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| Title | Two men and a woman standing in flood waters in front of Bank of British North America building, Dawson, ca. 1899 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1899 |
| Notes | On verso of image: Highwater in Dawson
Filed in Canada--Yukon |
| Contextual Notes | The Yukon River has a history of destructive floods. Although the territory's population is sparse, most communities are located on flood plains, a by-product of historical reliance on river transportation. That makes them particularly vulnerable to flooding. The earliest floods in the spring are ice-jam floods, which usually occur in May. Dawson City is particularly susceptible. The floods happen during break-up, when moving ice piles up against a barrier or constriction in the river. The water rises behind the jam and spills over the riverbank. As soon as the danger of ice-jam floods passes, the season for snow-melt flooding begins. And just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water -- along come the glacier and snowfield flooding events. They hit in late summer, when there's a good snow-pack high in the mountains and warm temperatures to melt it. [Source: yourYukon web site, http://www.taiga.net/yourYukon/col255.html] |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Floods--Yukon--Dawson; Banks--Yukon--Dawson; Wooden buildings--Yukon--Dawson; Log buildings--Yukon--Dawson; Group portraits |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Bank of British North America--Buildings; Dawson (Yukon)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Bank buildings--Yukon--Dawson; Flood damage--Yukon--Dawson |
| Location Depicted | Canada--Yukon Territory--Dawson |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC0806
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| Negative Number | UW12829 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Canada Photograph Collection. PH Coll 393 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. |
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