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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]
Hull out of documentation, 1914 to 1938. Hull owned by George S. Black and rebuilt into a barge in 1938. Foundered on the Yukon River near Galena, Alaska, in 1952. - Boat most likely named for Florence S. Starkey (1854–1936), wife of Harry H. Starkey, both investors in the S-YT Co. [75] Flying: None by 1917 Operated on the Upper Yukon River.
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.
A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, Alexander Nicolls Press, Vancouver, BC 2000 ISBN 0-920034-08-X Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest , Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (1966)
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 ...
The Yukon River flows for 3,190 km (1,980 mi) through Yukon and Alaska, and its catchment area covers approximately 832,700 km 2 (321,500 sq mi). [1] The Yukon's name is derived from a Gwich’in name, meaning "Great River", and the waterway has been used by aboriginal groups in the area for many centuries. From the middle of the 19th century ...
The Yukon River proper starts at the northern end of Marsh Lake, just south of Whitehorse. Some argue that the source of the Yukon River should really be Teslin Lake and the Teslin River, which has a larger flow when it reaches the Yukon at Hootalinqua. The upper end of the Yukon River was originally known as the Lewes River until it was ...