A photo collection of many of the steam boats on the Yukon River during the heyday of the various Alaskan and Canadian gold rushes.

1. The Great Paddle Steamers and
workboats of the Yukon River during the
Klondike Gold Rush Era
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2. The Yukon River System:
St. Michael
Lake Bennett

4. Map of the Upper Yukon
River System and Yukon
Territory, which was the
central location of the
Klondike Gold Rush era.
In addition to the various
town sites shown on this
map are the lakes, rivers,
rapids, villages and other
points important to the
Gold Rush period and the
hey-day of the Klondike
paddlewheel steamers.

5. A PICTORIAL HISTORY

6. Registry: US #107517
Assembled by: JH Calvert, Lake Bennett, 1898
Owned & Operated by: Upper Yukon Co. 1898-1901
Out of Service: 1901 (Sunk in storm on Lake LaBerge)
Iron Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 50 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hold: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 15 Passengers: ?
Built by Risdon Iron Works, San Francisco CA – Hauled over White Pass
and Re-assembled at Bennett.
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7. Steamer A.J. Goddard
Hauled over the White
Pass Trail and
assembled at Lake
Bennett
GODDARD, A. J. - Arrived
Skagway in 1898 from Seattle;
built a pioneer steamer and the
only sawmill at Lake Bennett;
left to go back south in 1901.

8. Aksala is “Alaska” backwards, which was its name from 1913-1927.
Registry: US #165171 (1913-27); CA #116621 (1927-52)
Built by: Nilson & Telez in Seattle, Assembled in Whitehorse,1913
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR (BYN Co.), 1913-1952
Out of Service: 1952 (Broken up in Whitehorse, 1964)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 165 ft. Beam: 35 ft. Hold: 6 ft.
Gross Tons: 642 Passengers: 143
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Aksala at Whitehorse, ca. 1950.
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9. Aksala on Lake Laberge. Note reconfiguration of
the bow and some house trim changes.
(Yukon Archives, Donald McLean collection).

10. The Alaska (Aksala) was used as a floating hotel in Whitehorse in 1926,
before being upgraded and placed back in service in 1927.
Alaska being launched at Whitehorse in 1915.
(Yukon Archives photo)

11. Registry: CA #121731
Built by: Vancouver Shipyard at Vancouver, BC in 1906
Owned & Operated by: J. Deeks (1906-1926)
Out of Service: Beached in the late 1950’s
Gasoline Screw Propeller Launch
Length: 36 ft. Beam: 9 ft. Hold: 4 ft.
Gross Tons: 12 Passengers: ?
Atlinto in front of the Atlin Inn in the 1920s
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12. Gasoline Powered Screw
Propeller Launch Atlinto –
Used to haul passengers and
freight on Atlin Lake
Atlinto on the beach at Atlin on August 11, 1991
Atlinto on the beach at Atlin on August 23, 2014

13. Registry: CA #107525
Built by: Canadian Dev. Co. at Bennett, BC in 1899
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR, (BYN Co.) 1901-1904
Out of Service: 1904 (Sold to US PRA in 1942)
Iron Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 115 ft. Beam: 25 ft. Hold: 4 ft.
Gross Tons: 422 Passengers: 200
The intact hull of the Australian can still be seen clearly from
the railway bridge at Carcross on calm days at low water.
Converted for use
as a barge by the
US Public Roads
Administration
for construction
of the Alaska
Highway in 1942.
Sold back to
WP&YR in 1943.
Scuttled near the
Railroad Bridge at
Carcross , YT
about 1970.
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14. Panorama of community of Bennett from hillside looking south-west.
Sternwheeler 'Australian' in foreground.

15. Registry: CA #107715
Built by: Louis Pacquet at Bennett, BC in 1899
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR, 1901-1904
Out of Service: 1904 (Demolished at Whitehorse, 1931)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 110 ft. Beam: 22 ft. Hold: 5 ft.
Gross Tons: 192 Passengers: 24
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16. Steamer Bailey on the Yukon River

17. Steamer Bailey down from Bennett and preparing to
moor for unloading just above Miles Canyon.

18. Registry: US #86414(1898-1900) / CA #107851 (1900-1955)
Built by: Puget Sound Bridge & Dredge, Seattle, WA, 1898
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR (BYN Co.), 1901-1910
Out of Service: 1910 (Conv. to barge 1917, Demolished 1957)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 140 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hold: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 466 Passengers: ?
Originally named the
“Gov. Pingree” for
Nels Peterson, a
successful Bonanza
Creek miner and
owner of the Yukon
Flyer Line, the
previous owner of
the vessel.
Steamer Bonanza King in drydock at Whitehorse, about 1911
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19. The Gov. Pingree, the original name of the Bonanza King

20. Steamboat GOV. PINGREE (later know as the Bonanza King) leaving its winter
quarters in Steamboat Slough near the mouth of the Klondike River, Yukon
Territory, ca. 1899.

21. Registry: CA #103919
Built by: Esquimalt Marine Railway, at Victoria, in 1898
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR (BYN Co.) 1905-1911
Out of Service: 1911 (Hull replaced, became Casca II)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 180 ft. Beam 37 ft. Hold 6 ft.
Gross Tons: 1,300 Passengers: unk.
This historic postcard is in the collection of Murray Lundberg
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23. Registry: CA #103919
Built by: AE Henderson at Whitehorse in 1911
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR (BYN Co.) 1911-1936
Out of Service: 1936 (Wrecked at Rink Rapids)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
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Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 161 ft. Beam: 37 ft. Hold: 6 ft.
Gross Tons: 1,079 Passengers: 144
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24. Registry: CA #170613
Built by: WP&YR (BYN Co.) in Whitehorse, YT in 1937
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1937-1951
Out of Service: 1951 (Burned in Whitehorse 1974)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 180 ft. Beam: 37 ft. Hold: 6 ft.
Gross Tons: 1,300 Passengers: unk.
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
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25. Last used in 1952. Demolished
by fire (arson) at Whitehorse
Friday, June 20, 1974. Named
after the Kaska tribe of
Athabascan Indians.
Kaska may have
originated as
a Tahltian term, which
means old moccasins, and
which was a scornful
name for the Kaska tribe.

26. The Whitehorse and Casca burning at
Whitehorse on June 21, 1974.
This unaccredited photo is in the men's
washroom at the Yukon Transportation
Museum.

27. The sternwheeler Casca at
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory,
Canada, March 1965.

28. Registry: CA #1o7863
Built by: M. Turner in San Francisco in 1898
Owned & Operated by: McLean & Miller 1898-1906
Out of Service: 1907 (Mach. Removed, Abandoned)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 120 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hold: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 284 Passengers: ?
The remains of
the paddle wheel
shaft of the Clara
Monarch in 2002
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29. The remains of the Clara Monarch in a Yukon River slough at Whitehorse,
Yukon, in 2002.

30. Registry: CA #107528
Built by: [Unknown] at Bennett, BC in 1898
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR (BYN Co.) 1903-1904
Out of Service: Wrecked, conv. to a barge 1904,
Barge Wrecked at Dawson 1905
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 120 ft. Beam: 24 ft. Hold: 4 ft.
Gross Tons: 184 Passengers: unk.
Sternwheeler Clifford Sifton running Miles Canyon, July 24, 1900.
Photo by H.C. Barley
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31. SS Clifford Sifton

32. Sternwheelers Clifford Sifton,
Bailey and an unknown boat
behind, at Bennett, probably in
1900.

33. Steamer Clifton Sifton, built in 1898 at Bennett, BC

34. Registry: CA #107091
Built by: John Todd, Victoria, BC in 1898
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR (BYN Co.) 1901-1906
Out of Service: Exploded at Eagle Rock in 1906
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 147 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hold: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 716 Passengers: unk.
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35. Steamer Columbian destroyed by an explosion at Eagle Rock when a crewman
accidentally fired a gun into a load of explosives carried on the bow.

36. Registry: US #157507
Built by: Hall Bros. at Port Blakely, WA in 1898
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR (BYN Co.) 1901-1903
Out of Service: Demolished in 1919
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 150 ft. Beam: 32 ft. Hold: 7 ft.
Gross Tons: 523 Passengers: unk.
In 1904 the vessel was
sold to the Canadian
Pacific Railway Co. and
the name was changed to
the “Capital City.”
Asahel Curtis photograph
The vessel was originally
named for John "Jack"
Dalton (1856–1944), an
Alaskan packer.
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37. The paddlewheel Steamship Capital City (ex Dalton), approaching an unidentified
naval ship, in the waters of Washington state, ca. 1900

38. Registry: CA #107836
Built by: WD Hofus & Co. at Whitehorse in 1901
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR (BYN) Co. 1901-1926
Out of Service: Wrecked & abandoned at Rink Rapids 1926
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 167 ft. Beam: 34 ft. Hold: 5 ft.
Gross Tons: 179 Passengers: 175.
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39. October 13, 1926, at 09:55, the Dawson hit the Upper Reef of Rink Rapids while in
command of Captain Cowley, damaging her hull so badly that she was abandoned.
Her hull was torn open from the boiler aft, and her back broken. At the time of the
sinking, she was carrying 69 passengers, a small amount of freight, and
approximately $100,000 of "gold dust and remittances". The passengers and
"treasure" were taken overland to Whitehorse.

40. Steamer Dawson being launched
from the ways at Whitehorse at
the beginning of the 1906
navigation season.

41. Registry: US #205767
Built by: Henry Bratnober at St. Michael in 1908
Owned & Operated by: Tanana Trading Co. 1908-1912
Out of Service: Wrecked 1913
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 122 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hold: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 352 Passengers: ?

42. Registry: CA #107516
Assembled by: JH Calvert at Lake Bennett in 1899
Owned & Operated by: Upper Yukon Co. 1899-1901
Out of Service: 1901 (Abandoned at Carcross)
Iron Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 50 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hold: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 87 Passengers: ?.
The "F. H. Kilbourne" at King's Mill, on the Nares River
at Caribou Crossing (Carcross), Yukon, ca.1899.
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Built by Risdon Iron Works, San Francisco CA – Hauled over White Pass and Re-
assembled at Bennett.
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43. Steamer FH Kilbourn on Lake Marsh
The ruins of the F. H. Kilbourne. The vessel
was abandoned at Kings Mill at Carcross.
The steel hull was carried across the White
Pass, and riveted together at Lake Bennett.

44. Registry: CA #103916
Built by: BL&K Co. at Wheaton River, YT in 1898
Owned & Operated by: BL&KN Co., 1898-1902
Out of Service: 1905 (Wrecked by ice at Forty Mile)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 80 ft. Beam: 16 ft. Hold: 4 ft.
Gross Tons: 64 Passengers: 75
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45. SS Flora, Arriving in Dawson, YT, from up the river

47. Registry: CA #103916
Built by: Marine Vapor Eng. Co in New Jersey in 1899
Owned & Operated by: NWMP - 1899-1914
Out of Service: 1930 (Abandoned at Atlin)
Wooden Screw Propeller Motor Launch
Length: 50 ft. Beam: 12 ft. Hold: 3 ft.
Gross Tons: ? Passengers: ?
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This historic photo shows the NWMP launch Gladys at Carcross
on September 30, 1905, after being re-powered.
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48. Gladys on the beach at Atlin
in April 20, 2003

49. Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 113 ft. Beam: 25 ft. Hold: 6 ft.
Gross Tons: 241 Passengers: 150
Registry: CA #107526
Built by: Irving Nav Co. at Lake Bennett, 1899
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR, 1901-1923
Out of Service: 1923 (Scuttled in Nares Lake 1955)
The Yukon River
sternwheeler Gleaner
in about 1906,
probably on Tagish
Lake.
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50. The wreckage of the Yukon River
sternwheeler Gleaner at Nares Lake.
Photo taken May 2001

51. Steamer Hannah on the Yukon River, at Eagle, AK, circa 1900.
Destroyed by fire in 1941
Registry: US #96398
Built by: Howard Shipyards, Unalaska, AK in 1898
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1914-1917
Out of Service: Abandoned at St. Michael 1917
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 223 ft. Beam: x ft. Hold: x ft.
Gross Tons: 1,130 Passengers: ?
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52. Steamer Hannah, named for Hannah Gerstle, wife of Alaska Commercial Co.
president, the original owner of the vessel.

53. Stern wheel steamer HANNAH tied up to riverbank, ca. 1904

54. Oil Screw Steel Riverboat
Length: 65 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hold: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 102 Passengers: ?
Registry: US #243456
Built by: [Unknown] at Wrangell, AK in 1941
Owned & Operated by: Barrington Trans. 1941-1945, Sold
Out of Service: Abandoned between 1965 & 1967
Although this vessel did not operate on the Yukon River system, it is included
because of the proximity of the Stikine River and the Cassiar gold fields to the
Yukon River head waters.

55. Oil Screw Steel Riverboat
Length: 93 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hold: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 143 Passengers: ?
Registry: US #231646
Built by: Marine Const. at Seattle, WA in 1932
Owned & Operated by: Barrington Trans. 1932-1942
Out of Service: 1967 (Registry Closed 1981-1988)
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Although this vessel did not operate on the Yukon River system, it is included
because of the proximity of the Stikine River and the Cassiar gold fields to the
Yukon River head waters.
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56. Telegraph Creek &
Wrangell Mail
Service, 1943

57. The riverboat Hazel B. No. 2 on
the Stikine River. (BC Archives
photo F-06987, detail)
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58. Registry: US #209222
Built by: FG Noyes at Fairbanks in 1911
Owned & Operated by: GS Black 1935-1953
Out of Service: 1953 (Abandoned 1956)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 64 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hold: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 98 Passengers: ?

59. Registry: US #77326 / CA #107860
Built by: Moran Bros., Seattle, WA in 1898
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1914-1927
Out of Service: Sold in 1927 (Abandoned at St. Michael)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 176 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hold: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 546 Passengers: ?
Named for the vice
president of the
Seattle-Yukon
Transportation Co.
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60. Registry: CA #107154
Built by: Burrand Drydock, Vancouver , 1898
Owned & Operated by: Col. Domville 1898-1899
Out of Service: Wrecked at Thirty Mile River 1899
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 122 ft. Beam: 26 ft. Hold: 5 ft.
Gross Tons: 486 Passengers: 100
The James Domville at Dawson with the barge
Seattle No. 4, by Asahel Curtis, 1899
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61. The James Domville wrecked on
the Thirty Mile River, 1899

62. Steamer James Domville wrecked at Thirty Mile River

63. Registry: US #77320
Built by: Assembled at St. Michael, 1898
Owned & Operated by: PE&M Co. 1898-1904
Out of Service: Demolished in 1905
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 83 ft. Beam: 15 ft. Hold: 3 ft. Gross
Tons: 495 Passengers: ?
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64. Registry: CA #107621
Built by: John Steffan in Bennett, BC in 1898
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1901-1903
Out of Service: 1903 (Broken up in 1903)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 80 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hold: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 147 Passengers: ?
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65. Steamboat JOSEPH CLOSSET loading wood at a wood camp, probably on the
Yukon River, Yukon Territory, ca. 1899.

66. Registry: US #205169
Built by: Cook & Lake in Seattle, WA, 1908
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1918-1923
Out of Service: Sold in 1923 (Abandoned near Dawson)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 159 ft. Beam: 38 ft. Hold: 6 ft.
Gross Tons: 853 Passengers: ?
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Julia B’s cargo deck
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67. Julia B’s boiler pokes out of the remains of her superstructure

68. The Julia B. on the Yukon River, c1900
Sternwheeler Julia B, c.1960

69. Three sternwheelers dry docked at the 'boneyard' at Dawson: the Julia B, the Seattle
No. 3 of St. Michael, and the Schwatka of St. Michael. An unidentified barge is also
visible.

70. Registry: US #116618
Built by: WP&YR in Whitehorse, YT in1922
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1922-1950
Out of Service: 1950 (Put on display Dawson City 1960)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 141 ft. Beam: x ft. Hold: x ft. Gross
Tons: 613 Passengers: ?
The Keno on February 7, 2019
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71. The SS Keno is now berthed in dry dock on the waterfront of the Yukon
River in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. It was moved to Dawson City under its own
power in 1960)

73. Registry: US #220473 / CA #116619
Built by: WP&YR in Whitehorse, YT in1913
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1920-1922
Out of Service: 1922 (Rebuilt & Renamed Neecheah)
Wooden Gas-Powered Propeller Launch
Length: 64 ft. Beam: 19 ft. Hold: 3 ft. Gross
Tons: 36 Passengers: ?
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74. The tunnel-hull design, with the
propellers inset to protect them from
rocks. September 6, 2002.
The Kestrel (1913-1927)
/ Neecheah (1927-1952)

75. November 8, 2018, Yukon Transportation Museum, Whitehorse, YT

76. Registry: CA #116627
Built by: WP&YR in Whitehorse, YT in1929
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1929-1936
Out of Service: 1936 (Foundered at Hootalinqua, YT)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 210 ft. Beam: x ft. Hold: x ft. Gross
Tons: 1285 Passengers: ?
The Klondike 1 sank in June 1936 near Hootalinqua.
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77. SS Klondike, on display at Whitehorse, 2008
Registry: CA #156744
Built by: WP&YR in Whitehorse, YT in1937
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1937-1955
Out of Service: 1955 (Put on display Whitehorse 1966)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 210 ft. Beam: x ft. Hold: x ft.
Gross Tons: 1363 Passengers: ?
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78. Last steamboat in regular
service on the Upper Yukon
River, last run on July 4,
1955. Put on display at
Whitehorse in 1966.
Klondike was derived from
a Hän (Athabascan)
phrase, which means
hammer water.

80. It's the little details like this coffee pot that make the
ship feel like the crew is just outside, about ready to
cast off for Dawson City.
The staterooms are very small, as passengers spent most
of their time in the public areas of the ship.

82. "Klondike"(II) sternwheeler (paddle steamer) running freight between Whitehorse
and Dawson City along the Yukon River, c.1943. Soldiers on deck and dock.

83. Registry: US #161114
Built by: Moran Bros, Dutch harbor, AK in1898
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1913-1917
Out of Service: 1917 (Abandoned at St. Michael 1936)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 121 ft. Beam: x ft. Hold: x ft.
Gross Tons: 406 Passengers: ?
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84. The vessel Kluhane during summer of 1944
Registry: CA #126942
Built by: Victoria Mach. Victoria, BC in 1909
Owned & Operated by: Taylor & Drury 1909-1920
Out of Service: Retired in 1920
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 55 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hold: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 19 Passengers: ?

85. Yukon Sternwheel Steamer KLUAHNE, Early 1900‘s:

86. LOON (1943), built 1929 by Askew
Boat Works.
A color image of the LOON in the
summer of 1956.
Registry: CA #[None]
Built by: WP&YR at Whitehorse, 1922
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1922-1951
Out of Service: 1951, Trans to Mayo Village for restoration
Wooden Gas-Powered Propeller Launch
Length: 54 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hull: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 30 Passengers: ?
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87. Registry: US #141572
Built by: Howard Shipyards at Unalaska, 1898
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1914-1920
Out of Service: 1920 (Abandoned at St. Michael 1943)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 165 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hull: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 717 Passengers: ?

88. Registry: CA #107257
Built by: Coffey & Hanley at New Westminster, BC in 1898
Owned & Operated by: McKenna 1898-1920
Out of Service: 1920 (Wrecked and abandoned)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 165 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hull: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 717 Passengers: ?
The Steamer Alameda was know as the
Lully C for a period in 1899 only. It was
originally owned by the Upper Yukon Co.,
sold to John J. McKenna in in 1898, sold to
Victoria Yukon Trading Co. in 1899, and
then resold back to McKenna later in 1899.
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89. Registry:
Built by: At Seattle, WA in 1883
Owned & Operated by: 1897-1900
Out of Service:
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 108 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hull: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 230 Passengers: ?
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90. Registry: US #92856 / CA #107839
Built by: Moran Bros. at Seattle, WA in 1898
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1901-1903
Out of Service: 1903 (Abandoned at Dawson City 1928)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 176 ft. Beam: 35 ft. Hull: 4 ft.
Gross Tons: 718 Passengers: ?
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Steamboat MARY GRAFF frozen in at the
Yukon Dock, Dawson, Yukon Territory, 1901.
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91. Registry: CA #107863
Built by: M. Turner at San Francisco in 1898
Owned & Operated by: Various 1898-1904
Out of Service: Foundered at Whitehorse 1904
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 120 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hull: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 284 Passengers: ?
No Photo Available
Affectionately known as the Clare Monarch

92. Registry: US #92855
Built by: TC Reed at Ballard, WA 1898
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1914-1927
Out of Service: Abandoned at St. Michael 1927
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 150 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hull: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 463 Passengers: ?
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93. Steamer Monarch at Dawson City, July 21, 1898

94. Broadside view of the 'Monarch' docked at
the WP&YR wharf at Whitehorse.

95. Registry: [Unknown]
Built by: Berg Shipbuilding, Nenana, AK 1933
Owned & Operated by: Alaska Railroad Corp.
Out of Service: 1957 (Put on display 1965)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 237 ft. Beam: 42 ft. Hull: ?
ft. Gross Tons: 1,000 Passengers: 48
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97. Riverboat Nenana on display at Fairbanks, AK

98. Paddlewheel Steamer Nenana, Fairbanks, AK
This was the last steamboat in regular service on the Lower Yukon River (1954). She
was officially retired in 1955. The last voyage under power was from Nenana to
Fairbanks in 1957. She was put on display at Pioneer Park in 1965.

99. Registry: CA #103915
Built by: B. Fowler at Wheaton River, YT in 1898
Owned & Operated by: BL&K Co. 1898-1901
Out of Service: 1903, Dismantled, Hull used as a barge
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 80 ft. Beam: 16 ft. Hull: 4 ft.
Gross Tons: 67 Passengers:
Sternwheeler Nora at Fort Selkirk, ca. 1900.
(Photo by Case & Draper)
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100. Steamboat NORA at Miles Canyon Landing on the Yukon River, Yukon
Territory, July 1899.

101. U. S. Revenue Steamer Nunivak at Rampart , AK
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 180 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hull: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 486 Passengers: ?
Registry: US #200528
Built by: Union Iron Works at San Francisco in 1898
Owned & Operated by: US Revenue Cutter Service 1898-1909
Out of Service: Crushed in ice at Nenana in 1909
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102. Officers of the U. S. S. Nunivak.
Reading from the right are First
Lieut J. C. Cantwell, Secont Lieut.
B. H. Camden, Asst. Engineer T.
G. Lewton, Third Lieut. W. J.
Wheeler, Third Lieut. Eugene
Blake, and Surgeon J. T. White

103. Interior View of Wardroom of U. S. S. Nunivak

105. Nunivak taking on board coal at the Pioneer Coal Mine, Yukon River
Subject: Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska), Nunivak (Steamer),
Pioneer Coal Mine (Alaska)

106. Blocking up the Nunivak on the beach at St. Michael after hauling her out at the end
of the active season of 1901 Subject: Nunivak (Steamer), Saint Michael (Alaska), Dry
docks

107. Hauling out the Nunivak at St. Michael at the end of the
active season of 1901 Subject: Nunivak (Steamer), Saint
Michael (Alaska), Dry docks

108. Steamer Portus B. Weare on the Yukon, ca. 1895
Registry: US #150646
Built by: NAT&T Co. at St. Michael in 1892
Owned (never used) by: WP&YR 1914-1927
Out of Service: Abandoned at St. Michael 1927
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 175 ft. Beam: 28 ft. Hull: 4 ft.
Gross Tons: 400 Passengers: ?
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109. Portus B. Weare immediately after launch in September 1892 leaving St.
Michael Island for the Yukon

111. Steamboats PROSPECTOR (foreground) and BONANZA KING
on the Yukon River at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, 1901.
Registry: CA #107865
Built by: Stewart River Co. in Whitehorse in 1901
Owned by: Acquired by WP&YR 1907
Out of Service: Broken up at McIntyre Creek, YT in 1912
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 111 ft. Beam: 22 ft. Hull: 5 ft.
Gross Tons: 263 Passengers: ?
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112. Steamboat PROSPECTOR and three scows
on the Yukon River, Yukon Territory, 1901.

113. Steamboat PROSPECTOR at a landing on
the Yukon River, Yukon Territory, 1901.

114. Registry: CA #133738
Built by: WP&YR in Whitehorse in 1912
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1912 to 1952
Out of Service: Foundered at Dawson in 1952
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 141 ft. Beam: 28 ft. Hull: 4 ft.
Gross Tons: 570 Passengers: ?
Originally named the Nasutin. Renamed the Prospector in 1912
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115. Steamboat PROSPECTOR leaving Dawson
for Whitehorse on the last trip of the
season, Yukon Territory, Oct.19, 1905.

116. Registry: US #111177
Built by: Seattle Yukon Trading at Seattle in 1898
Owned by: Various 1898-1906
Out of Service: Crushed in ice at Chena 1906
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 134 ft. Beam: 32 ft. Hull: 6 ft.
Gross Tons: 534 Passengers: ?
The Rock Island (Yukon Archives #6524)
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117. The Ruth, a 50-foot long
sternwheeler, was built at
Lake Bennett in 1898. She
worked from Bennett to
Canyon City and Taku
until being destroyed by
fire in 1902.
Registry: CA #107518
Built by: JH Calvert at Bennett, BC in 1898
Owned by: Various 1898-1902
Out of Service: Demolished by fire in 1902
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 50 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hull: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 52 Passengers: ?
Taking on wood at Atlin, BC

118. Registry: US #116856
Built by: Howard Shipyard at Unalaska in 1898
Owned by: WP&YR 1914-1918
Out of Service: Abandoned at St. Michael 1927
Demolished by fire 1944
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 223 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hull: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 1,1302 Passengers: ?
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119. Yukon sternwheeler Sarah alongside the smaller steamer Wilbur Crimmin (the
smaller paddle wheeler in front with a barge), both of St. Michael, Alaska

121. Registry: US #116812
Built by: Hall Bros. at Port Blakely, WA in 1898
Owned by: WP&YR 1914-1917; ARR 1917-1942 (Never used)
Out of Service: 1917 (Abandoned near Dawson 1942)
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 146 ft. Beam: 30 ft. Hull: 5 ft.
Gross Tons: 484 Passengers: 73 Berths
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122. Steamer SCHWATKA and barges on the Yukon River, Alaska.

123. Steamer (Schwatka) and its tow - Rampart City
Cornell University Library - Historic Glacial Images of Alaska & Greenland Collection
Photographer: Ralph Stockman Tarr - 1911

124. Water front Fairbanks - showing Steamer Schwatka
Cornell University Library - Historic Glacial Images of Alaska & Greenland Collection
Photographer: Ralph Stockman Tarr - 1911

125. Registry: US #116854
Built by: Moran Bros. at Dutch Harbor, AK in 1898
Owned by: WP&YR 1914-1922
Out of Service: Abandoned near Dawson 1922
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 151 ft. Beam: 35 ft. Hull: 6 ft.
Gross Tons: 548 Passengers: 73 Berths
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127. The remains of the paddlewheel from Seattle No. 3

128. Registry: CA #107835
Built by: BYN Co. at Whitehorse, YT in 1901
Owned by: WP&YR 1901-1920
Out of Service: Wrecked near Stewart River 1920
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 167 ft. Beam: 34 ft. Hull: 5 ft.
Gross Tons: 490 Passengers: 75
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129. Sternwheelers O.M.C.S.U and the Selkirk

130. The S.S. Susie offloading and refueling at Eagle, ca. 1909. Local residents, Fort Egbert
soldiers, and neatly stacked cords of firewood for the steamer’s boilers are onshore.
Courtesy of Eagle Historical Society.
Registry: US #116855
Built by: Howard Shipyards at Unalaska in 1898
Owned by: WP&YR 1914-1917 (Sold to ARR)
Out of Service: Abandoned at St. Michael 1942
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 223 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hull: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 1,130 Passengers:
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131. Steamboat Susie on the Yukon River

132. Steamer Susie leaving Dawson, YT

133. Passengers in 1908 watch as the steamboat Susie powers upriver and across the
international border between Alaska and Canada. The 20-foot-wide line through the
trees (visible atop the ridge) was cleared one year earlier by U.S. and Canadian survey
teams. (UAF Archives, Meinzer Collection)

134. Registry: US #201297
Built by: Northern Comm. At St. Michael in 1904
Owned by: WP&YR 1914-1921
Out of Service: Foundered near Minto in 19212
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 150 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hull: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 495 Passengers: ?
The paddle wheeler Tanana
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135. Steamer TANANA, in Alaska,
between 1890 and 1900

136. Gas Screw Propeller Excursion Boat
Length: 78 ft. Beam: 20 ft. Hold: 6 ft.
Gross Tons: 176 Passengers: ?
Registry: CA #138539
Built by: Cousins Bros at Atlin, BC, in 1917
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1917-1936
Out of Service: 1936, on display at Atlin, used as a Restaurant
Tarahne” was directly derived from Tarahini, which was the name of a
little creek at Atlin.
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138. Tarahne sails away from the Atlin Inn in the 1930s

139. Wood Sternwheeler Steamboat
Length: 102 ft. Beam: 20 ft. Hold: 4 ft.
Gross Tons: 225 Passengers: ?
Registry: CA #107867
Built by: D. McPhee at Lower Leberge Lake, YT in 1902
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1903-1919 (Sold)
Out of Service: 1929 (Foundered during storm in Lake Leberge)
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The Sternwheeler Thistle leaving Ross River.
Claude and Mary Tidd Fonds
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140. Six crew members
standing on the deck
of the Thistle at Ross
River.
The
sternwheeler
Thistle on the
Pelly River

141. The sternwheeler Thistle pushing a barge on the Pelly River.

142. Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 167 ft. Beam: 35 ft. Hold: 6 ft.
Gross Tons: 1,041 Passengers: 135
Registry: CA #138695
Built by: Cousins Bros at Carcross, 1917
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1917-1955
Out of Service: 1955 (Put on display at Carcross 1972)
Destroyed by Fire (Arson) 1990
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143. Tutshi was put on display at
Carcross in 1972. Demolished by
fire (arson) at Carcross in 1990.
Tutshi was derived from a
Tlingit phrase, which means
lake in which there is charcoal.

145. Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 146 ft. Beam: 33 ft. Hold: 5 ft.
Gross Tons: 455 Passengers: 75
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Registry: CA #103917
Built by: JH Todd at Victoria in 1898
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1901-1908
Out of Service: 1908 (Demolished at Dawson in 1928)
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146. Steamboat VICTORIAN leaving Dawson for White Horse, Yukon
Territory, July 8, 1899.

147. Registry: CA #197837
Built by: Hofus & Co. at Whitehorse, 1901
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1901-1953
Out of Service: 1953 in Whitehorse, Burned in 1974
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 171 ft. Beam: 33 ft. Hold: 5 ft.
Gross Tons: 455 Passengers: 75
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148. Affectionately known as
the “Old Gray Mare”

149. WHITEHORSE (1943)
Last used in 1953. Demolished
by fire (arson) at Whitehorse
in 1974
Whitehorse refers to the
appearance of rapids in the
Yukon River.

152. Registry: US #1623
Built by: James Casey in Seattle, WA in 1898
Owned & Operated by: Alec McDonald
Out of Service: Foundered near Selkirk, YT in 1899
Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 75 ft. Beam: ? ft. Hold: ? ft.
Gross Tons: 94 Passengers: 75
Named for Winfield S.
Stratton (1848-1902),
gold king of Cripple
Creek, Colorado, who
financed the boat.
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153. Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 184 ft. Beam: 37 ft. Hold: 6 ft.
Gross Tons: 983 Passengers: ?
Registry: US #81758
Built by:Axton & Son in Ballard, WA in 1901
Owned & Operated by: Acquired by WP&YR in 1914
Out of Service: Abandoned at St. Michael in 1927
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155. Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 184 ft. Beam: 37 ft. Hold: 6 ft.
Gross Tons: 983 Passengers: ?
Registry: US #165172
Built by: Nilson & Kelez in Seattle, WA in 1913
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1913-1942 (Sold to ARR)
Out of Service: Damaged by ice – 1947,
Demolished by fire in Tanana in 1948
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158. Originally owned by C.P. Nav. Co. Sold to North British American Trading &
Transportation Co. in 1898. Resold to Trading & Exploration Co. in 1899 and to
Canadian Development Co. in 1900. Acquired by White Pass in 1901.
Yukon was derived
from a Gwich’in
(Athabascan) phrase,
which means big
river.
Registry: CA #107098
Built by: CP Nav Co. at St. Michael, 1898
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1901-1903
Out of Service: 1903, broken up in Whitehorse, 1957
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Length: 171 ft. Beam: 32 ft. Hold: 6 ft.
Gross Tons: 781 Passengers: 45
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160. Yukoner in Five Finger Rapids

161. Yukoner (1956). Last used
in 1903. Broken up at
Whitehorse in 1958.
Yukoner (1948)

162. The small YUKON ROSE in front of KENO before KENO was
shipped to Dawson.
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Beam: 32 ft. Hold: 6 ft.
Gross Tons: 781 Passengers: 45
Registry: CA #116630
Built by: Askey Boat Works, Vancouver, BC in 1929
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1948 to
Out of Service: Sold, still in use

163. A group of men loading the
Yukon Rose at Whitehorse
(July 1929)

164. The Yukon Rose stuck
on a sandbar, July 1929
The Yukon Rose coming
into Ross River (1929).

165. The Yukon Rose arrives at Ross River pushing a barge (July 1930).
The Yukon Rose and a scow docked at Ross River (1929).

166. WP&YR
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Wooden Sternwheeler Steamship
Length: 102 ft. Beam: 23 ft. Hold: 5 ft.
Gross Tons: 141 Passengers: ??
Registry: CA #??
Built by: Alex Watson, Lake Bennett, BC in 1899
Owned & Operated by: WP&YR 1901 to 19043
Out of Service: Demolished at Whitehorse in 1931

167. Yukon Riverboat
Slide Show By:
Dave Henderson,
Ketchikan, Alaska
There were many more
steam boats on the
Yukon River back in the
day, but these are what
I have been able to
learn about and get
photos of. Hope you
enjoy.
09/08/2022