derived from the Dena'ina idiom idlu-tnu, which figuratively refers to two hills near the Eklutna River.
Steamboats also operated on the Red River to Shreveport, Louisiana. [citation needed] In April 1815, Captain Henry Miller Shreve was the first person to bring a steamboat, the Enterprise, up the Red River. [citation needed] By 1839 after Captain Henry Miller Shreve broke the Great Raft log jam had been 160 miles long on the river. [52]
Most of the 266 sternwheelers that operated on the Yukon River were large multi-decked wooden vessels. [21] The A. J. Goddard is the only example found of the smaller steamboats. [ 21 ] The vessel was not ideally suited for the larger sections of the Yukon River; instead it had a short but successful career on Lake Laberge. [ 21 ]
The 50th anniversary of the Steamboat Classic brings an opportunity to look back at some of the memorable moments from a half-century of races.
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Former Peoria Notre Dame state champion Maryjeanne Gilbert won the female portion of the 15K by almost four minutes in 57:45. The 26-year-old Peorian was running her first Steamboat since 2013
The book, published by The History Press, dedicates 30 pages to the various boats that called Lake Whatcom home around the turn of the century.Among the most notable of those was the Edith, a 77 ...