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| Title | Shooting White Horse Rapids in a canoe, 1905 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1905 |
| Caption | People traveling to the Klondike had to survive the dangers of the Yukon River to reach the gold fields. The river's White Horse Rapids were so treacherous that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police allowed only men to run them in boats. Women and children had to walk around the rapids.
In this 1905 photo, taken at the Yukon River, three men run the White Horse Rapids in a canoe. |
| Subjects | Gold rushes; Canoes; Rivers Shooting rapids |
| Places | Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska); White Horse Rapids (Yukon) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.13100 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 negative: glass, b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 15, 705 |
