Steamboats of the Yukon River
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unreferenced = July 2008Steamboats played a huge role on the development of Alaska and the Yukon. Access to the interior of Alaska and Yukon was hindered by large mountains and distance, the wide Yukon River provided a solution. The first steamers in the Yukon were work boats for the Collins Overland Telegraph in 1868. The mouth of the Yukon River was far to the west near Nome.
The discovery of gold on Rabbit Creek at Dawson City changed everything. Thousands of gold seekers headed north.Riverboats from the Pacific Northwest headed north to ply the trade.
Hundreds of boats were co-opted and others were built. One dozen identical steamboats were built on Steamboat Slough at Everett for Yukon service. Yards in Seattle, Victoria, Portland, and Vancouver all built boats. The CPR Steamer service ordered more vessels—the "Moyie" and the "Minto", for instance, but they arrived too late for service on the Yukon.
Boats were either steamed across the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea to enter the mouth, or they were transported in pieces over the White Pass and assembled in Whitehorse. The big revenue route was from Whitehorse several hundred miles north to Dawson.
The "Keno" and the "Nenana" survive to this day.
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