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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.
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)
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]
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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
Fort Reliance is an abandoned trading post in the territory of Yukon, Canada. [1] It stands on the east bank of the Yukon River, 13 km (8.1 mi) downstream of the town of Dawson City. The fort was established in 1874 by François Mercier, Jack McQuesten, and Francis Barnfield for the Alaska Commercial Company to serve as a trading post.
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