Title	Taku River Expedition. Yukon Mining Trading and Transport Co. 1897
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Identifier	ASL-PCA-0004
Collection Name	Yukon Mining, Trading and Transport Company Photograph Collection, 1897. ASL-PCA-4.
Description	These two volumes illustrate an 1897 expedition up the Taku River by members of the Yukon Mining, Trading and Transport Company in the summer of 1897. The expedition was led by P.I. Packard who proposed to build a railroad to Dawson via the Taku River. Other members included T. Gordon Janney, W.A. Pratt, A.E. Johnson and James S. Johnson. The albums record the trip up the Taku River by canoe; Tlingit Indian villages, fish camps and communities from Ketchikan to Skagway. Collection contains images of the expedition members as well as Taku Chief Annatlas, Tlingit Indian camp Hoochinoo No. 1, fish camps, Nakana River, Inklin River, Juneau churches and buildings, Ketchikan, Wrangell, and Skagway.
Subject.TGM	Photograph albums
Personal Name	Packard, P.I. Pratt, William A. Janney, T. Gordon Johnson, A.E. Annatlas (Taku Indian Chief) Aanyálahaash, Taku Chief
Location	Juneau (Alaska) Ketchikan (Alaska) Skagway (Alaska) Wrangell (Alaska) Taku river (B.C. and Alaska)
Region	Southeast Alaska Outside Alaska
Type	Image (Photograph albums)
Related Materials	Alaska State Library Catalog: http://jlc-web.uaa.alaska.edu/client/asl/search/results?qu=%2251990355%22
Language	English
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Holding Institution	Alaska State Library - Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571; asl.historical@alaska.gov

Taku River Expedition. Yukon Mining Trading and Transport Co. 1897

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