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| Title | Klondikers crossing frozen Lake Laberge with boats and sleds outfitted with sails, Yukon Territory, 1897. |
| Photographer | La Roche, Frank |
| Date | 1897 |
| Notes | Caption on image: ""Ice-sailing across Lake Le Barge""
""Ice sailing across Lake Le Barge. The lake is a beautiful sheet of water thirty-five miles long. It is about twenty-four miles from the White Horse Rapids and the intervening River is smooth and deep the whole distance. It is no uncommon thing for the boat to be wind bound for several days at a time. When winter has set in and the lake has become a sheet of ice, the delightful sensation of sailing across the frozen surface will not only be enjoyed but will hasten the traveler on his northward journey. It is exhilarating and heathful, and if the wind be favorable it will recompense the gold-seeker for previous delays. The group in the photograph presents the appearance of a pleasure party rather than men who are fighting hardships."" (Frank La Roche, En Route to the Klondike, 1898)
Klondike Gold Rush. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Ice--Yukon
Lakes & ponds--Yukon
Iceboats--Yukon
Dogs--Yukon Territory
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Laberge, Lake (Yukon)
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| Location Depicted | Canada--Yukon Territory--Lake Laberge |
| Digital Collection | Frank La Roche Photograph Collection
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| Order Number | LAR231 |
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| Negative Number | La Roche 2101 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Frank La Roche Photograph Collection. PH Coll 283 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 72 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3. 8/1998. |
