Photograph of an old road of [18]98 from above canyon to below Whitehorse Rapids. In the lower left of the photograph is an impression of a message that states "shoot peters ammunition."
2 maps on one sheet. Shows present-day Angoon area and Kootznahoo Inlet on the west coast of Admiralty Island and present-day Wrangell Harbor. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. "From a sketch by G. Davidson,...
Portion of map missing. Shows rivers, mountains, rapids, mountain ranges. Includes notes on topography and river characteristics. Relief shown by hill shading, form lines and spot heights.
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title from caption. Photograph of a portion of the Five Finger Rapids on the Yukon River. Narrative in photo album reads: "At the left approaching Five Finger Rapids from upstream in the Yukon River. They are formed by 4 small islands & only...
Title from caption. Photograph of the entrance to Miles Canyon. Narrative in photo album reads: "Below the entrance into Miles Can[y]on, the watery grave of many a miner. The sides are perpendicular rock from the swiftly flowing water. Once...
Title from image. Postcard of three men shooting the Whitehorse Rapids near Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. The postcard incorrectly states these rapids are located in Alaska. Narrative in photo album reads: "The lower end of Miles...
Title from caption. Photograph of the Whitehorse Rapids. Narrative in photo album reads: "Above: My shot from a distance of the rapids, named 'White Horse' because the foaming, leaping waters are artistically said to resemble leaping white...
Title from caption. Photograph from a sternwheeler approaching the Five Finger Rapids. Narrative in photo album reads: "On our boat approaching Five Finger Rapids in the upper Yukon. Current was so swift that in going upstream, a cable was...
Title from caption. Photograph of a small boat negotiating the Five Finger Rapids. Narrative in photo album reads: "Small boat in the Five Fingers going down stream."
Title from caption. Boat on the Yukon River's White Horse Rapids. Caption reads: "In loaded scow, this is a very dangerous piece of water situated a couple miles or so above the Canadian town of White Horse and about 110 miles from Skaguay...
Title from caption. Photograph of a scow shooting Miles Canyon near Whitehorse, YT. Caption reads: "Shooting Miles Canyon on scow, the waters of this Box Canyon run very swift and many early stampeders lost their lives [on] it decending in...
Title from caption. Image is a postcard. Image shows a bridge over some rushing rapids on a river. Caption reads "857 Whirlpool Rapids". The appears to be the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge on the Niagara River. Verso reads "11am. July 22. Dear...
Postcard is postmarked from Gulkana, Alaska on May 30, 1910 and addressed to Mr L.J. Clemons, Devine, Texas, Medina Co. [County]. Written on verso, "Rapids Road house on the trail. Valdez 207 miles Fairbanks 139. May...
Title from caption. Photograph of the sternwheeler Nora negotiating the Five Finger Rapids. Caption reads: "Small steamer coming up the Yukon river. This particular point of the upper river derives the name of 'Five Fingers' on account of...
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River conditions
villages; Galena; Fairbanks; hauled horses; north slope; big wheels; Yukon River bridge; couldn't get passed rapids; pushed it over; Lyndon transport; rapids downstream; fast; Rampart; advertising; Bush...
One minute 57 second, black & white/silent film clip.
Images include traveling from Cordova on the Copper River and Northwestern Railway with scenes of the two million dollar bridge, Miles and Childs Glaciers, Abercrombie Rapids on the...
Title taken from caption. "9357 -- (13) In Spring of 1898 the ice disappeared from the upper lakes during the latter part of May, and on the 30th of that month the first grand section of the Yukon flotilla set sail from the headwaters of Lake...