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Description
Collection Name
Stereographic Library Collection, ca. 1800-1910
Identifier
UAF-1975-178-13
Title
Going
up
the
Yukon
River
by
Moonlight
to
Dawson
City
,
Alaska
Description
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
Bennett
bound
for
Dawson
and the
Klondike
. The
voyage
occupied
from
two
weeks
to a
month
, the
time
depending
much
upon
the
character
of the
boat
, the
weight
of the
cargo
and the
energy
of the
crew
. At this
season
of the
year
the
nights
are
very
brief
and
it
is
possible
to
keep
the
boats
under
way
the
entire
twenty-four
hours
.
There were
about
7,000
boats
that
made
the
trip
down
the
Yukon
at this
time
,
carrying
approximately
20,000
argonauts
and
7,000
tons
of
supplies
.
Some
portions
of the
journey
were
especially
dangerous
, and there were
frequent
furious
gales
on the
lakes
, and
many
ugly
rocks
and
dangerous
rapids
in the
rivers
; but
notwithstanding
these
conditions
it
is
remarkable
that
so
few
fatalities
resulted
among
this
eager
throng
of
voyagers.
"
"
John
P
.
Clum
,
U.S.P.O
.
Inspector
and
Lecturer.
"
Copyright
,
1900
, by
B
.
L
.
Singley
Creator
Singley, B. L.
Contributors
Keystone View Company (Publishers)
Subject.TGM
Travel
Boats
Steamboats
Sunrises & sunsets
Gold rushes
Location
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
Region
Interior Alaska
Outside
Time Period
1896 to 1913
Type
Image (Stereographs)
Ordering & Use
For information on ordering and using this material:
http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution
Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.;
mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu
--(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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