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Steamboat NORA at Miles Canyon Landing on the Yukon River, Yukon Territory, July 1899.
Steamboat NORA at Miles Canyon Landing on the Yukon River, Yukon Territory, July 1899.
TitleSteamboat NORA at Miles Canyon Landing on the Yukon River, Yukon Territory, July 1899.
PhotographerGoetzman, H. J.
Date1899
NotesCaption on image: "Miles Canyon"

The Canyon and White Horse Rapids Tramway Company was used for portaging around the Whitehorse Rapids on the Yukon River.

PH Coll 246.21

[Meed journal: "Steamer "Nora" of the Bennett Lake and Klondike Navigation Co. Freight was unloaded from the boat here and carried over a log railway past the canyon and the White Horse Rapids by the White Horse and Miles Canyon Tramway Co [sic]. 1899."].

Klondike Gold Rush.
Subjects (LCTGM)Steamboats--Yukon--Miles Canyon
Horse railroads--Yukon--Miles Canyon
Portages--Yukon--Miles Canyon
Subjects (LCSH)Nora (Stern wheeler)
White Horse and Miles Canyon Tramway Company (Yukon)
Bennett Lake and Klondike Navigation Company
Freight and freightage--Yukon--Miles Canyon
Location depictedCanada--Yukon Territory--Miles Canyon
Digital CollectionWilliam E. Meed Collection
Order NumberMEE160
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RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionWilliam E. Meed Photograph Collection. PH Coll 246
Repository Collection GuideTo view the finding aid for this collection see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/photosgraphics/MeedWilliamPHColl246.xml
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 72 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3. 5/1998.
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