Steamboats of the Yukon River
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Steamboats 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 on the lower Yukon River were work boats for the Collins Overland Telegraph in 1868 with small steamer called the Wilder. The mouth of the Yukon River was far to the west at St. Michael
and a journey from Seattle or San Francisco covered some 4000 miles (6,437.4 km).
—the Youkon [sic] of 1869, and the St. Michael of 1879.
Slowly the north was being opened up with the help of river steamers. The Portus B. Weare worked the river after 1892.
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 by Moran Bros.
(hull Nos. 9-20). 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 river 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.
Almost 300 commercial steamboats worked the Yukon River over the years.
In 1900, the White Pass & Yukon Route completed its railroad line between Skagway, Alaska
and Whitehorse, Yukon. In 1901, the company entered into the steamboat business to complete service to points on the Yukon River. Beginning in 1901, the White Pass was almost the exclusive operator on the Upper Yukon River (Whitehorse-Dawson City). Service also included Tagish Lake
and Atlin Lake
, the headwaters of the Yukon River.
-St. Michael), and the biggest operator on the Tanana
/Chena
Rivers (Tanana-Nenana
-Fairbanks
). The Northern Navigation Co. had been formed by earlier mergers including the River Divisions of the Alaska Commercial Co., the Alaska Exploration Co., the Seattle-Yukon Transportation Co., the Empire Transportation Co., and the North American Transportation & Trading Co.
At its zenith, 1914–1921, White Pass served over 2000 miles (3,218.7 km) of rivers and lakes by boat and had a near-monopoly on public transportation in the region. Throughout its reign over the Yukon River and tributaries, the White Pass obtained 88 steamboats, some new, most from companies it took over. It inherited most of the boats of the former major operators on the Yukon River.
White Pass boats which operated on the Upper Yukon River generally were registered in Canada and were operated by a subsidiary known as the British Yukon Navigation Co. White Pass boats which operated on the Lower Yukon River generally were registered in the U.S.A. and were operated by a subsidiary known as the American Yukon Navigation Co.
Beginning in 1922, most of the White Pass business on the Lower Yukon River and on the Tanana/Chena Rivers was eliminated by competition from the Alaskan Engineering Commission or “U.S. Government Railroad” (which was reorganized as The Alaska Railroad
in 1923). After the U.S. Government Railroad reached Nenana in 1922, the White Pass cut back service on the Lower Yukon to between Dawson City and Tanana only, and on the Tanana River to between Tanana and Nenana only. The Alaska Railroad operated commercial boats on the Tanana River and on the Lower Yukon River from the 1923 reorganization until the end of 1953. On the Tanana River, the A.R.R. operated between Nenana and Tanana. On the Lower Yukon River, the A.R.R. operated between Tanana and Marshall, Alaska
. The Alaska Railroad discontinued river passenger service at the end of the 1949 season. Connecting passenger service between Marshall and St. Michael was provided by the Northern Commercial Co.
, from 1923 to 1949, using the 45-foot 16-gross ton gasoline-powered screw propeller vessel Agulleit (U.S.A. #214487).
The Alaska Railroad ended its river freight operation and leased all of its river equipment to the Yutana Barge Line beginning in 1954. The A.R.R. sold its remaining river equipment to the Yutana Barge Line in 1980. The White Pass discontinued regular service on the Lower Yukon River and Tanana River at the end of the 1941 season. The White Pass was put out of the river business altogether by competition from the North Klondike Highway (Whitehorse-Dawson City) and the Atlin Road
, which were completed in the early 1950s. Only one former White Pass boat remains operational, the Diesel-powered Yukon Rose. One more is being considered for restoration, the gasoline-powered Loon.
The last steamboat in regular service on the Lower Yukon River was the Nenana
, in 1954. The last steamboat in regular service on the Upper Yukon River was Klondike
(Klondike II), which made her last run on July 4, 1955. The last commercial steamboat to operate under its own power on the Yukon River was Keno, from Whitehorse to Dawson City on August 26–29, 1960. It was an equipment run to move the boat for purposes of putting it on display at Dawson City. Keno, the second Klondike, Neecheah, Nenana, and Tarahne survive as museums.
In addition to the above boats, White Pass at various times owned the following 25 small, unregistered gasoline powered
- screw propeller boats: Anna, Brandt, Dodo, Donjek, Falcon, Hawk, Hazel B, Keno Work Boat, Kotlik
, Norgold, Pelican, Pete, Pilot No. 2, Relief, Sea Sled
, Shushanna, 1st Sibilla, 2nd Sibilla, Splegatus, Gas Launch Tasmanian, Teal, Tyee, Wahpoo, Woodchuck, and a boat of unknown name which worked on Summit Lake, British Columbia in June 1899.
The Alaska Railroad also purchased five additional steam power
– stern wheel
boats from the White Pass, the Minneapolis (1926), the Schwatka
(1943), the Seattle No. 3 (1943), the Susie (1943), and the White Seal (1926). Details relating to these five vessels may be found under “White Pass & Yukon Route Boats,” above. None of these five vessels was ever used by The A.R.R. These five vessels were part of package purchases. The White Seal was immediately resold, and the other four were immediately abandoned. In addition, the Alaskan Engineering Commission owned the Eklutna
, an unregistered steam powered boat of unknown propulsion, during the construction of the U.S. Government Railroad (later, The A.R.R.).
The Alaskan Engineering Commission also operated the following 14 small gasoline powered
- screw propeller boats on the Susitna River
and on the Cook Inlet
at various times during construction of the U.S. Government Railroad (later, The Alaska Railroad): Alaska, B&B, B&B No. 2, B&B No. 3, B&B No. 4, B&B No. 5, Betty M, Islander (U.S.A. #210852), Martha Angelina, Red Wing, Standard, Sunbeam, Sunflower, and Swan. (“B&B” was a reference to the original owners of those five boats, Sydney C. Barrington and Charles M. Binkley. All five built by Canal Mfg. Co., Seattle, Washington in 1916. Transferred to the A.E.C. later that year.)
See
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
and the Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
. Access to the interior of Alaska and Yukon was hindered by large mountains and distance, the wide Yukon River
Yukon River
The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. The source of the river is located in British Columbia, Canada. The next portion lies in, and gives its name to Yukon Territory. The lower half of the river lies in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river is long and empties into...
provided a solution. The first steamers on the lower Yukon River were work boats for the Collins Overland Telegraph in 1868 with small steamer called the Wilder. The mouth of the Yukon River was far to the west at St. Michael
St. Michael, Alaska
St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St...
and a journey from Seattle or San Francisco covered some 4000 miles (6,437.4 km).
Early history
There were a series of steamers owned by the Alaska Commercial CompanyAlaska Commercial Company
The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the...
—the Youkon [sic] of 1869, and the St. Michael of 1879.
Slowly the north was being opened up with the help of river steamers. The Portus B. Weare worked the river after 1892.
Gold rush
The discovery of gold on Rabbit CreekBonanza Creek
Bonanza Creek is a watercourse in Yukon Territory, Canada. It runs for about from King Solomon's Dome to the Klondike River. In the last years of the 19th century and the early 20th century, Bonanza Creek was the center of the Klondike Gold Rush, which attracted tens of thousands of prospectors to...
at Dawson City changed everything. Thousands of gold seekers headed north
Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush, also called the Yukon Gold Rush, the Alaska Gold Rush and the Last Great Gold Rush, was an attempt by an estimated 100,000 people to travel to the Klondike region the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1897 and 1899 in the hope of successfully prospecting for gold...
.
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 by Moran Bros.
Robert Moran (shipbuilder)
Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated...
(hull Nos. 9-20). Yards in Seattle, Victoria, Portland, and Vancouver all built boats. The CPR Steamer service ordered more vessels—the Moyie
Moyie (sternwheeler)
The Moyie is a paddle steamer sternwheeler that worked on Kootenay Lake in British Columbia, Canada from 1898 until 1957.After her nearly sixty years of service, she was sold to the town of Kaslo and restored...
and the Minto, for instance, but they arrived too late for service on the Yukon.
Boats were either steamed across the Gulf of Alaska
Gulf of Alaska
The Gulf of Alaska is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east, where Glacier Bay and the Inside Passage are found.The entire shoreline of the Gulf is...
and Bering Sea
Bering Sea
The Bering Sea is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises a deep water basin, which then rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves....
to enter the river mouth, or they were transported in pieces over the White Pass
White Pass
White Pass is a mountain pass through the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains on the border of the U.S. state of Alaska and the province of British Columbia, Canada...
and assembled in Whitehorse
Whitehorse, Yukon
Whitehorse is Yukon's capital and largest city . It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1476 on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which originates in British Columbia and meets the Bering Sea in...
. The big revenue route was from Whitehorse several hundred miles north to Dawson.
Almost 300 commercial steamboats worked the Yukon River over the years.
In 1900, the White Pass & Yukon Route completed its railroad line between Skagway, Alaska
Skagway, Alaska
Skagway is a first-class borough in Alaska, on the Alaska Panhandle. It was formerly a city first incorporated in 1900 that was re-incorporated as a borough on June 25, 2007. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city was 862...
and Whitehorse, Yukon. In 1901, the company entered into the steamboat business to complete service to points on the Yukon River. Beginning in 1901, the White Pass was almost the exclusive operator on the Upper Yukon River (Whitehorse-Dawson City). Service also included Tagish Lake
Tagish Lake
Tagish Lake is a lake in the Yukon Territory and northern British Columbia, Canada. The lake is more than long and about 2 km wide.It has two arms, the Taku Arm in the east which is very long and mostly in British Columbia and Windy Arm in the west, mostly in the Yukon. The Klondike Highway runs...
and Atlin Lake
Atlin Lake
Atlin Lake is a lake in northwestern British Columbia and is that province's largest natural lake. The northern tip of the lake is in the Yukon, as is Little Atlin Lake. However, most of the lake lies within the Atlin District of British Columbia...
, the headwaters of the Yukon River.
Reorganization
In 1914, White Pass took over the Northern Navigation Co., which was the biggest operator on the Lower Yukon River (Dawson City-TananaTanana, Alaska
Tanana is a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 308. It is formerly known as Clachotin...
-St. Michael), and the biggest operator on the Tanana
Tanana River
The Tanana River is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to linguist and anthropologist William Bright, the name is from the Koyukon tene no, tenene, literally "trail river"....
/Chena
Chena River
The Chena River is a 100-mile-long river in the Interior region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows generally west from the White Mountains to the Tanana River near the city of Fairbanks, which is built on both sides of the river...
Rivers (Tanana-Nenana
Nenana, Alaska
Nenana is a Home Rule City in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Nenana lies at the juncture of the Nenana River and the Tanana River. The population was 402 at the 2000 census. "Nenana" means 'a good place to camp between two rivers.'-History...
-Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage...
). The Northern Navigation Co. had been formed by earlier mergers including the River Divisions of the Alaska Commercial Co., the Alaska Exploration Co., the Seattle-Yukon Transportation Co., the Empire Transportation Co., and the North American Transportation & Trading Co.
At its zenith, 1914–1921, White Pass served over 2000 miles (3,218.7 km) of rivers and lakes by boat and had a near-monopoly on public transportation in the region. Throughout its reign over the Yukon River and tributaries, the White Pass obtained 88 steamboats, some new, most from companies it took over. It inherited most of the boats of the former major operators on the Yukon River.
White Pass boats which operated on the Upper Yukon River generally were registered in Canada and were operated by a subsidiary known as the British Yukon Navigation Co. White Pass boats which operated on the Lower Yukon River generally were registered in the U.S.A. and were operated by a subsidiary known as the American Yukon Navigation Co.
Beginning in 1922, most of the White Pass business on the Lower Yukon River and on the Tanana/Chena Rivers was eliminated by competition from the Alaskan Engineering Commission or “U.S. Government Railroad” (which was reorganized as The Alaska Railroad
Alaska Railroad
The Alaska Railroad is a Class II railroad which extends from Seward and Whittier, in the south of the state of Alaska, in the United States, to Fairbanks , and beyond to Eielson Air Force Base and Fort Wainwright in the interior of that state...
in 1923). After the U.S. Government Railroad reached Nenana in 1922, the White Pass cut back service on the Lower Yukon to between Dawson City and Tanana only, and on the Tanana River to between Tanana and Nenana only. The Alaska Railroad operated commercial boats on the Tanana River and on the Lower Yukon River from the 1923 reorganization until the end of 1953. On the Tanana River, the A.R.R. operated between Nenana and Tanana. On the Lower Yukon River, the A.R.R. operated between Tanana and Marshall, Alaska
Marshall, Alaska
Marshall is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 349.-Geography:Marshall is located at ....
. The Alaska Railroad discontinued river passenger service at the end of the 1949 season. Connecting passenger service between Marshall and St. Michael was provided by the Northern Commercial Co.
Alaska Commercial Company
The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the...
, from 1923 to 1949, using the 45-foot 16-gross ton gasoline-powered screw propeller vessel Agulleit (U.S.A. #214487).
The Alaska Railroad ended its river freight operation and leased all of its river equipment to the Yutana Barge Line beginning in 1954. The A.R.R. sold its remaining river equipment to the Yutana Barge Line in 1980. The White Pass discontinued regular service on the Lower Yukon River and Tanana River at the end of the 1941 season. The White Pass was put out of the river business altogether by competition from the North Klondike Highway (Whitehorse-Dawson City) and the Atlin Road
Atlin Road
The Atlin Road is a road in British Columbia and Yukon, Canada. It is designated as Highway 7 in Yukon, and has no official highway number in British Columbia....
, which were completed in the early 1950s. Only one former White Pass boat remains operational, the Diesel-powered Yukon Rose. One more is being considered for restoration, the gasoline-powered Loon.
The last steamboat in regular service on the Lower Yukon River was the Nenana
Nenana (steamer)
The SS Nenana is a river sternwheel paddleship currently preserved and displayed at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks, Alaska. It is the only surviving wooden one of this type. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989...
, in 1954. The last steamboat in regular service on the Upper Yukon River was Klondike
SS Klondike
The SS Klondike was the name of two sternwheelers, the second now a national historic site located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Both ran freight between Whitehorse and Dawson City along the Yukon River from 1921-1936 and 1936-1950, respectively....
(Klondike II), which made her last run on July 4, 1955. The last commercial steamboat to operate under its own power on the Yukon River was Keno, from Whitehorse to Dawson City on August 26–29, 1960. It was an equipment run to move the boat for purposes of putting it on display at Dawson City. Keno, the second Klondike, Neecheah, Nenana, and Tarahne survive as museums.
White Pass & Yukon Route Boats
| Name | Registry(ies) | Year Built | Where Built | Builder | Volume (gross tons) | Hull Length | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aksala (Alaska Alaska Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait... , 1913–1927) |
U.S.A. #165171 (1913–1927); Canada #116621 (1927–1964) |
1913 | Seattle, Washington (hull Hull (watercraft) A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull is the superstructure and/or deckhouse, where present. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.The structure of the hull varies depending on the vessel type... ); Whitehorse, Yukon (superstructure Superstructure A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline. This term is applied to various kinds of physical structures such as buildings, bridges, or ships... ) |
Nilson & Kelez Shipbuilding Corp. (hull); White Pass (superstructure) |
1067 (785, 1913–1927) |
167 feet | Last used in 1951. Broken up at Whitehorse in 1964. Aksala is Alaska spelled backwards. Alaska is derived from an Aleut Aleut language Aleut is a language of the Eskimo–Aleut language family. It is the heritage language of the Aleut people living in the Aleutian Islands, Pribilof Islands, and Commander Islands. As of 2007 there were about 150 speakers of Aleut .- Dialects :Aleut is alone with the Eskimo languages in the... (Eskimo–Aleut) phrase, which literally means object toward which the action of the sea is directed, and refers to the main land. |
| Alice (of Kuskokwim Kuskokwim River The Kuskokwim River or Kusko River is a river, long, in Southwest Alaska in the United States. It is the ninth largest river in the United States by average discharge volume at its mouth and seventeenth largest by basin drainage area.The river provides the principal drainage for an area of the... ) |
U.S.A. #107253 | 1895 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... |
400 | 160 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Commercial Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned at St. Marys, Alaska St. Mary's, Alaska St. Mary's is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 500.-Geography:St... in 1917. Named for Alice Levison (1873–1973), daughter of Alaska Commercial Co. president Lewis Gerstle. |
| Alice (of Susitna Susitna River The Susitna River is a long river in the Southcentral Alaska. It is the 15th largest river in the United States of America, ranked by average discharge volume at its mouth. The river stretches from the Susitna Glacier to Cook Inlet.... ) |
U.S.A. #260095 | 1909 | Seattle, Washington | Cook & Lake Shipyards | 262 | 111 feet | Originally owned by Northern Navigation Co. Sold to Cook Inlet Transportation Co. in 1911. Sold back to Northern Navigation in 1913. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Last used by White Pass in 1917. Sold to The Alaska R.R. in 1926. Retired and resold to mission at Holy Cross, Alaska Holy Cross, Alaska Holy Cross is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States... in 1953. |
| Anglian | Canada #107512 | 1898 | Teslin, Yukon Teslin, Yukon The community of Teslin includes the Village of Teslin and an adjacent Indian Reserve in the Yukon, Canada. Teslin is situated at historical Mile 804 on the Alaska Highway along Teslin Lake. The Hudson's Bay Company established a small trading post at Teslin in 1903... |
Teslin Transportation Co. | 162 | 85 feet | Originally owned by Teslin Transportation Co. Sold to Canadian Development Co. in 1898. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Last used by White Pass in 1901. Broken up at Whitehorse, Yukon in 1931. Angles Angles The Angles is a modern English term for a Germanic people who took their name from the ancestral cultural region of Angeln, a district located in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany... were a Germanic tribe that settled in England, which was originally called Angle Land. |
| Arnold | U.S.A. #107353 | 1898 | Dutch Harbor, Alaska Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska.... |
Thomas Patrick Henry Whitelaw | 692 | 181 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Exploration Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned across the bay from St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1917. Named for Arnold Lloyd Liebes (1889–1957), son of Alaska Exploration Co. president Isaac Liebes. |
| Australian | Canada #107525 | 1899 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
Canadian Development Co. | 422 | 115 feet | Originally owned by Canadian Development Co. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Last used by White Pass in 1904. Sold to U.S. Public Roads Administration Federal Highway Administration The Federal Highway Administration is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two "programs," the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program... and converted to Barge #1450 in 1942. Transferred back to White Pass in 1943. Scuttled at Carcross, Yukon Carcross, Yukon Carcross, originally known as Caribou Crossing, is an unincorporated community in the Territory of Yukon, Canada on Bennett Lake and Nares Lake. It has a population of 431 and is home to the Carcross/Tagish First Nation.... about 1970. Named for the many Australians who participated in the Klondike Gold Rush Klondike Gold Rush The Klondike Gold Rush, also called the Yukon Gold Rush, the Alaska Gold Rush and the Last Great Gold Rush, was an attempt by an estimated 100,000 people to travel to the Klondike region the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1897 and 1899 in the hope of successfully prospecting for gold... . |
| Bella | U.S.A. #3759 | 1896 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Matthew Turner Matthew Turner (shipbuilder) Matthew Turner was an American sea captain, shipbuilder and designer. He constructed 228 vessels, of which 154 were built in the Matthew Turner shipyard in Benicia... |
370 | 140 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned at St. Michael in 1917. Named for Hannah Isabelle “Bella” Lilienthal (1856–1923), daughter of Alaska Commercial Co. general manager Louis Sloss. |
| Bonanza King (Gov. Pingree, 1898–1900) |
U.S.A. #86414 (1898–1900); Canada #107851 (1900–1955) |
1898 | Seattle, Washington | Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company was a major shipbuilding and construction company, located in Seattle, Washington. The firm was established in 1898 on Elliott Bay in Puget Sound. The company was engaged in construction projects around the United States and built ships for the U.S. Navy at... (hull #1) |
466 | 140 feet | Originally owned by Boston & Alaska Transportation Co. Sold to the Yukon Flyer Line in 1900. Resold to P. Burns & Co. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Last used as a boat by White Pass in 1910. Converted to lumber storeroom at Whitehorse, Yukon in 1917. Broken up after 1955. Named after Bonanza Creek Bonanza Creek Bonanza Creek is a watercourse in Yukon Territory, Canada. It runs for about from King Solomon's Dome to the Klondike River. In the last years of the 19th century and the early 20th century, Bonanza Creek was the center of the Klondike Gold Rush, which attracted tens of thousands of prospectors to... , in the Klondike Valley, where gold was discovered in 1896. |
| Canadian | Canada #107094 | 1898 | Victoria, British Columbia | John H. Todd | 716 | 147 feet | Originally owned by Canadian Development Co. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Last used in 1927. Placed as riprap in Yukon River at Whitehorse, Yukon in 1931. Machinery recovered from river in 1997. Canada was derived from a Huron (Iroquoian Iroquoian languages The Iroquoian languages are a First Nation and Native American language family.-Family division:*Ruttenber, Edward Manning. 1992 [1872]. History of the Indian tribes of Hudson's River. Hope Farm Press.... ) phrase, which means a collection of dwellings. |
| 1st Casca | Canada #103919 | 1898 | Victoria, British Columbia | Esquimalt Marine Railway Co. (hull #1) |
590 | 140 feet | Originally owned by Casca Trading & Transportation Co. Sold to Otto R. Bremmer in 1899 or 1900. Resold to Ironside, Rennie & Campbell Co. in 1903. Acquired by White Pass in 1904. Last used in 1909. Broken up at Lower Laberge, Yukon Lake Laberge Lake Laberge is a widening of the Yukon River north of Whitehorse, Yukon in Canada. It is fifty kilometres long and ranges from two to five kilometres wide. Its water is always very cold, and its weather often harsh and suddenly variable.... in 1911. Named after the Kaska tribe of Athabascan Indians Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... . |
| 2nd Casca | Canada #103919 | 1911 | Whitehorse, Yukon | White Pass | 1079 | 161 feet | Foundered at Rink Rapids, Yukon in 1936. Named after the Kaska tribe of Athabascan Indians Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... . |
| 3rd Casca | Canada #170618 | 1937 | Whitehorse, Yukon | White Pass | 1300 | 180 feet | Last used in 1951. Transferred to Canadian Government in 1960. Demolished by fire (arson Arson Arson is the crime of intentionally or maliciously setting fire to structures or wildland areas. It may be distinguished from other causes such as spontaneous combustion and natural wildfires... ) at Whitehorse in 1974. Named after the Kaska tribe of Athabascan Indians Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... . |
| Chas. H. Hamilton | U.S.A. #127290 | 1897 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #6) |
595 | 190 feet | Originally owned by North American Transportation & Trading Co. Sold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1911. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Sold by White Pass and abandoned by new owner at St. Michael Canal, Alaska in 1927. Named for Charles H. Hamilton (1872–1929), manager of the N.A.T.&T. Co. |
| Clifford Sifton Clifford Sifton Sir Clifford Sifton, PC, KCMG was a Canadian politician best known for being Minister of the Interior under Sir Wilfrid Laurier... |
Canada #107528 | 1898 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
Dominion Steamboat Line | 291 | 120 feet | Originally owned by Dominion Steamboat. Acquired by White Pass in 1903. Last used as a powerboat in 1903. Converted to barge 1st Hootalinqua in 1904. Demolished in a collision at Dawson City, Yukon in 1905. |
| Columbian Sternwheeler Columbian disaster Characterized as the worst disaster in the Yukon River's history, the sternwheeler Columbian exploded and burned at Eagle Rock, Yukon, Canada, on September 25, 1906, killing six men... |
Canada #107091 | 1898 | Victoria, British Columbia | John H. Todd | 716 | 147 feet | Originally owned by Canadian Development Co. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Exploded at Eagle Rock, Yukon in 1906. |
| D. R. Campbell | U.S.A. #157509 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #10) |
718 | 176 feet | Originally owned by Seattle-Yukon Transportation Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Sold by White Pass and abandoned by new owner at St. Michael Canal, Alaska in 1927. Named for David Rae Campbell (1830–1911), a Maine wool manufacturer who financed the Seattle-Yukon Transportation Co. |
| Dalton Capital City (sternwheeler) Capital City was a sternwheel steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. The vessel was originally named Dalton.-Career:Capital City was built in 1898 at Port Blakely at the Hall Brothers shipyard. This vessel was originally owned by Canadian Pacific Ry. and was acquired by White Pass in 1901,... |
U.S.A. #157507 | 1898 | Port Blakely, Washington Port Blakely, Bainbridge Island, Washington Port Blakely is a community of Bainbridge Island, Washington. It is located on the east side of the island, slightly to the south. The centre of Port Blakely is generally defined as the intersection of Blakely Hill Road and Blakely Avenue NE, although the wider area is generally also known as... |
Hall Bros. | 523 | 150 feet | Originally owned by Canadian Pacific Ry. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Not used under White Pass ownership. Sold to S. Willey Steamship & Navigation Co. and renamed Capital City in 1901. Resold to McDonald Steamship Co. in 1903. Resold to Olympia-Tacoma Navigation Co. in 1904. Resold to Dallas, Portland & Astoria Navigation Co. in 1906. Broken up in 1919. Named for John “Jack” Dalton (1856–1944), Alaskan packer. |
| Dawson George Mercer Dawson Dr. George Mercer Dawson F.R.S., C.M.G., was a Canadian scientist and surveyor. He was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, the eldest son of Sir John William Dawson, Principal of McGill University and his wife, Lady Margaret Dawson... |
Canada #107836 | 1901 | Whitehorse, Yukon | W. D. Hofius & Co. for White Pass | 778 | 167 feet | Foundered at Rink Rapids, Yukon in 1926. |
| Delta | U.S.A. #202463 | 1905 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Joseph M. Supple and Thomas Achilles | 293 | 120 feet | Originally owned by Northern Navigation Co. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Last used in 1916. Abandoned at St. Michael in 1936. |
| F. K. Gustin | U.S.A. #121071 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #11) |
718 | 176 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Exploration Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned at St. Marys, Alaska St. Mary's, Alaska St. Mary's is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 500.-Geography:St... in 1917. |
| G. M. Dawson George Mercer Dawson Dr. George Mercer Dawson F.R.S., C.M.G., was a Canadian scientist and surveyor. He was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, the eldest son of Sir John William Dawson, Principal of McGill University and his wife, Lady Margaret Dawson... |
U.S.A. #111544 | 1901 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canadian Pacific Ry. | 550 | 151 feet | Originally owned by C.P. Ry. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Not used under White Pass ownership. Stripped and hull Hull (watercraft) A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull is the superstructure and/or deckhouse, where present. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.The structure of the hull varies depending on the vessel type... sold by White Pass in 1901. Hull abandoned at Queen Charlotte Island, British Columbia Queen Charlotte Islands Haida Gwaii , formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands, is an archipelago on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Haida Gwaii consists of two main islands: Graham Island in the north, and Moresby Island in the south, along with approximately 150 smaller islands with a total landmass of... . |
| Gleaner | Canada #107526 | 1899 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
John Irving Navigation Co. John Irving (steamship captain) John Irving was a steamship captain in British Columbia, Canada. He began on the Fraser River at the age of 18 and would become one of the most famous and prosperous riverboat captains of the era... |
241 | 113 feet | Originally owned by Irving Navigation. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Last used in 1923. Scuttled in Nares Lake, Yukon Nares Lake Nares Lake is a lake in the southern Yukon between Bennett Lake and Tagish Lake. This lake lies below Nares Mountain. Nares Lake is actually an arm of Tagish Lake. The community of Carcross, Yukon is on the Nares Narrows between Bennett and Tagish Lake, along the Klondike Highway.Named after... in the 1950s. A gleaner is one who gathers a crop after it is reaped. |
| Hamlin | Canada #107144 | 1898 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canadian Pacific Ry. | 515 | 146 feet | Originally owned by C.P. Ry. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Not used under White Pass ownership. Sold to John Banser, William McCallum, and David Reider in 1903. Resold to Thomas J. Kickham in 1904. Resold to Edward J. Coyle (dealer) in 1910. Resold to Hamlin Towing Co. in 1911. Resold to James H. Green in 1917. Resold to defiance Packing Co. in 1918. Foundered in Fraser River, British Columbia Fraser River The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia at the city of Vancouver. It is the tenth longest river in Canada... in 1918. Named for Charles Sumner Hamlin (1861–1938), U.S. delegate to the 1897 Anglo-American fur seal fishing convention. |
| Hannah | U.S.A. #96428 | 1898 | Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska.... |
Howard Shipyards & Dock Co. Jeffboat Jeffboat is the largest inland shipbuilder in the United States, located in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It is the second-largest builder of barges... |
1130 | 223 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned at St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1917. Demolished by fire at St. Michael shortly after 1944. Named for Hannah Gerstle (1838–1930), wife of Alaska Commercial Co. president Lewis Gerstle. |
| Herman | U.S.A. #96398 | 1898 | Dutch Harbor, Alaska Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska.... |
Thomas Patrick Henry Whitelaw | 456 | 175 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Exploration Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Last used in 1922. Sold by White Pass and abandoned by new owner at St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1927. Named for Herman Liebes (1842–1898), head of the Alaska Exploration Co. |
| Ida May (Rideout, 1898–1905) |
U.S.A. #111182 (1898–1900 & 1905-1917); Canada #107855 (1900–1905) |
1898 | Stockton, California Stockton, California Stockton, California, the seat of San Joaquin County, is the fourth-largest city in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. With a population of 291,707 at the 2010 census, Stockton ranks as this state's 13th largest city... |
Gold Star Transportation Co. | 278 | 149 feet | Originally owned by Gold Star. Sold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1905. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned at St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1917. |
| Isabelle | U.S.A. #100779 | 1902 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Elbridge Truman “E. T.” Barnette E.T. Barnette Elbridge Truman Barnette , Yukon riverboat captain, banker, and swindler, founded the city of Fairbanks, Alaska and served as its first mayor.-Biography:... |
162 | 87 feet | Originally owned by Barnette. Sold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1904. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned at St. Marys, Alaska St. Mary's, Alaska St. Mary's is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 500.-Geography:St... in 1917. Named for Isabelle Cleary Barnette (1862–1942), wife of E. T. Barnette. |
| J. P. Light | U.S.A. #77296 (1898–1900 & 1905-1927); Canada #107860 (1900–1905) |
1898 | Seattle, Washington | Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #9) |
785 | 176 feet | Originally owned by British America Corp. Sold to Dawson & White Horse Navigation Co. in 1900. Sold to Tanana Trading Co. in 1905. Sold to North American Transportation & Trading Co. in 1906. Sold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1911. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Sold by White Pass and abandoned by new owner at St. Michael Canal, Alaska in 1927. Named for James P. Light (fl. Floruit Floruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active... 1898), a citizen of Chicago, IL, who originally organized the Seattle-Yukon Transportation Co. |
| John C. Barr | U.S.A. #77326 (1898–1899 & 1902-1927); Canada #107853 (1899–1902) |
1898 | Dutch Harbor, Alaska Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska.... |
Craig Shipbuilding Co. | 546 | 145 feet | Originally owned by North American Transportation & Trading Co. Sold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1911. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Converted to stationary power plant for marine ways at St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1917. Sold by White Pass and abandoned by new owner at St. Michael in 1927. Named for Capt. John Christie Barr (1844–1925), of the N.A.T.&T. Co. |
| John Cudahy | U.S.A. #77334 | 1898 | Dutch Harbor, Alaska Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska.... |
Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #3) |
819 | 192 feet | Originally owned by North American Transportation & Trading Co. Sold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1911. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Sold by White Pass and abandoned by new owner at St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1927. Named for John Cudahy (1843–1915), Chicago merchant and director of N.A.T.&T. Co. |
| John J. Healy | U.S.A. #77238 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
North American Transportation & Trading Co. | 450 | 175 feet | Originally owned by N.A.T.&T. Co. Sold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1911. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Sold by White Pass and abandoned by new owner at St. Michael in 1927. |
| Joseph Clossett | Canada #107621 | 1898 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
John F. Steffan | 147 | 80 feet | Originally owned by William J. Rant. Sold to Upper Yukon Co., and resold to Canadian Development Co. in 1899. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Last used in 1903. Broken up at Whitehorse, Yukon in 1931. Named for Joseph Clossett (1845–1915), of Portland, Oregon. |
| Julia B | U.S.A. #205169 | 1908 | Seattle, Washington | Cook & Lake Shipyards | 835 | 159 feet | Originally owned by Yukon Transportation & Trading Co. Sold the Western Transportation Co. in 1914. Acquired by White Pass in 1918. Last used in 1923. Sold by White Pass and abandoned by new owner near Dawson City, Yukon in 1942. Named for Julia M. Burrichter (1871–1933), wife of Y.T.&T. Co. owner Frank Joseph Burrichter. |
| Keno Keno Keno is a lottery or bingo gambling game often played at modern casinos, and is also offered as a game in some state lotteries. A traditional live casino keno game uses a circular glass enclosure called a "bubble" containing 80 balls which determine the ball draw result. Each ball is imprinted... |
Canada #116618 | 1922 | Whitehorse, Yukon | White Pass | 613 | 141 feet | Last used by White Pass in 1950. Transferred to Canadian Government in 1960. Last commercial steamboat to operate under its own power on the Yukon River, run from Whitehorse to Dawson City, Yukon, August 26–29, 1960. Put on display at Dawson City in 1960. |
| 1st Klondike SS Klondike The SS Klondike was the name of two sternwheelers, the second now a national historic site located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Both ran freight between Whitehorse and Dawson City along the Yukon River from 1921-1936 and 1936-1950, respectively.... |
Canada #116627 | 1929 | Whitehorse, Yukon | White Pass | 1285 | 210 feet | Foundered at Hootalinqua, Yukon in 1936. Klondike was derived from a Hän Hän language The Hän language is a Native American endangered language spoken in only two places: Eagle, Alaska and Dawson City, Yukon. There are only a few fluent speakers left , all of them elderly.... (Athabascan Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... ) phrase, which means hammer water. |
| 2nd Klondike SS Klondike The SS Klondike was the name of two sternwheelers, the second now a national historic site located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Both ran freight between Whitehorse and Dawson City along the Yukon River from 1921-1936 and 1936-1950, respectively.... |
Canada #156744 | 1937 | Whitehorse, Yukon | White Pass | 1363 | 210 feet | Last steamboat in regular service on the Upper Yukon River, last run on July 4, 1955. Transferred to Canadian Government in 1960. Put on display at Whitehorse in 1966. Klondike was derived from a Hän Hän language The Hän language is a Native American endangered language spoken in only two places: Eagle, Alaska and Dawson City, Yukon. There are only a few fluent speakers left , all of them elderly.... (Athabascan Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... ) phrase, which means hammer water. |
| Klondyke Klondike River The Klondike River is a tributary of the Yukon River in Canada that gave its name to the Klondike Gold Rush. The Klondike River has its source in the Ogilvie Mountains and flows into the Yukon River at Dawson City.... |
U.S.A. #161114 | 1898 | Dutch Harbor, Alaska Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska.... |
Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #5) |
406 | 121 feet | Originally owned by North American Transportation & Trading Co. Sold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1911. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Last used in 1917. Abandoned at St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1936. Klondyke was derived from a Hän Hän language The Hän language is a Native American endangered language spoken in only two places: Eagle, Alaska and Dawson City, Yukon. There are only a few fluent speakers left , all of them elderly.... (Athabascan Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... ) phrase, which means hammer water. |
| La France | Canada #107866 | 1902 | Lower Laberge, Yukon Lake Laberge Lake Laberge is a widening of the Yukon River north of Whitehorse, Yukon in Canada. It is fifty kilometres long and ranges from two to five kilometres wide. Its water is always very cold, and its weather often harsh and suddenly variable.... |
Klondyke Corp. | 201 | 100 feet | Originally owned by Klondyke Corp. Acquired by White Pass in 1903. Last used by White Pass in 1905. Sold to Side Streams Navigation Co. in 1908. Foundered and demolished by fire near the mouth of La France Creek, Yukon in 1911. |
| Lavelle Young | U.S.A. #141529 | 1898 | Portland, Oregon | Joseph Paquette | 506 | 140 feet | Originally owned by Columbia River Pilots Assn. Sold to Capt. Charles W. Adams, Thomas Bruce, and George Crummy in 1900. Sold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1903. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Sold to Thomas A. McGowan and converted to a barge in 1920. Subsequently abandoned at McGrath, Alaska McGrath, Alaska As of the census of 2000, there were 401 people, 145 households, and 99 families residing in the city. The population density was 8.2 people per square mile . There were 213 housing units at an average density of 4.4 per square mile... . Remains are on display at Pioneer Park, Fairbanks, Alaska. Named for Lavelle Gilbert (nee Young, 1896–1994), granddaughter of Charles Walker Young, a prominent shipper on the Columbia River. |
| Leon | U.S.A. #141533 | 1898 | Dutch Harbor, Alaska Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska.... |
Thomas Patrick Henry Whitelaw | 638 | 181 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Exploration Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned at St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1943. Named for Leon Liebes (1886–1951), son of Alaska Exploration Co. president Isaac Liebes. |
| Lightning | Canada #107156 | 1898 | Vancouver, British Columbia | B.C. Iron Works | 557 | 140 feet | Originally owned by British America Corp. Sold to Dawson & White Horse Navigation Co. in 1900. Resold to Coal Creek Coal Co. in 1903. Resold to Sour Dough Coal Co. in 1907. Resold to Northern Light, Power & Coal Co. in 1909. Acquired by White Pass in 1917. Not used under White Pass ownership. Broken up at Dawson City, Yukon in 1918. |
| Linda | U.S.A. #141561 | 1898 | Dutch Harbor, Alaska Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska.... |
Thomas Patrick Henry Whitelaw | 692 | 181 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Exploration Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned across the bay from St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1917. Named for Linda Liebes Lederman (1884–1964), daughter of Alaska Exploration Co. president Isaac Liebes. |
| Louise | U.S.A. #141572 | 1898 | Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska.... |
Howard Shipyards & Dock Co. Jeffboat Jeffboat is the largest inland shipbuilder in the United States, located in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It is the second-largest builder of barges... |
717 | 165 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Last used in 1920. Abandoned at St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1943. Named for Louise Greenwald (b. 1833), wife of Alaska Commercial Co. official Simon Greenwald. |
| M. L. Washburn | U.S.A. #209341 | 1911 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Northern Navigation Co. | 284 | 120 feet | Originally owned by Northern Navigation. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Foundered just south of Little Salmon, Yukon in 1920. Named for Martin L. Washburn (1854–1911), general manager of the Northern Navigation Co. |
| Margaret | U.S.A. #92890 | 1897 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... |
520 | 140 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Commercial Co. Hull Hull (watercraft) A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull is the superstructure and/or deckhouse, where present. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.The structure of the hull varies depending on the vessel type... previously had been barge St. Michael No. 1 (U.S.A. Official No. 57983, built in 1896). Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned at St. Marys, Alaska St. Mary's, Alaska St. Mary's is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 500.-Geography:St... in 1917. Named for Margaret Wilson (b. 1894 or 1895), daughter of Alaska Commercial Co. superintendent James M. Wilson. |
| Mary F. Graff | U.S.A. #92856 (1898–1900); Canada #107839 (1900–1928) |
1898 | Seattle, Washington | Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #17) |
864 | 177 feet | Originally owned by Blue Star Navigation Co. Sold to Alaska Exploration Co. in 1899. Sold to Canadian Development Co. in 1900. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Last used in 1903. Abandoned at Dawson City, Yukon in 1928. Named for Mary F. Graff (b. 1874), sister of Alaska pioneer Samuel M. Graff, and daughter of Philadelphia financier John F. Graff, Jr. |
| McConnell | Canada #107152 | 1898 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canadian Pacific Ry. | 729 | 142 feet | Originally owned by C.P. Ry. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Not used under White Pass ownership. Stripped and hull Hull (watercraft) A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull is the superstructure and/or deckhouse, where present. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.The structure of the hull varies depending on the vessel type... sold by White Pass in 1901. Named for Richard George McConnell (1856–1942), the Yukon’s foremost geological explorer. |
| Minneapolis | U.S.A. #92864 | 1898 | Tacoma, Washington | Thomas C. Reed | 236 | 109 feet | Originally owned by Minnesota & Alaska Development Co. Sold to Alaska Transportation Co. in 1909. Sold to Miners’ & Merchants’ Cooperative Co. in 1910. Sold to Western Transportation Co. in 1912. Acquired by White Pass in 1918. Not used under White Pass ownership. Sold to The Alaska R.R. in 1926. Not used by The Alaska R.R. Abandoned at Chena, Alaska Chena, Alaska For information on the modern town sometimes known by the name of Chena, go to Chena Hot Springs, Alaska.Chena was a small town in interior Alaska near the confluence of the Chena and Tanana rivers whose heyday was in the first two decades of the 1900s, with a peak population of about 400 in 1907... . |
| Monarch | U.S.A. #92855 | 1898 | Ballard, Washington Ballard, Seattle Ballard is a neighborhood located in the northwestern part of Seattle, Washington. To the north it is bounded by Crown Hill, ; to the east by Greenwood, Phinney Ridge and Fremont ; to the south by the Lake Washington Ship Canal; and to the west by Puget Sound’s Shilshole Bay. The neighborhood’s... |
Thomas C. Reed | 463 | 150 feet | Originally owned by Columbia Navigation Co. Sold to Yukon Independent Transportation Co. in 1901. Resold to Edward Sondheim & D. W. Dobbins between 1902 & 1904. Resold to Albert Reber Heilig in 1907. Sold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1913. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Sold by White Pass and abandoned by new owner at St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1927. |
| Nasutlin (2nd Prospector, 1912 only) |
Canada #133738 | 1912 | Whitehorse, Yukon | White Pass | 570 (405, 1912–1937) |
141 feet (115 feet, 1912–1937) |
Foundered at Dawson City, Yukon in 1952. Nasutlin was derived from a Tlingit Tlingit language The Tlingit language ) is spoken by the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and Western Canada. It is a branch of the Na-Dené language family. Tlingit is very endangered, with fewer than 140 native speakers still living, all of whom are bilingual or near-bilingual in English... phrase, which means it is bunched up. |
| Norcom | Canada #116613 | 1913 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Hull Hull (watercraft) A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull is the superstructure and/or deckhouse, where present. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.The structure of the hull varies depending on the vessel type... : Northern Navigation Co.; superstructure Superstructure A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline. This term is applied to various kinds of physical structures such as buildings, bridges, or ships... : Merchants’ Yukon Transportation Co. |
352 | 130 feet | Originally owned by Northern Navigation Co. Included a new hull, plus superstructure from Evelyn (U.S.A. Official No. 205767, built in 1908). Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Remains on display at Hootalinqua Island, Yukon. Named after the Northern Commercial Co., an affiliate of the Northern Navigation Co. |
| Ogilvie William Ogilvie (surveyor) William Ogilvie FRGS was a Canadian Dominion land surveyor, explorer and Commissioner of the Yukon Territory.... |
Canada #107148 | 1898 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canadian Pacific Ry. | 742 | 147 feet | Originally owned by C.P. Ry. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Not used under White Pass ownership. Stripped and hull Hull (watercraft) A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull is the superstructure and/or deckhouse, where present. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.The structure of the hull varies depending on the vessel type... sold by White Pass in 1901. |
| Oil City Oil City, Pennsylvania Oil City is a city in Venango County, Pennsylvania that is known in the initial exploration and development of the petroleum industry. After the first oil wells were drilled nearby in the 1850s, Oil City became central in the petroleum industry while hosting headquarters for the Pennzoil, Quaker... |
U.S.A. #155318 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #20) |
718 | 176 feet | Originally owned by Standard Oil Co. of California. Sold to Charles W. Adams in 1904. Resold to partnership of Adams, the Dominion Commercial Co., and Mersereau Clark in 1905. Resold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1908. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used as a boat under White Pass ownership. Used by White Pass as an office and warehouse at Holy Cross, Alaska Holy Cross, Alaska Holy Cross is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States... . Abandoned in 1943. |
| Pilgrim | U.S.A. #150778 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #18) |
718 | 176 feet | Originally owned by Blue Star Navigation Co. Sold to Columbia Navigation Co. in 1900. Resold to British-American Steamship Co. in 1899. Resold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned across the bay from St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1917. |
| Portus B. Weare | U.S.A. #150646 | 1892 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
North American Transportation & Trading Co. | 400 | 175 feet | Originally owned by N.A.T.&T. Co. Sold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1911. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Sold by White Pass and abandoned by new owner at St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1927. Named for Portus B. Weare (1842–1909), chairman of the N.A.T.&T. Co. |
| 1st Prospector | Canada #107865 | 1901 | Whitehorse, Yukon | Stewart River Navigation Co. | 263 | 111 feet | Originally owned by Stewart River Navigation. Sold to M. McConnell in 1902. Acquired by White Pass in 1907. Not used under White Pass ownership. Broken up at McIntyre Creek, Yukon in 1912. |
| Reliance | U.S.A. #204486 | 1907 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
St. Johns Shipbuilding Co. | 291 | 120 feet | Originally owned by Northern Navigation Co. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Last used by White Pass in 1921. Sold to The Alaska R.R. in 1926. Abandoned at Chena, Alaska Chena, Alaska For information on the modern town sometimes known by the name of Chena, go to Chena Hot Springs, Alaska.Chena was a small town in interior Alaska near the confluence of the Chena and Tanana rivers whose heyday was in the first two decades of the 1900s, with a peak population of about 400 in 1907... . Named after Ft. Reliance, Yukon, established in 1874 by LeRoy Napoleon “Jack” McQuesten Jack McQuesten Leroy Napoleon "Jack" McQuesten was a pioneer in Alaska and Yukon as an explorer, trader, and prospector and became known as the "Father of the Yukon." Other nicknames included "Yukon Jack," "Captain Jack," "Golden Rule McQuesten," and "Father of Alaska." He was born in Litchfield, New Hampshire... for the Alaska Commercial Co.; six miles (10 km) down river from the site of Dawson City, Yukon. |
| S. S. Bailey | Canada #107715 | 1899 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
Louis Paquette | 192 | 110 feet | Originally owned by Bennett & Atlin Lake Co. Sold to Canadian Development Co. in 1899. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Last used in 1904. Broken up at Whitehorse, Yukon in 1931. Named for Capt. Stephen S. Bailey (1846–1925), of the B.&A.L. Co. |
| St. Michael | U.S.A. #116816 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #15) |
718 | 176 feet | Originally owned by Empire Transportation Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned at St. Marys, Alaska St. Mary's, Alaska St. Mary's is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 500.-Geography:St... in 1943. Village of St. Michael, Alaska named for Capt. Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkov (1802–1872) Mikhail Tebenkov Mikhail Dmitriyevich Tebenkov, spelt Tebenkof in the United States , was a Russian hydrographer and vice admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy... , governor of Russian America. |
| Sarah | U.S.A. #116856 | 1898 | Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska.... |
Howard Shipyards & Dock Co. Jeffboat Jeffboat is the largest inland shipbuilder in the United States, located in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It is the second-largest builder of barges... |
1130 | 223 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Last used in 1918. Sold by White Pass and abandoned by new owner at St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1927. Demolished by fire at St. Michael shortly after 1944. Named for Sarah Sloss (1836–1920), wife of Alaska Commercial Co. general manager Louis Sloss. |
| Schwatka Frederick Schwatka Frederick Gustavus Schwatka was a United States Army lieutenant with degrees in medicine and law and a noted explorer of northern Canada and Alaska.-Early life and career:... |
U.S.A. #116812 | 1898 | Port Blakely, Washington Port Blakely, Bainbridge Island, Washington Port Blakely is a community of Bainbridge Island, Washington. It is located on the east side of the island, slightly to the south. The centre of Port Blakely is generally defined as the intersection of Blakely Hill Road and Blakely Avenue NE, although the wider area is generally also known as... |
Hall Bros. | 484 | 146 feet | Originally owned by Canadian Pacific Ry. Sold to Charles W. Thebo in 1904. Resold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1907. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Last used in 1917. Sold to The Alaska Railroad and abandoned near Dawson City, Yukon in 1943. |
| Scotia | Canada #107829 | 1898 | Atlin, British Columbia Atlin, British Columbia Atlin is a community in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on the eastern shore of Atlin Lake. In addition to continued gold-mining activity, Atlin is a tourist destination for fishing, hiking and Heliskiing. As of 2004, there are 450 permanent residents.The name comes from Áa Tlein,... |
John Irving Navigation Co. | 214 | 80 feet | Operated on Atlin Lake Atlin Lake Atlin Lake is a lake in northwestern British Columbia and is that province's largest natural lake. The northern tip of the lake is in the Yukon, as is Little Atlin Lake. However, most of the lake lies within the Atlin District of British Columbia... only. Originally owned by Irving Navigation. Acquired by White Pass and enlarged to 214 gross tons in 1901. Last used in 1917. Demolished by fire at Atlin in 1967. Scotia is the Latinized form of Scotland. |
| Seattle | U.S.A. #116817 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #12) |
718 | 176 feet | Originally owned by Empire Transportation Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned across the bay from St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1917. |
| Seattle No. 3 | U.S.A. #116854 | 1898 | Dutch Harbor, Alaska Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska.... |
Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #24) |
548 | 151 feet | Originally owned by Seattle-Yukon Transportation Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Last used in 1922. Sold to The Alaska Railroad and abandoned near Dawson City, Yukon in 1943. |
| Selkirk Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk was a Scottish peer. He was born at Saint Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. He was noteworthy as a Scottish philanthropist who sponsored immigrant settlements in Canada at the Red River Colony.- Early background :Douglas was the seventh son of Dunbar... |
Canada #107835 | 1901 | Whitehorse, Yukon | W. D. Hofius & Co. for White Pass | 777 | 167 feet | Foundered at the mouth of the Stewart River, Yukon Stewart River The Stewart River is a long river in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It originates in the Selwyn Mountains, which stand on the border between the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory. From there, the Stewart flows west, past the village of Mayo... in 1920. |
| Susie | U.S.A. #116855 | 1898 | Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska.... |
Howard Shipyards & Dock Co. Jeffboat Jeffboat is the largest inland shipbuilder in the United States, located in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It is the second-largest builder of barges... |
1130 | 223 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Last used in 1917. Sold to The Alaska Railroad and abandoned at St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1943. Demolished by fire at St. Michael shortly after 1944. Named for Susie Niebaum (1851–1936), wife of Alaska Commercial Co. vice president and Inglenook Wineries Inglenook Winery The Inglenook Winery produced estate bottled wines in Rutherford, California in the Napa Valley. The winery was founded in 1879 by a Finnish Sea Captain Gustave Niebaum. Niebaum died in 1908 and the winery was shut down during Prohibition... owner Capt. Gustave Niebaum Gustave Niebaum Gustave Ferdinand Niebaum acquired his maritime schooling in Helsinki, Finland. By the end of 1850s - now a Sea Captain - Gustave Niebaum had become the world's leading fur trader. Among his many known accomplishments Captain Niebaum founded the Alaskan Commercial Company in San Francisco,... . |
| Sybil | Canada #107523 | 1898 | Victoria, British Columbia | J. C. Stratford | 653 (622, 1898–1901) |
167 feet (101 feet, 1898–1901) |
Originally owned by British-American Steamship Co. Sold to Canadian Development Co. in 1900. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Last used as a powerboat in 1903. Converted to barge in 1904. Wrecked by ice at Dawson City, Yukon in 1918. |
| T. C. Power Thomas Charles Power Thomas Charles Power was a Republican senator from Montana and businessman. He was born near Dubuque, Iowa on May 22, 1839. He attended public school and graduated from Sinsinawa College with a degree in engineering. He then worked as a surveyor in Dakota until 1860... |
U.S.A. #145790 | 1898 | Dutch Harbor, Alaska Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska.... |
Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #4) |
819 | 192 feet | Originally owned by North American Transportation & Trading Co. Sold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1911. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Sold by White Pass and abandoned by new owner at St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1927. |
| Tacoma | U.S.A. #145773 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #13) |
718 | 176 feet | Originally owned by Empire Transportation Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned at St. Marys, Alaska St. Mary's, Alaska St. Mary's is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 500.-Geography:St... in 1927. |
| Tanana Tanana River The Tanana River is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to linguist and anthropologist William Bright, the name is from the Koyukon tene no, tenene, literally "trail river".... |
U.S.A. #201297 | 1904 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Northern Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... |
495 | 150 feet | Originally owned by Northern Navigation Co. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Foundered at Minto, Alaska Minto, Alaska Minto is a census-designated place in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the CDP is 258. The name is an anglicized version of the Lower Tanana Athabaskan name Menh Ti, meaning 'among the lakes'. After repeated flooding the village was... in 1921. Tanana refers to the Tanana tribes Tanana languages The Tanana languages are Athabaskan languages that include two languages which are Lower Tanana and Upper Tanana . They are spoken in Canada and Alaska. About 30 people speak Lower Tanana and 100 people speak Upper Tanana. Mostly the elders speak it but many young people are trying to learn it to... of Athabascan Indians Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... and was derived from a phrase, which means water to which the ice trail returns. |
| Thistle | Canada #107867 | 1902 | Lower Laberge, Yukon Lake Laberge Lake Laberge is a widening of the Yukon River north of Whitehorse, Yukon in Canada. It is fifty kilometres long and ranges from two to five kilometres wide. Its water is always very cold, and its weather often harsh and suddenly variable.... |
Donald McPhee | 225 | 102 feet | Originally owned by Klondyke Corp. Acquired by White Pass in 1903. Sold to Taylor & Drury in 1919. Foundered in Lake Laberge, Yukon Lake Laberge Lake Laberge is a widening of the Yukon River north of Whitehorse, Yukon in Canada. It is fifty kilometres long and ranges from two to five kilometres wide. Its water is always very cold, and its weather often harsh and suddenly variable.... in 1929. |
| Tutshi | Canada #138695 | 1917 | Carcross, Yukon Carcross, Yukon Carcross, originally known as Caribou Crossing, is an unincorporated community in the Territory of Yukon, Canada on Bennett Lake and Nares Lake. It has a population of 431 and is home to the Carcross/Tagish First Nation.... |
Cousins Bros. for White Pass | 1041 | 167 feet | Last steamboat in regular service in the Yukon, last used in 1955. Put on display at Carcross in 1972. Demolished by fire (arson Arson Arson is the crime of intentionally or maliciously setting fire to structures or wildland areas. It may be distinguished from other causes such as spontaneous combustion and natural wildfires... ) at Carcross in 1990. Tutshi was derived from a Tlingit Tlingit language The Tlingit language ) is spoken by the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and Western Canada. It is a branch of the Na-Dené language family. Tlingit is very endangered, with fewer than 140 native speakers still living, all of whom are bilingual or near-bilingual in English... phrase, which means lake in which there is charcoal. |
| Tyrrell Joseph Tyrrell Joseph Burr Tyrrell was a Canadian geologist, cartographer, and mining consultant. He discovered dinosaur bones in Alberta's Badlands and coal around Drumheller in 1884.... |
Canada #107159 | 1898 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canadian Pacific Ry. | 678 | 142 feet | Originally owned by C.P. Ry. Sold to British America Corp. in 1898. Resold to Dawson & Whitehorse Navigation Co. in 1900. Resold to John Macauley Carson in 1904. Resold to Frank W. Arnold in 1905. Acquired by White Pass in 1906. Not used under White Pass ownership. Broken up at Dawson City, Yukon in 1918. |
| Victoria | U.S.A. #116811 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #14) |
718 | 176 feet | Originally owned by Empire Transportation Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned at St. Marys, Alaska St. Mary's, Alaska St. Mary's is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 500.-Geography:St... in 1927. |
| Victorian | Canada #103917 | 1898 | Victoria, British Columbia | John H. Todd | 716 | 146 feet | Originally owned by Canadian Development Co. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Last used in 1908. Broken up at Dawson City, Yukon in 1928. |
| Vidette (May West, 1897–1903) |
U.S.A. #92896 (1897–1903); Canada #107869 (1903–1917) |
1897 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
P. C. Richardson | 254 (134, 1897–1911) |
119 feet (96 feet, 1897–1911) |
Originally owned by Richardson. Sold to the North-West Mounted Police in 1903. Sold to Side Streams Navigation Co. in 1911. Rename to Yorke Barrington proposed in 1911, but never accomplished. Acquired by White Pass in 1916. Foundered in Lake Laberge, Yukon Lake Laberge Lake Laberge is a widening of the Yukon River north of Whitehorse, Yukon in Canada. It is fifty kilometres long and ranges from two to five kilometres wide. Its water is always very cold, and its weather often harsh and suddenly variable.... in 1917. Vidette is a misspelling of vedette, which is a mounted sentinel in advance of an army for observing enemy activities. |
| White Horse | Canada #107837 | 1901 | Whitehorse, Yukon | W. D. Hofius & Co. for White Pass | 1120 (986, 1901–1930) |
171 feet (167 feet, 1901–1930) |
Last used in 1953. Transferred to Canadian Government in 1960. Demolished by fire (arson Arson Arson is the crime of intentionally or maliciously setting fire to structures or wildland areas. It may be distinguished from other causes such as spontaneous combustion and natural wildfires... ) at Whitehorse in 1974. White Horse is an early spelling of Whitehorse; refers appearance of rapids in Yukon River. |
| White Seal | U.S.A. #202409 | 1905 | Fairbanks, Alaska | George P. Sproul, George Coleman, and Bert Smith | 193 | 97 feet | Originally owned by Sproul. Owned by Tanana Mines R.R. for a short time in 1905, but ownership reverted back to Sproul. Acquired by White Pass in 1915. Not used under White Pass ownership. Sold to The Alaska Railroad in 1926. Immediately resold by The A.R.R. Named after Kotik, a character in The Jungle Book The Jungle Book The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–4. The original publications contain illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six... by Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature... . |
| Wilbur Crimmin | U.S.A. #81606 (1898–1900 & 1906-1935); Canada #107864 (1900–1906) |
1898 | Coupeville, Washington Coupeville, Washington As of the census of 2000, there were 1,723 people, 737 households, and 426 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,346.7 people per square mile . There were 814 housing units at an average density of 636.2 per square mile... |
Howard Bently Lovejoy | 124 | 80 feet | Originally owned by John D. Crimmin, Jr. Sold to Wallace Langley and A. J. Engvick in 1900. Resold to Charles W. Adams, Dominion Commercial Co., and Mersereau & Clark in 1906. Resesold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1908. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Sold to Waechter Bros. in 1923. Abandoned at Seward, Alaska Seward, Alaska Seward is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 3,016.... in 1935. Named for Exilona L. Wilbur (1845–1920) and John D. Crimmin, Sr. (1835–1906), parents of John D. Crimmin, Jr. |
| Will H. Isom | U.S.A. #81758 | 1901 | Ballard, Washington Ballard, Seattle Ballard is a neighborhood located in the northwestern part of Seattle, Washington. To the north it is bounded by Crown Hill, ; to the east by Greenwood, Phinney Ridge and Fremont ; to the south by the Lake Washington Ship Canal; and to the west by Puget Sound’s Shilshole Bay. The neighborhood’s... |
Andrew Axton & Son Co. | 983 | 184 feet | Originally owned by North American Transportation & Trading Co. Last run in 1902. Sold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1911. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Sold by White Pass and abandoned by new owner at St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1927. Named for William H. Isom (1828–1929), vice president of the N.A.T.&T. Co. |
| Yukon Yukon River The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. The source of the river is located in British Columbia, Canada. The next portion lies in, and gives its name to Yukon Territory. The lower half of the river lies in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river is long and empties into... |
U.S.A. #165172 | 1913 | Seattle, Washington (hull Hull (watercraft) A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull is the superstructure and/or deckhouse, where present. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.The structure of the hull varies depending on the vessel type... ); Whitehorse, Yukon (superstructure Superstructure A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline. This term is applied to various kinds of physical structures such as buildings, bridges, or ships... ) |
Nilson & Kelez Shipbuilding Corp. (hull); White Pass (superstructure) |
651 | 170 feet | Sold to The Alaska R.R. in 1943. Damaged by ice at Tanana, Alaska Tanana, Alaska Tanana is a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 308. It is formerly known as Clachotin... in 1947. Demolished by fire at Tanana in 1948. Yukon was derived from a Gwich’in Gwich’in The Gwich’in , literally "one who dwells" or "resident of [a region]", are a First Nations/Alaska Native people who live in the northwestern part of North America mostly above the Arctic Circle... (Athabascan Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... ) phrase, which means big river. |
| Yukoner | Canada #107098 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Canadian Pacific Navigation Co. (not associated with Canadian Pacific Ry. at the time) | 781 | 171 feet | Originally owned by C.P. Nav. Co. (not associated with C.P. Ry. at the time). Sold to North British American Trading & Transportation Co. in 1898. Resold to Trading & Exploration Co. in 1899. Resold to Canadian Development Co. in 1900. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Last used in 1903. Broken up at Whitehorse, Yukon in 1958. Yukon was derived from a Gwich’in Gwich’in The Gwich’in , literally "one who dwells" or "resident of [a region]", are a First Nations/Alaska Native people who live in the northwestern part of North America mostly above the Arctic Circle... (Athabascan Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... ) phrase, which means big river. |
| Zealandian (Reaper, 1900 only) |
Canada #107830 | 1900 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
Alexander Watson | 179 | 102 feet | Originally owned by John Irving Navigation Co. and named Reaper. Sold to the Canadian Development Co. and renamed Zealandian in 1900. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Last used in 1904. Broken up at Whitehorse, Yukon in 1913. |
| Name | Registry | Year Built | Where Built | Builder | Volume (gross tons) | Hull Length | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. H. Bradley | U.S.A. #127254 | 1898 | Ballard, Washington Ballard, Seattle Ballard is a neighborhood located in the northwestern part of Seattle, Washington. To the north it is bounded by Crown Hill, ; to the east by Greenwood, Phinney Ridge and Fremont ; to the south by the Lake Washington Ship Canal; and to the west by Puget Sound’s Shilshole Bay. The neighborhood’s... |
[unknown] | 29 | 70 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Exploration Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Wrecked at St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... in 1904. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned across the bay from St. Michael in 1915. |
| Meteor | U.S.A. #93031 | 1900 | San Francisco, California | United Engineering Works | 68 | 76 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Exploration Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Sold Frank P. Williams in 1923. Converted to Diesel power Diesel engine A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber... and enlarged from 68 to 83 gross tons in 1934. Resold to Patrick E. Stoppleman in 1957. Resold to Gulf Navigation & Towing, Ltd. in 1962. Stranded at Coal Harbor, Unga Island, Alaska Unga Island Unga Island is the largest of the Shumagin Islands off the Alaska Peninsula in southwestern Alaska, USA. The island has a land area of 170.73 sq mi , making it the 35th largest island in the United States... in 1963. |
| Omega | Canada #107392 | 1900 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
Pacific Contract Co. for White Pass | 127 | 99 feet | Used during railroad construction. Broken up in 1901 or 1902. |
| (Steamer) Tasmanian | Canada #111786 | 1899 | Chiswick, United Kingdom Chiswick Chiswick is a large suburb of west London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located on a meander of the River Thames, west of Charing Cross and is one of 35 major centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, with... (hull Hull (watercraft) A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull is the superstructure and/or deckhouse, where present. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.The structure of the hull varies depending on the vessel type... ); Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... (superstructure Superstructure A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline. This term is applied to various kinds of physical structures such as buildings, bridges, or ships... ) |
John I. Thornycroft & Co. John I. Thornycroft & Company John I. Thornycroft & Company Limited, usually known simply as Thornycroft was a British shipbuilding firm started by John Isaac Thornycroft in the 19th century.-History:... (hull); Canadian Development Co. (superstructure) |
21 | 64 feet | Originally owned by Canadian Development. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Used as a launch. Last used by White Pass in 1901. Sold to Mrs. E. E. Wallace in 1905. Resold to George A. Huff in 1906. Resold to British Columbia Steamship Co. in 1910. Resold to Victor Jacobson in 1911. Resold to Leopold A. Bernays in 1912. Retired in 1940. Not to be confused with a gasoline powered launch of the same name owned by the White Pass at the same time. |
| Torpedo Catcher | [none] | 1899 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
Pacific Contract Co. for White Pass | [unknown] | [unknown] | Used during railroad construction for transporting goods from Bennett to Carcross. Gone in 1901 or 1902. Torpedo catcher is a reference to the slow speed of the boat. Triple screw propeller system with up write boilers. Built like a big skiff using some parts that miners abandon, poor quality. To show the end as it was rectangular the builder wrote stern on one side randomly. |
| Name | Registry(ies) | Year Built | Where Built | Builder | Volume (gross tons) | Hull Length | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifford J. Rogers | Canada #198983 (1955–1966); UK #198983 (1966–1969); Liberia #3412 (1969–1975) |
1955 | Montreal, Quebec | Canadian Vickers Shipyards, Ltd. (hull #265) |
3000 | 335 feet | Diesel powered Diesel engine A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber... container ship. Originally owned by White Pass. Constructed in response to Canadian Pacific Ry's. decision not to handle container traffic. Used on Inside Passage run between North Vancouver, British Columbia and Skagway, Alaska. Sold to Marine Commerce, Ltd. and registered in United Kingdom in 1966. Resold to Lampsis Navigation, Ltd., renamed Lampsis, and registered in Liberia in 1969. Renamed Drosia in 1972. Sank at 35.26° N, 74.34° W in 1975. Although this location is within the Bermuda Triangle Bermuda Triangle The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and surface vessels allegedly disappeared under mysterious circumstances.... , the loss was not considered particularly mysterious. Named for Clifford J. Rogers (1887–1970), White Pass president. |
| Frank H. Brown | Canada #322244 (1965–1993); Russia #M-44845 (1993–1997) |
1965 | Montreal, Quebec | Canadian Vickers Shipyards, Ltd. (hull #284) |
8040 | 394 feet | Diesel powered Diesel engine A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber... container ship. Originally owned by White Pass. Used on Inside Passage run between North Vancouver, British Columbia and Skagway, Alaska. From 1979 to 1981, used as a barge, towed by Pacific Challenge of Knight Towing, Ltd. Reverted back to its own power thereafter. Sold to Portofino, Ltd. and registered in Russia in 1993. Broken up at Chittagong, Bangladesh Chittagong Chittagong ) is a city in southeastern Bangladesh and the capital of an eponymous district and division. Built on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the city is home to Bangladesh's busiest seaport and has a population of over 4.5 million, making it the second largest city in the country.A trading... in 1997. Named for Frank Herbert Brown (1894–1975), White Pass president. |
| 3rd Klondike | Canada #330809 | 1969 | Montreal, Quebec | Canadian Vickers Shipyards, Ltd. (hull #294) |
8043 | 394 feet | Diesel powered Diesel engine A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber... container ship. Originally owned by White Pass. Used on Inside Passage run between North Vancouver, British Columbia and Skagway, Alaska. From 1979 to 1981, used as a barge, towed by Pacific Challenge of Knight Towing, Ltd. Continued in use as a barge thereafter. Sold by White Pass in 1988. Broken up at Kaohsiung, Taiwan Kaohsiung Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China... in 1989. Klondike was derived from a Hän Hän language The Hän language is a Native American endangered language spoken in only two places: Eagle, Alaska and Dawson City, Yukon. There are only a few fluent speakers left , all of them elderly.... (Athabascan Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... ) phrase, which means hammer water. |
| Loon | See, Remarks. | 1922 | Whitehorse, Yukon | White Pass | 30 (estimate) | 54 feet | Not a registered vessel. However, it is included here because restoration is being contemplated. If restored, it would be one of only two former White Pass vessels in operation. Gasoline powered Petrol engine A petrol engine is an internal combustion engine with spark-ignition, designed to run on petrol and similar volatile fuels.... screw propeller. Last used by White Pass in 1951. Transferred to Canadian Park Service by 1998. |
| Lou-Ann I | Canada #158932 | 1936 | Vancouver, British Columbia | [unknown] | 17 | 37 feet | Diesel powered. Diesel engine A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber... Originally owned by Lynton Herbert Boyce. Acquired by White Pass in 1942. Sold to Lonnie L. Philpott in 1952. |
| Neecheah (Kestrel Kestrel The name kestrel, is given to several different members of the falcon genus, Falco. Kestrels are most easily distinguished by their typical hunting behaviour which is to hover at a height of around over open country and swoop down on prey, usually small mammals, lizards or large insects... , 1920–1921) |
U.S.A. #220473 (1920–1922); Canada #116619 (1922–1960) |
1920 | Whitehorse, Yukon | White Pass | 85 (93, 1922–1942; 53, 1920–1922) |
79 feet; 64 feet (1920–1922) |
Originally gasoline powered Petrol engine A petrol engine is an internal combustion engine with spark-ignition, designed to run on petrol and similar volatile fuels.... . Converted to Diesel power Diesel engine A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber... in 1942. Last used by White Pass in 1951. Sold by White Pass in 1960’s. Currently, on display at Whitehorse. Neecheah appears to refer to a shoreline in Tlingit Tlingit language The Tlingit language ) is spoken by the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and Western Canada. It is a branch of the Na-Dené language family. Tlingit is very endangered, with fewer than 140 native speakers still living, all of whom are bilingual or near-bilingual in English... . |
| Tarahne | Canada #138539 | 1917 | Atlin, British Columbia Atlin, British Columbia Atlin is a community in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on the eastern shore of Atlin Lake. In addition to continued gold-mining activity, Atlin is a tourist destination for fishing, hiking and Heliskiing. As of 2004, there are 450 permanent residents.The name comes from Áa Tlein,... |
Cousins Bros. for White Pass | 286 (177, 1917–1928) |
119 feet (78 feet, 1917–1928) |
Gasoline powered. Petrol engine A petrol engine is an internal combustion engine with spark-ignition, designed to run on petrol and similar volatile fuels.... Operated on Atlin Lake Atlin Lake Atlin Lake is a lake in northwestern British Columbia and is that province's largest natural lake. The northern tip of the lake is in the Yukon, as is Little Atlin Lake. However, most of the lake lies within the Atlin District of British Columbia... only. Last used as a boat in 1936. On display at Atlin. Used as restaurant. Tarahne was derived from a Tlingit Tlingit language The Tlingit language ) is spoken by the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and Western Canada. It is a branch of the Na-Dené language family. Tlingit is very endangered, with fewer than 140 native speakers still living, all of whom are bilingual or near-bilingual in English... phrase, which means village of gardens. |
| Warrior | U.S.A. #204935 | 1905 | Pittsburg, California Pittsburg, California Pittsburg is a city located in eastern Contra Costa County, California, the outer portion of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 63,264 at the 2010 census.... |
Siino Boat Works | 7 | 34 feet | Gasoline powered. Petrol engine A petrol engine is an internal combustion engine with spark-ignition, designed to run on petrol and similar volatile fuels.... Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Sold to Frank P. Williams in 1923. Resold to Northern Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... in 1949. Gone between 1965 and 1968. |
| Yukon Rose | Canada #116630 | 1929 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Askew Boat Works | 32 | 61 feet | Only former White Pass boat still operating. (But see, Loon Remarks.) Originally, gasoline powered Petrol engine A petrol engine is an internal combustion engine with spark-ignition, designed to run on petrol and similar volatile fuels.... and owned by Taylor & Drury, Ltd. Sold to Jack McDonald in 1943. Acquired by White Pass in 1948. Converted to Diesel power Diesel engine A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber... in 1949. Last used by White Pass in 1951. Sold to Ray Chaybowski in 1958. Resold to Charlie Garvice in 1961. Resold to Rudy Burien in 1962. Resold to Gregory H. Caple in 1977. Beached at Dawson City, Yukon in 1978. Resold to Ron McCready, Matchett, and Kevin Hewer between 1983 & 1988. Resold to Marc Johnson in 2001. Vintage engine installed in 2007, but not original to this vessel. Refloated in 2009. Yukon was derived from a Gwich’in Gwich’in The Gwich’in , literally "one who dwells" or "resident of [a region]", are a First Nations/Alaska Native people who live in the northwestern part of North America mostly above the Arctic Circle... (Athabascan Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... ) phrase, which means big river. |
In addition to the above boats, White Pass at various times owned the following 25 small, unregistered gasoline powered
Petrol engine
A petrol engine is an internal combustion engine with spark-ignition, designed to run on petrol and similar volatile fuels....
- screw propeller boats: Anna, Brandt, Dodo, Donjek, Falcon, Hawk, Hazel B, Keno Work Boat, Kotlik
Kotlik, Alaska
Kotlik is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 591.-Geography:Kotlik is located at...
, Norgold, Pelican, Pete, Pilot No. 2, Relief, Sea Sled
Hickman sea sled
The Hickman Sea Sled is an inverted vee planing hull invented by Albert Hickman. The Sea Sled is a direct forefather of the modern high speed catamaran or tunnel hull....
, Shushanna, 1st Sibilla, 2nd Sibilla, Splegatus, Gas Launch Tasmanian, Teal, Tyee, Wahpoo, Woodchuck, and a boat of unknown name which worked on Summit Lake, British Columbia in June 1899.
The Alaska Railroad Boats
| Name | Registry | Year Built | Where Built | Builder | Volume (gross tons) | Hull Length | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice (of Susitna Susitna River The Susitna River is a long river in the Southcentral Alaska. It is the 15th largest river in the United States of America, ranked by average discharge volume at its mouth. The river stretches from the Susitna Glacier to Cook Inlet.... ) |
U.S.A. #260095 | 1909 | Seattle, Washington | Cook & Lake Shipyards | 262 | 111 feet | Originally owned by Northern Navigation Co. Sold to Cook Inlet Transportation Co. in 1911. Sold back to Northern Navigation in 1913. Sold to White Pass in 1914. Purchased by A.R.R. in 1926. Retired and sold to mission at Holy Cross, Alaska Holy Cross, Alaska Holy Cross is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States... in 1953. |
| Barry K (Lewiston, 1923–1940) |
U.S.A. #223498 | 1923 | Portland, Oregon | Supple & Martin | 581 | 160 feet | Originally owned by Oregon-Washington R.R. & Navigation Co. Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company was a railroad that operated a rail network of of track running east from Portland, Oregon, United States to northeastern Oregon, northeastern Washington, and northern Idaho... (Union Pacific R.R. Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman.... ). Sold to Western Transportation Co. in 1940. Purchased by A.R.R. in 1942. Retired in 1947. Broken up in 1950. |
| Gen. J. W. Jacobs | [none] | 1908 | Portland, Oregon | 319 | 126 feet | Originally owned by U.S. Army. Transferred to Alaskan Engineering Commission in 1922. A.E.C. reorganized as The Alaska Railroad in 1923. Jacobs retired in 1933. Broken up at Nenana, Alaska Nenana, Alaska Nenana is a Home Rule City in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Nenana lies at the juncture of the Nenana River and the Tanana River. The population was 402 at the 2000 census. "Nenana" means 'a good place to camp between two rivers.'-History... . Named for Brig. Gen. Joshua West Jacobs (1844 or 1845–1905). |
|
| Gen. Jeff C. Davis Jefferson C. Davis Jefferson Columbus Davis was an officer in the United States Army who served in the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and the Modoc War. He was the first commander of the Department of Alaska, from 1868 to 1870... (Duchesnay Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay was a seigneur, lawyer and political figure in Canada East. He also served in the Senate of Canada from 1867 until his death.... , 1898–1900) |
Canada #107151 | 1898 | Vancouver, Washington Vancouver, Washington Vancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. Incorporated in 1857, it is the fourth largest city in the state with a 2010 census population of 161,791 as of April 1, 2010... |
Canadian Pacific Ry. | 277 | 120 feet | Originally owned by C.P. Ry. Sold to E. J. Rathbone in 1899. Purchased by U.S. Army in 1900. Transferred to Alaskan Engineering Commission in 1922. A.E.C. reorganized as The Alaska Railroad in 1923. Davis retired in 1933. Broken up at Nenana, Alaska Nenana, Alaska Nenana is a Home Rule City in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Nenana lies at the juncture of the Nenana River and the Tanana River. The population was 402 at the 2000 census. "Nenana" means 'a good place to camp between two rivers.'-History... in 1933. |
| Nenana Nenana (steamer) The SS Nenana is a river sternwheel paddleship currently preserved and displayed at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks, Alaska. It is the only surviving wooden one of this type. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989... |
[none] | 1933 | Nenana, Alaska Nenana, Alaska Nenana is a Home Rule City in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Nenana lies at the juncture of the Nenana River and the Tanana River. The population was 402 at the 2000 census. "Nenana" means 'a good place to camp between two rivers.'-History... |
Berg Shipbuilding Co. | 1128 | 210 feet | No passengers regularly carried after 1949. Leased to Yutana Barge Line in 1954. Last steamboat in regular service on Lower Yukon River, 1954. Officially retired in 1955. Sold to Greater Fairbanks Opportunities, Inc. in 1956. Last voyage under power was from Nenana to Fairbanks, Alaska in May 1957. Put on display at Pioneer Park, Fairbanks in 1965. Nenana is derived from a Tanana Tanana languages The Tanana languages are Athabaskan languages that include two languages which are Lower Tanana and Upper Tanana . They are spoken in Canada and Alaska. About 30 people speak Lower Tanana and 100 people speak Upper Tanana. Mostly the elders speak it but many young people are trying to learn it to... (Athabascan Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... ) phrase, which means a good place to camp between two rivers. |
| Omineca Omineca Country The Omineca Country, also called the Omineca District or the Omineca, is a historical geographic region of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, roughly defined by the basin of the Omineca River but including areas to the south which allowed access to the region during the Omineca Gold Rush of... |
Canada #126248 | 1909 | Victoria, British Columbia | Alexander Watson, Jr. | 583 | 137 feet | Originally owned by Foley, Welch & Stewart Foley, Welch and Stewart Foley, Welch and Stewart was an early 20th century American-Canadian railroad contracting company.They built miles of track for the Great Northern Railway, Northern Pacific Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and Pacific Great Eastern Railway... . Obtained in 1915 by the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Used on the Susitna River Susitna River The Susitna River is a long river in the Southcentral Alaska. It is the 15th largest river in the United States of America, ranked by average discharge volume at its mouth. The river stretches from the Susitna Glacier to Cook Inlet.... and on the Cook Inlet Cook Inlet Cook Inlet stretches from the Gulf of Alaska to Anchorage in south-central Alaska. Cook Inlet branches into the Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm at its northern end, almost surrounding Anchorage.... during construction of the U.S. Government Railroad. Railroad completed in 1923. A.E.C. and Government Railroad were thereupon reorganized as The Alaska Railroad. Omineca gone sometime between completion of railroad & 1930. May never have been on the Yukon River. |
| Reliance | U.S.A. #204486 | 1907 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
St. Johns Shipbuilding Co. | 291 | 120 feet | Originally owned by Northern Navigation Co. Sold to White Pass in 1914. Purchased by A.R.R. in 1926. Last used in 1926. Abandoned at Chena, Alaska Chena, Alaska For information on the modern town sometimes known by the name of Chena, go to Chena Hot Springs, Alaska.Chena was a small town in interior Alaska near the confluence of the Chena and Tanana rivers whose heyday was in the first two decades of the 1900s, with a peak population of about 400 in 1907... . |
| Yukon Yukon River The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. The source of the river is located in British Columbia, Canada. The next portion lies in, and gives its name to Yukon Territory. The lower half of the river lies in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river is long and empties into... |
U.S.A. #165172 | 1913 | Seattle, Washington (hull Hull (watercraft) A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull is the superstructure and/or deckhouse, where present. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.The structure of the hull varies depending on the vessel type... ); Whitehorse, Yukon (superstructure Superstructure A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline. This term is applied to various kinds of physical structures such as buildings, bridges, or ships... ) |
Nilson & Kelez Shipbuilding Corp. (hull); White Pass (superstructure) |
651 | 170 feet | Originally owned by White Pass. Purchased by A.R.R. in 1943. Damaged by ice at Tanana, Alaska Tanana, Alaska Tanana is a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 308. It is formerly known as Clachotin... in 1947. Demolished by fire at Tanana in 1948. Yukon was derived from a Gwich’in Gwich’in The Gwich’in , literally "one who dwells" or "resident of [a region]", are a First Nations/Alaska Native people who live in the northwestern part of North America mostly above the Arctic Circle... (Athabascan Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... ) phrase, which means big river. |
The Alaska Railroad also purchased five additional steam power
Steam engine
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.Steam engines are external combustion engines, where the working fluid is separate from the combustion products. Non-combustion heat sources such as solar power, nuclear power or geothermal energy may be...
– stern wheel
Paddle wheel
A paddle wheel is a waterwheel in which a number of scoops are set around the periphery of the wheel. It has several usages.* Very low lift water pumping, such as flooding paddy fields at no more than about height above the water source....
boats from the White Pass, the Minneapolis (1926), the Schwatka
Frederick Schwatka
Frederick Gustavus Schwatka was a United States Army lieutenant with degrees in medicine and law and a noted explorer of northern Canada and Alaska.-Early life and career:...
(1943), the Seattle No. 3 (1943), the Susie (1943), and the White Seal (1926). Details relating to these five vessels may be found under “White Pass & Yukon Route Boats,” above. None of these five vessels was ever used by The A.R.R. These five vessels were part of package purchases. The White Seal was immediately resold, and the other four were immediately abandoned. In addition, the Alaskan Engineering Commission owned the Eklutna
Eklutna, Alaska
Eklutna is a native village within the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. The Tribal Council estimates the population at 70; many tribal members live in the surrounding communities....
, an unregistered steam powered boat of unknown propulsion, during the construction of the U.S. Government Railroad (later, The A.R.R.).
| Name | Registry | Year Built | Where Built | Builder | Volume (gross tons) | Hull Length | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matanuska Matanuska River The Matanuska River is a river, approximately 75 miles long, in Southcentral Alaska, United States. It drains a broad valley south of the Alaska Range known as the Matanuska-Susitna Valley.... |
[none] | 1915 | Seattle, Washington | Alaskan Engineering Commission | 66 feet | Originally owned by A.E.C. A.E.C. reorganized as The Alaska Railroad in 1923. Matanuska transferred to Civil Aeronautics Administration in 1951. | |
| Midnight Sun Midnight sun The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon occurring in summer months at latitudes north and nearby to the south of the Arctic Circle, and south and nearby to the north of the Antarctic Circle where the sun remains visible at the local midnight. Given fair weather, the sun is visible for a continuous... |
[none] | 1911 | Whitehorse, Yukon | 45 feet | Purchased by Alaskan Engineering Commission in 1915. Used during construction of the U.S. Government Railroad. Railroad completed in 1923. A.E.C. and Government Railroad were thereupon reorganized as The Alaska Railroad. Midnight Sun gone sometime between completion of railroad & 1930. |
| Name | Registry | Year Built | Where Built | Builder | Volume (gross tons) | Hull Length | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anne W | U.S.A. #211682 | 1913 | Portland, Oregon | 84 | 88 feet | Originally owned by Hosford Transportation Co. Purchased by Alaskan Engineering Commission in 1915. Used during construction of the U.S. Government Railroad. Railroad completed in 1923. A.E.C. and Government Railroad were thereupon reorganized as The Alaska Railroad. Anne W sold to Anderson Towboat Co. in 1925. Resold to Pioneer Sand & Gravel Co. in 1928. | |
| Tanana Tanana River The Tanana River is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to linguist and anthropologist William Bright, the name is from the Koyukon tene no, tenene, literally "trail river".... |
U.S.A. #272122 | 1953 | Portland, Oregon | Albina Engine & Machine Works (hull #278) |
450 | 110 feet | Purchased new. Leased to Yutana Barge Line from 1954 to 1980. Sold to Yutana Barge Line in 1980. Tanana refers to the Tanana tribes Tanana languages The Tanana languages are Athabaskan languages that include two languages which are Lower Tanana and Upper Tanana . They are spoken in Canada and Alaska. About 30 people speak Lower Tanana and 100 people speak Upper Tanana. Mostly the elders speak it but many young people are trying to learn it to... of Athabascan Indians Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... and was derived from a phrase, which means water to which the ice trail returns. |
| Yukon Yukon River The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. The source of the river is located in British Columbia, Canada. The next portion lies in, and gives its name to Yukon Territory. The lower half of the river lies in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river is long and empties into... |
U.S.A. #272121 | 1953 | Portland, Oregon | Albina Engine & Machine Works (hull #277) |
336 | 110 feet | Purchased new. Leased to Yutana Barge Line from 1954 to 1977. Demolished by fire (suspicious origins) near Hot Springs, Alaska in 1977. Yukon was derived from a Gwich’in Gwich’in The Gwich’in , literally "one who dwells" or "resident of [a region]", are a First Nations/Alaska Native people who live in the northwestern part of North America mostly above the Arctic Circle... (Athabascan Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... ) phrase, which means big river. |
The Alaskan Engineering Commission also operated the following 14 small gasoline powered
Petrol engine
A petrol engine is an internal combustion engine with spark-ignition, designed to run on petrol and similar volatile fuels....
- screw propeller boats on the Susitna River
Susitna River
The Susitna River is a long river in the Southcentral Alaska. It is the 15th largest river in the United States of America, ranked by average discharge volume at its mouth. The river stretches from the Susitna Glacier to Cook Inlet....
and on the Cook Inlet
Cook Inlet
Cook Inlet stretches from the Gulf of Alaska to Anchorage in south-central Alaska. Cook Inlet branches into the Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm at its northern end, almost surrounding Anchorage....
at various times during construction of the U.S. Government Railroad (later, The Alaska Railroad): Alaska, B&B, B&B No. 2, B&B No. 3, B&B No. 4, B&B No. 5, Betty M, Islander (U.S.A. #210852), Martha Angelina, Red Wing, Standard, Sunbeam, Sunflower, and Swan. (“B&B” was a reference to the original owners of those five boats, Sydney C. Barrington and Charles M. Binkley. All five built by Canal Mfg. Co., Seattle, Washington in 1916. Transferred to the A.E.C. later that year.)
Miscellaneous Yukon River Steamboats Not Owned by White Pass or by The Alaska R.R.
The following lists many steamboats of the Yukon River, tributaries, and headwaters that are not listed above. It is not a complete list.| Name | Registry(ies) | Year Built | Where Built | Builder | Volume (gross tons) | Hull Length | Remarks |
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| A. J. Goddard | Canada #107517 | 1898 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
James H. Calvert | 15 | 50 feet | Originally owned by Upper Yukon Co. Sold to Henry Alexander Munn in 1899. Foundered at the foot of Lake Laberge, Yukon Lake Laberge Lake Laberge is a widening of the Yukon River north of Whitehorse, Yukon in Canada. It is fifty kilometres long and ranges from two to five kilometres wide. Its water is always very cold, and its weather often harsh and suddenly variable.... in 1901. Discovered in 2008 by a team of underwater archeologists, slightly damaged and sitting upright on the bottom of Lake Laberge. Named for Albert J. Goddard (1863–1958). |
| Abbie Rowe | U.S.A. #107412 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
E. Liebeck | 15 | 46 feet | |
| Agnes E. Boyd | U.S.A. #107351 | 1898 | Oakland, California | 32 | 55 feet | Crushed by ice in the Kobuk River, Alaska Kobuk River The Kobuk River is a river located in the Arctic region of northwestern Alaska in the United States. It is approximately long... in 1908. |
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| Alameda | Canada #107257 | 1898 | New Westminster, British Columbia | Coffey & Hanley | 32 | 50 feet | Originally owned by John J. Mckenna. |
| Alaska Union | U.S.A. #107495 | 1898 | Nunivak Island, Alaska Nunivak Island Nunivak Island , the second largest island in the Bering Sea, is a permafrost-covered volcanic island lying about 30 miles offshore from the delta of the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers in the state of Alaska, at about 60° North latitude... |
214 | 110 feet | Stranded in the South Fork of the Koyukuk River, Alaska Koyukuk River The Koyukuk River is a principal tributary of the Yukon River, approximately 500 mi long, in northern Alaska in the United States.It drains an area north of the Yukon on the southern side of the Brooks Range... in 1898. Alaska is derived from an Aleut Aleut language Aleut is a language of the Eskimo–Aleut language family. It is the heritage language of the Aleut people living in the Aleutian Islands, Pribilof Islands, and Commander Islands. As of 2007 there were about 150 speakers of Aleut .- Dialects :Aleut is alone with the Eskimo languages in the... (Eskimo–Aleut) phrase, which literally means object toward which the action of the sea is directed, and refers to the main land. |
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| Alert | Canada #107515 | 1898 | Lindeman, British Columbia Lindeman Lake Lindeman Lake, also known as Lake Lindeman, is a lake on the Chilkoot Trail in far northwestern British Columbia, Canada. Located just south of Bennett Lake and northeast of the summit of the Chilkoot Pass, from which direction it is fed by Lindeman Creek... |
G. Milne | 9 | 34 feet | Originally owned by John J. McKenna. Gone in 1900. |
| Anawanda | U.S.A. #107421 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
31 | 46 feet | ||
| Arctic | U.S.A. #107254 | 1889 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
42 | 140 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... Wrecked by ice at Forty Mile, Yukon in 1897. |
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| Arctic Boy | U.S.A. #107411 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
74 | 124 feet | Sold to Elbridge Truman “E. T.” Barnette and Charles Smith in 1901. Later in 1901, Foundered at St. Michael. | |
| Athol Atholl Atholl or Athole is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands. Today it forms the northern part of Perth and Kinross, Scotland bordering Marr, Badenoch, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth and Lochaber.... |
U.S.A. #107414 | 1898 | Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska.... |
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| Atlinto | None | 1904 | Atlin, British Columbia Atlin, British Columbia Atlin is a community in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on the eastern shore of Atlin Lake. In addition to continued gold-mining activity, Atlin is a tourist destination for fishing, hiking and Heliskiing. As of 2004, there are 450 permanent residents.The name comes from Áa Tlein,... |
W. J. Smith | Operated on Atlin Lake Atlin Lake Atlin Lake is a lake in northwestern British Columbia and is that province's largest natural lake. The northern tip of the lake is in the Yukon, as is Little Atlin Lake. However, most of the lake lies within the Atlin District of British Columbia... . Originally owned by J. D. Durie and W. J. Smith. Atlinto is a hybrid phrase, consisting of the Tlingit Tlingit language The Tlingit language ) is spoken by the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and Western Canada. It is a branch of the Na-Dené language family. Tlingit is very endangered, with fewer than 140 native speakers still living, all of whom are bilingual or near-bilingual in English... word for big lake, plus an Athabascan Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... word for lake: literally, big lake lake. Not to be confused with a gas powered, screw propeller boat of the same name, which was built in 1911, which also operated on Atlin Lake, and which has been put on display at Atlin. |
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| Aurora No. 2 | U.S.A. #107359 | 1898 | San Francisco, California | 54 | 63 feet | ||
| Beaver | U.S.A. #3763 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
35 | 55 feet | Originally owned by Arthur Harper. Foundered at Nome, Alaska Nome, Alaska Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the... in 1899. |
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| Bellingham | None | 1897 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
Len Stinger and A. H. Willock | 35 feet | Operated on Bennett Lake. Originally owned by Dignan, Stinger, and Willock. Gone in 1898. | |
| Ben Hur | U.S.A. #205562 | 1906 | Nome, Alaska Nome, Alaska Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the... |
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| Burpee | Canada #107157 | 1898 | Toronto, Ontario | Polson Iron Works (1 of hull ##30-34) |
9 | 46 feet | Originally ownd by Isaac Burpee. Parts used to build the Quick in 1900. |
| Caribou | U.S.A. #208963 | 1910 | Fairbanks, Alaska | 46 | 57 feet | ||
| City of Bradford City of Bradford The City of Bradford is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. It is named after its largest settlement, Bradford, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Keighley, Shipley, Bingley, Ilkley, Haworth, Silsden and... |
U.S.A. #127288 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
39 | 44 feet | ||
| City of Chicago | U.S.A. #127296 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
142 | 85 feet | Originally owned by John Myers. Sold to Donald Smith in 1899 or 1900. | |
| City of Paris | U.S.A. #127219 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | Missouri-Alaska Gold Co. | 300 | 120 feet | Originally owned by Missouri-Alaska Gold. Sold to Paris-Alaska Mining Co. in 1898. Sold to Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... in 1899. Demolished by fire at Bergman, Alaska in 1901. |
| City of Sault Ste. Marie Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Sault Ste. Marie is a city on the St. Marys River in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay, with a population of 74,948. The community was founded as a French religious mission: Sault either means "jump" or "rapids" in... |
U.S.A. #127827 | 1898 | Dutch Harbor, Alaska Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska.... |
148 | 93 feet | Sold to North American Transportation & Trading Co. and broken up at Dawson City, Yukon in 1899. | |
| Clara | U.S.A. #127249 | 1898 | San Francisco, California | John Cameron | 97 | 76 feet | Originally owned by California & Northwest Mining Co. Sold to the Alaska Exploration Co. in 1898. Broken up at Dawson City, Yukon in 1901. |
| Clio | U.S.A. #127297 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
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| D. Armstrong | U.S.A. #157521 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
32 | 56 feet | Wrecked at New Hamilton, Alaska. | |
| Dora (Olive May, 1897–1899) |
Canada #107514 | 1897 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
Albert S. Kerry Kerry Park (Seattle) Kerry Park is a park on the south slope of Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, Washington, located at the corner of 2nd Avenue W. and W. Highland Drive. According to a plaque on a wall in the park, "Kerry Park [was] given to the City in 1927 by Mr. and Mrs... |
54 | 60 feet | Originally owned by Kerry. Sold to Bennett Lake & Klondyke Navigation Co. in 1899. Resold to Klondyke Corp. in 1900. Resold to Nathaniel Benjamin Raymond in 1902. Resold to L. Roy by 1904. Broken up in 1908. Originally named for Olive May Kerry (1891–1970), daughter of Albert S. Kerry. |
| Dorothy | U.S.A. #157505 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | 126 | 75 feet | Originally owned by Koyokuk Mining & Exploration Co. K.M.&E. Co. dissolved in 1904. Boat converted to gasoline power Petrol engine A petrol engine is an internal combustion engine with spark-ignition, designed to run on petrol and similar volatile fuels.... in 1912. |
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| Dusty Diamond | U.S.A. #157522 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
101 | 75 feet | Originally owned by Klondike Promotion Co. Wrecked in the Upper Tanana River Tanana River The Tanana River is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to linguist and anthropologist William Bright, the name is from the Koyukon tene no, tenene, literally "trail river".... between 1906 & 1917. |
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| Edith M. Kyle | U.S.A. #136676 | 1898 | San Francisco, California | 54 | 62 feet | Sold to Pickart and Bettles in 1899 or 1900. Broken up in 1901. | |
| Eldorado (Philip B. Low Philip B. Low Philip Burrill Low was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Low attended the public schools and was graduated from high school.... , 1898–1899) |
U.S.A. #150776 (1898–1899); Canada #107852 (1899–1903) |
1898 | Seattle, Washington | Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company was a major shipbuilding and construction company, located in Seattle, Washington. The firm was established in 1898 on Elliott Bay in Puget Sound. The company was engaged in construction projects around the United States and built ships for the U.S. Navy at... |
466 | 140 feet | Originally owned by Boston & Alaska Transportation Co. Acquired the nickname “Fillup Below” because it sank several times. Sold to Yukon Flyer Line in 1899. Broken up at Dawson City, Yukon in 1903. |
| Ella | U.S.A. #202300 | 1905 | Seattle, Washington | Henry Bratnober | 419 | 120 feet | Originally owned by the Tanana Trading Co. Sold to the North American Transportation & Trading Co. and, then, to the Merchants’ Yukon Transportation Co. in 1906. Foundered after striking an object at Tolovana, Alaska in 1909. Named for Ella Bratnober (1856–1947), wife of Henry. |
| Emily M | U.S.A. #136667 | 1898 | Brownsville, Oregon Brownsville, Oregon Brownsville is a city in Linn County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,668. It is the setting for the fictional Castle Rock, Oregon in the film Stand by Me.-History:... |
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| Emma | Canada #107260 | 1898 | New Westminster, British Columbia | W. M. Gifford | 82 | 54 feet | Originally owned by William J. Rant. Machinery removed from boat in 1899. Sold to John H. Tulley in 1903. Resold to Arthur J. Simonds in 1904. |
| Emma Nott | Canada #107256 | 1898 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
48 | 56 feet | Originally owned by Robert Joseph Nott. Broken up in 1908. Boat named for Emma Nott (1892–1951), daughter of Robert Joseph Nott. | |
| Englewood | U.S.A. #136716 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
26 | 51 feet | ||
| Evelyn | U.S.A. #205767 | 1908 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Merchants’ Yukon Transportation Co. | 352 | 122 feet | Originally owned by Upper Tanana Trading & Transportation Co. Wrecked in 1913. Later in 1913, superstructure Superstructure A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline. This term is applied to various kinds of physical structures such as buildings, bridges, or ships... used to make the Norcom. |
| Explorer | U.S.A. #136583 | 1885 | Mare Island, California Mare Island Mare Island is a peninsula in the United States alongside the city of Vallejo, California, about northeast of San Francisco. The Napa River forms its eastern side as it enters the Carquinez Strait juncture with the east side of San Pablo Bay. Mare Island is considered a peninsula because no full... |
15 | 50 feet | Owned by the Russian Mission in 1894. Later sold to Northern Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... Foundered at Russian Mission, Alaska Russian Mission, Alaska Russian Mission is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 296.-Geography:Russian Mission is located at .... in 1906. |
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| F. H. Kilburn | Canada #107516 | 1898 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
James H. Calvert | 87 | 50 feet | Originally owned by Upper Yukon Co. Sold to Henry Alexander Munn in 1899. Retired in 1900. Abandoned in 1901. |
| Flora | Canada #103916 | 1898 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
Bennett Lake & Klondyke Navigation Co. | 63 | 80 feet | Originally owned by B.L.&K.N. Co. Sold to the Klondyke Corp. in 1900. Converted to a barge and sold to Five Finger Coal Co. in 1903. |
| Florence | U.S.A.#121068 | 1898 | San Francisco, California | 61 | 101 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... Transferred to the Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Crushed by ice in the St. Michael Canal in 1909. |
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| Florence S | U.S.A.#121085 (1898–1900 & back by 1905); Canada #107857 (1900–1901, possibly until 1905) |
1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #21) |
100 | 75 feet | Originally owned by Seattle-Yukon Transportation Co. Sold to Capt. Sydney C. Barrington in 1900. Later in 1900, it foundered in the “Thirtymile” section of the Yukon River. Converted to a barge in 1901. Resold to Capt. Walace Langley in 1905. Owned by George S. Black by 1939. |
| Fulton | U.S.A. #121086 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
66 | 65 feet | ||
| General Stewart Van Vliet Stewart Van Vliet Stewart Leonard Van Vliet , was a United States Army officer who fought on the side of the Union during the American Civil War.-Early life:... (Katie Heinrich, 1898–1900) |
U.S.A. #161108 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | C. N. Patterson | 248 | 121 feet | Originally owned by the Seattle-Yukon Gold Dredge Co. Sold to U.S. Army in 1900. Foundered at Nulato, Alaska Nulato, Alaska Nulato is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 336.-Geography:Nulato is located at .... between 1901 & 1906. Subsequently, resold to the Northern Navigation Co. and converted to barge Rampart. |
| Glenora Glenora, British Columbia Glenora, also known historically as the Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Glenora and during the Cassiar Gold Rush as Glenora Landing, was an unincorporated settlement in the Stikine Country of northwestern British Columbia, Canada... |
U.S.A. #86413 (1898–1901); Canada #107149 (1901–1902) |
1898 | Tacoma, Washington | G. W. Barlow | 360 | 126 feet | Originally owned by Arthur H. Buckland and Tracy W. Holland. Sold to R. P. McLennan in 1901. Demolished by fire (arson Arson Arson is the crime of intentionally or maliciously setting fire to structures or wildland areas. It may be distinguished from other causes such as spontaneous combustion and natural wildfires... ) near Dawson City, Yukon in 1902. |
| Gold Star | U.S.A. #86440 (1898–1900 & 1902-1906); Canada #107856 (1900–1902) |
1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
168 | 94 feet | Originally owned by Gold Star Transportation Co. Sold to Thomas C. Nixon and William Mogridge in 1900. Resold to the Klondyke Corp. and converted to a barge in 1902. Wrecked at Tanana, Alaska Tanana, Alaska Tanana is a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 308. It is formerly known as Clachotin... in 1906. |
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| Golden Hind Golden Hind The Golden Hind was an English galleon best known for its circumnavigation of the globe between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake... |
None | 1904 | Operated on Chena River Chena River The Chena River is a 100-mile-long river in the Interior region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows generally west from the White Mountains to the Tanana River near the city of Fairbanks, which is built on both sides of the river... . Originally owned by Wilson and Frank H. Stackpole. Wrecked at Fairbanks, Alaska in 1904. |
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| Hamburg | U.S.A. #96468 | 1899 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
24 | 32 feet | Lost in 1899. | |
| Helen Bruce (Fortune Hunter, 1898 to between 1908 & 1910) |
U.S.A. #201461 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
180 | 62 feet | Originally owned by Klondike Promotion Co. | |
| Herbert | None | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
5 | Side wheel propulsion. Operated on the Lower Yukon River. | ||
| Illinois | None | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Galesburg-Alaska Mining & Development Co. | 52 | 75 feet | Operated on Lower Yukon River. Originally owned by the Galesburg-Alaska Mining & Development Co. Sold to the Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... in 1899. Converted to a barge in 1900. Transferred to the Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Transferred to the White Pass in 1914. Abandoned at St. Michael in 1927. |
| Independence | U.S.A. #100668 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
A. H. Logan | 148 | 80 feet | Originally owned by Logan. Sold to A. H. Shultze in 1899. Sold to Tanana Trading Co. and converted to a wrecking barge in 1905. Resold to North American Transportation & Trading Co., then transferred to the Merchants’ Yukon Transportation Co. in 1906. Sold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1911. Sold to White Pass in 1914. Abandoned in 1917. |
| Indianapolis | U.S.A. #100667 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
96 | 70 feet | ||
| Iowa | None | 1898 | Carcross, Yukon Carcross, Yukon Carcross, originally known as Caribou Crossing, is an unincorporated community in the Territory of Yukon, Canada on Bennett Lake and Nares Lake. It has a population of 431 and is home to the Carcross/Tagish First Nation.... |
Iowa-Alaska Mining Co. | 60 feet | Operated on the Upper Yukon River. Originally owned by the Iowa-Alaska Mining Co. Retired in 1900. | |
| J. B. Kerr | None | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
25 | Operated on the Lower Yukon River. | ||
| James Deitrick | U.S.A. #77315 | 1898 | Elizabeth, New Jersey Elizabeth, New Jersey Elizabeth is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 124,969, retaining its ranking as New Jersey's fourth largest city with an increase of 4,401 residents from its 2000 Census population of 120,568... |
Crescent Shipyard Crescent Shipyard Crescent Shipyard, located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, built a number of ships for the United States Navy and allied nations as well during their production run, which lasted about ten years while under the Crescent name and banner. Production of these ships began before the Spanish-American war and... (hull #65) |
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| James Domville James Domville James Domville was a Canadian businessman, militia officer and politician.-Biography:He was the son of a British major-general, also named James Domville. In 1858 James, Jr., went to Barbados where his father commanded a regiment... |
Canada #107154 | 1898 | North Vancouver, British Columbia North Vancouver, British Columbia There are two municipalities in the Greater Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada, that use the name North Vancouver. These are:*The City of North Vancouver... |
Alfred Wallace | 486 | 122 feet | Originally owned by James Domville. Sold to the Klondike, Yukon & Stewart River Co. in 1899. Later in 1899, it was wrecked in the “Thirtymile” section of the Yukon River. |
| Jennie M | U.S.A. #77320 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Crescent Shipyard Crescent Shipyard Crescent Shipyard, located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, built a number of ships for the United States Navy and allied nations as well during their production run, which lasted about ten years while under the Crescent name and banner. Production of these ships began before the Spanish-American war and... (hull #58) |
49 | 70 feet | Owned by Hendricks & Belt in 1903. Wrecked by ice at Mt. Romanoff, Alaska in 1899. Converted to a barge and used by the Black Transportation Co. |
| Kalamazoo Kalamazoo, Michigan The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to... |
None | Operated on Upper Yukon River. Owned by Kalamazoo Mining Co. Foundered at Casey’s Rock, Thirtymile in 1898. | |||||
| Kennorma | None | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | 2 | Operated on the Lower Yukon River | ||
| Kluahne Kluane Lake Kluane Lake is located in the southwest area of the Yukon. At approximately , and long, it is the largest lake contained entirely within the territorial border.... |
Canada #126942 | 1909 | Victoria, British Columbia | Victoria Machinery Depot (hull #12) |
19 | 55 feet | Originally owned by Taylor & Drury, Ltd. Retired in 1920. Kluahne was derived from a hybrid phrase, consisting of the Southern Tutchone Southern Tutchone The Southern Tutchone are a First Nations people living mainly in the southern Yukon in Canada. The Southern Tutchone language, originally spoken by the Southern Tutchone people is a variety of the Tutchone language, part of the Athabaskan language family, although it may be argued that Northern... word for round whitefish Round whitefish The round whitefish is a freshwater species of fish that is found in lakes from Alaska to New England, including the Great Lakes. It has an olive-brown back with light silvery sides and underside and its size is generally between 9 and 19 inches long... , plus the Tlingit Tlingit language The Tlingit language ) is spoken by the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and Western Canada. It is a branch of the Na-Dené language family. Tlingit is very endangered, with fewer than 140 native speakers still living, all of whom are bilingual or near-bilingual in English... word for place. |
| Kotzebue Kotzebue, Alaska As of the census of 2000, there were 3,082 people, 889 households, and 656 families residing in the city. The population density was 114.1 people per square mile . There were 1,007 housing units at an average density of 37.3 per square mile... |
U.S.A. #161106 | 1898 | Sausalito, California Sausalito, California Sausalito is a San Francisco Bay Area city, in Marin County, California, United States. Sausalito is south-southeast of San Rafael, at an elevation of 13 feet . The population was 7,061 as of the 2010 census. The community is situated near the northern end of the Golden Gate Bridge, and prior to... |
39 | 47 feet | Village of Kotzebue, Alaska, named for Otto von Kotzebue (1787–1846). | |
| 1st Koyukuk Koyukuk River The Koyukuk River is a principal tributary of the Yukon River, approximately 500 mi long, in northern Alaska in the United States.It drains an area north of the Yukon on the southern side of the Brooks Range... |
U.S.A. #161202 | 1902 | Portland, Oregon | Joseph Supple | 286 | 121 feet | Originally owned by Northern Navigation Co. Stranded at Little Delta, Alaska, on the Upper Tanana River Tanana River The Tanana River is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to linguist and anthropologist William Bright, the name is from the Koyukon tene no, tenene, literally "trail river".... in 1904. |
| 2nd Koyukuk Koyukuk River The Koyukuk River is a principal tributary of the Yukon River, approximately 500 mi long, in northern Alaska in the United States.It drains an area north of the Yukon on the southern side of the Brooks Range... |
U.S.A. #203496 | 1906 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Northern Navigation Co. | 248 | 121 feet | Originally owned by Northern Navigation. Foundered in the Upper Tanana River Tanana River The Tanana River is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to linguist and anthropologist William Bright, the name is from the Koyukon tene no, tenene, literally "trail river".... in 1911. |
| Lala Lee Collins | None | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | 7 | Operated on the Lower Yukon River. Sold to Dave Cohn and S. M. Hirsch in 1899. | ||
| Leah | U.S.A. #141556 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
477 | 139 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Foundered near Kaltag, Alaska Kaltag, Alaska Kaltag is a village in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 230.-Geography:Kaltag is located at .... in 1906. |
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| Leota | U.S.A. #141541 | 1898 | Alameda, California Alameda, California Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on Alameda Island and Bay Farm Island, and is adjacent to Oakland in the San Francisco Bay. The Bay Farm Island portion of the city is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. At the 2010 census, the city had a... |
37 | 51 feet | Purchased by Northern Navigation Co. in 1906 or 1907. Sold to Horton & Moore between 1911 & 1913. Stranded near Fairbanks, Alaska in 1920. | |
| Linderman | None | 1898 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
Carroll Johnson & Co. | 54 | 40 feet | Operated on Bennett Lake. Originally owned by Capt. John Irving John Irving (steamship captain) John Irving was a steamship captain in British Columbia, Canada. He began on the Fraser River at the age of 18 and would become one of the most famous and prosperous riverboat captains of the era... . Sold to the Northern Lakes & Navigation Co. in 1899. Later in 1899, it foundered in Whitehorse Rapids White Horse rapids The White Horse rapids were rapids on the Yukon River in Canada's Yukon Territory, named for their supposed resemblance to the mane of a charging white horse... . Lindeman Lake named for Dr. Moritz Karl Adolph Lindeman (1823–1908), secretary to the Bremen Geographical Society. |
| Little Delta | U.S.A. #208038 | 1905 | Fairbanks, Alaska | 71 | 67 feet | Originally owned by Cy B. Atwell. Abandoned at Iditarod, Alaska Iditarod, Alaska Iditarod is an abandoned town in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.- Geography :It is on a horseshoe lake that was once a bend in the Iditarod River, northwest of Flat, ultimately flowing into the Yukon river.- History :... . |
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| Little Snug | U.S.A. #208263 | 1910 | Fairbanks, Alaska | 50 | 59 feet | Originally owned by Amos J. Tucker. | |
| Lizzie B | None | 1898 | New York, New York | 4 | Operated on the Lower Yukon River. | ||
| Lorenda | U.S.A. #141568 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
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| Los Angeles | U.S.A. #141569 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
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| Lotta Talbot | U.S.A. #141551 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | 342 | 146 feet | Originally owned by British-American Steamship Co. Sold to the Alaska Meat Co. in 1899 or 1900. Sold to Pacific Cold Storage Co. between 1900 & 1905. Sold to Waechter Bros. in 1905 or 1906. Demolished by fire at Fairbanks, Alaska in 1906. | |
| Luella | U.S.A. #141540 | 1898 | Stockton, California Stockton, California Stockton, California, the seat of San Joaquin County, is the fourth-largest city in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. With a population of 291,707 at the 2010 census, Stockton ranks as this state's 13th largest city... |
115 | 65 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Stranded near Chena, Alaska Chena, Alaska For information on the modern town sometimes known by the name of Chena, go to Chena Hot Springs, Alaska.Chena was a small town in interior Alaska near the confluence of the Chena and Tanana rivers whose heyday was in the first two decades of the 1900s, with a peak population of about 400 in 1907... in 1910. |
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| Lully C | None | 1898 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
Operated on the Upper Yukon River. Originally owned by the Upper Yukon Co. | |||
| Mabel F | Canada #107259 | 1898 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
C. Kersting | 10 | 40 feet | Originally owned by John M. Flower. Sold to E. G. Tennant in 1902. Resold to Matthew Watson by 1921. Resold to J. Williams by 1927. Scuttled in Nares Lake, Yukon Nares Lake Nares Lake is a lake in the southern Yukon between Bennett Lake and Tagish Lake. This lake lies below Nares Mountain. Nares Lake is actually an arm of Tagish Lake. The community of Carcross, Yukon is on the Nares Narrows between Bennett and Tagish Lake, along the Klondike Highway.Named after... in 1950. |
| Martha Clow | U.S.A. #92859 | 1898 | Stockton, California Stockton, California Stockton, California, the seat of San Joaquin County, is the fourth-largest city in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. With a population of 291,707 at the 2010 census, Stockton ranks as this state's 13th largest city... |
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| May D | U.S.A. #92853 | 1898 | San Francisco, California | 67 | 62 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Exploration Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Sold to M. E. Dawson between 1907 & 1909. Sold to H. M. Bolander between 1910 & 1912. | |
| Milwaukee | U.S.A. #92865 | 1898 | Ballard, Washington Ballard, Seattle Ballard is a neighborhood located in the northwestern part of Seattle, Washington. To the north it is bounded by Crown Hill, ; to the east by Greenwood, Phinney Ridge and Fremont ; to the south by the Lake Washington Ship Canal; and to the west by Puget Sound’s Shilshole Bay. The neighborhood’s... |
396 | 136 feet | Originally owned by the Milwaukee-Alaska Gold-Dredge Mining Co. Sold to the British-American Steamship Co. in 1899. Resold to the Seattle-Yukon Transportation Co. in 1900. | |
| Monarch | Canada #107863 | 1898 | San Francisco, California | Matthew Turner | 284 | 120 feet | Originally owned by Fernand de Journal. Sold to D. Burns in 1902. Resold to G. S. Wilkins in 1903. Foundered at Whitehorse, Yukon in 1904. |
| Mono | Canada #107102 | 1898 | Stikine River, British Columbia Stikine River The Stikine River is a river, historically also the Stickeen River, approximately 610 km long, in northwestern British Columbia in Canada and southeastern Alaska in the United States... |
A. F. Henderson | 278 | 120 feet | Originally owned by Teslin Transportation Co. Demolished by fire (arson Arson Arson is the crime of intentionally or maliciously setting fire to structures or wildland areas. It may be distinguished from other causes such as spontaneous combustion and natural wildfires... ) near Dawson City, Yukon in 1902. |
| Nabesna | U.S.A. #222522 | 1922 | Fairbanks, Alaska | 73 | 65 feet | Originally owned by Clarence D. O’Flanagan. | |
| Nenana | U.S.A. #223315 | 1922 | Nenana, Alaska Nenana, Alaska Nenana is a Home Rule City in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Nenana lies at the juncture of the Nenana River and the Tanana River. The population was 402 at the 2000 census. "Nenana" means 'a good place to camp between two rivers.'-History... |
8 | 40 feet | Originally owned by John H. Bailey. Nenana is derived from a Tanana Tanana languages The Tanana languages are Athabaskan languages that include two languages which are Lower Tanana and Upper Tanana . They are spoken in Canada and Alaska. About 30 people speak Lower Tanana and 100 people speak Upper Tanana. Mostly the elders speak it but many young people are trying to learn it to... (Athabascan Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... ) phrase, which means a good place to camp between two rivers. |
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| New Racket | U.S.A. #130228 | 1882 | San Francisco, California | 20 | 42 feet | Originally owned by Ed Schieffelin Ed Schieffelin Edward Lawrence Schieffelin was an Indian scout and prospector who discovered silver in the Arizona Territory, which led to the founding of Tombstone, Arizona. He partnered with his brother Al and mining engineer Richard Gird in a handshake deal that produced millions of dollars in wealth for all... . Sold to Arthur Harper, Capt. A. Mayhue, and LeRoy Napoleon “Jack” McQuesten Jack McQuesten Leroy Napoleon "Jack" McQuesten was a pioneer in Alaska and Yukon as an explorer, trader, and prospector and became known as the "Father of the Yukon." Other nicknames included "Yukon Jack," "Captain Jack," "Golden Rule McQuesten," and "Father of Alaska." He was born in Litchfield, New Hampshire... in 1883. Sold to the Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... after 1893. Wrecked by ice on the Koyukuk River, Alaska Koyukuk River The Koyukuk River is a principal tributary of the Yukon River, approximately 500 mi long, in northern Alaska in the United States.It drains an area north of the Yukon on the southern side of the Brooks Range... in 1897. |
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| Niagara | Canada #107158 | 1878 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 39 | 40 feet | Originally owned by John F. Walker. Broken up in 1899. | |
| Nora | Canada #103915 | 1898 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
Bennett Lake & Klondyke Navigation Co. | 67 | 80 feet | Originally owned by the B.L.&K.N. Co. Converted to a floating landing in 1903. Later in 1903, sold to Harold B. Robertson. |
| North Star | U.S.A. #130770 | 1898 | San Francisco, California | 28 | 46 feet | Abandoned on Koyukuk River, Alaska Koyukuk River The Koyukuk River is a principal tributary of the Yukon River, approximately 500 mi long, in northern Alaska in the United States.It drains an area north of the Yukon on the southern side of the Brooks Range... . |
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| 2nd Northern Light | U.S.A. #130789 | 1895 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
10 | 40 feet | Foundered in the Koyukuk River, Alaska Koyukuk River The Koyukuk River is a principal tributary of the Yukon River, approximately 500 mi long, in northern Alaska in the United States.It drains an area north of the Yukon on the southern side of the Brooks Range... . |
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| 1st Nugget | None | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
5 | Operated on the Lower Yukon River. Foundered in 1899. | ||
| Nunivak Nunivak Island Nunivak Island , the second largest island in the Bering Sea, is a permafrost-covered volcanic island lying about 30 miles offshore from the delta of the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers in the state of Alaska, at about 60° North latitude... |
U.S.A. #200528 | 1898 | San Francisco, California | Union Iron Works Union Iron Works Union Iron Works, located in San Francisco, California, on the southeast waterfront, was a central business within the large industrial zone of Potrero Point, for four decades at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries.-History:... |
486 | 180 feet | Originally owned by U.S. Revenue Cutter Service United States Revenue Cutter Service The United States Revenue Cutter Service was established by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in 1790 as an armed maritime law enforcement service. Throughout its entire existence the Revenue Cutter Service operated under the authority of the United States Department of the Treasury... . Sold to the North American Transportation & Trading Co. in 1905. Crushed by ice at Nenana, Alaska Nenana, Alaska Nenana is a Home Rule City in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Nenana lies at the juncture of the Nenana River and the Tanana River. The population was 402 at the 2000 census. "Nenana" means 'a good place to camp between two rivers.'-History... in 1909. |
| Ora | Canada #103914 | 1898 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
Bennett Lake & Klondyke Navigation Co. | 69 | 80 feet | Originally owned by the B.L.&K.N. Co. Sold to the Klondyke Corp. in 1900. Converted to a barge in 1902. Sold to Edward J. Smythe in 1909. |
| Pauline | Canada #116611 | 1907 | Whitehorse, Yukon | Nathaniel B. Raymond | 145 | 86 feet | Originally owned by Stewart River Navigation Co. Sold to the Side Streams Navigation Co. in 1909. Wrecked by ice at Dawson City, Yukon in 1915. |
| Pioneer | U.S.A. #222523 | 1922 | Fairbanks, Alaska | 14 | 41 feet | Originally owned by George S. Black. Gone by 1939. | |
| Potlach | U.S.A. #150793 | 1898 | Racine, Wisconsin Racine, Wisconsin Racine is a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. According to 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city had a population of 82,196... |
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| Pup | U.S.A. #201964 | 1905 | Ballard, Washington Ballard, Seattle Ballard is a neighborhood located in the northwestern part of Seattle, Washington. To the north it is bounded by Crown Hill, ; to the east by Greenwood, Phinney Ridge and Fremont ; to the south by the Lake Washington Ship Canal; and to the west by Puget Sound’s Shilshole Bay. The neighborhood’s... |
Chindern | 33 | 54 feet | |
| Quick | Canada #107861 | 1900 | Dawson City, Yukon | Edward J. Smythe | 67 | 60 feet | Originally owned by Robert C. Smith. Sold to Stauf and Ridley in 1901. Resold to Tom Smith in 1905. Resold to Capt. A. F. Daughtry and George Waltenberg in 1907. |
| Quickstep | U.S.A. #20617 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | 343 | 124 feet | Originally owned by W. C. Chaflin. Sold to John S. Segers in 1903. Sold to the Kuskokwim Commercial Co. in 1905. Abandoned in 1938. | |
| Rampart | Canada #116615 | 1908 | Dawson City, Yukon | Alphonse Geoffrey | 5 | 43 feet | Originally owned by Daniel Cadzow. Destroyed in 1914. |
| Redlands | U.S.A. #111178 | 1898 | San Francisco, California | 14 | 50 feet | ||
| Reindeer | Canada #107099 | 1898 | Victoria, British Columbia | Thomas Henry Trahey | 358 | 121 feet | Originally owned by the Yukon & Hootalinqua Navigation Co. Sold to British-American Steamship Co. in 1899. Demolished by fire at Five Finger Rapids, Yukon Five Finger Rapids The Five Finger Rapids are located on the Yukon River, Yukon, Canada. Four islands divide the river into five narrow channels of which only the eastern is passable.... in 1900. |
| Research | U.S.A. #202298 | 1898 | Liverpool, United Kingdom Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880... |
45 | 60 feet | Owned by E. Loomis in 1905. Foundered at the Nixon-Takotna Fork, Alaska in 1911. | |
| Robert Kerr | U.S.A. #111180 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #19) |
718 | 176 feet | Originally owned by the British-American Steamship Co. Sold to Pacific Cold Storage Co. between 1900 & 1905. Resold to Waechter Bros. between 1910 & 1924. |
| Rock Island | U.S.A. #111177 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | Kahlke Bros. | 533 | 134 feet | Originally owned by Rock Island Alaska Mining Co. Sold to the Seattle-Yukon Transportation Co. in 1899. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Cut by ice at Chena, Alaska Chena, Alaska For information on the modern town sometimes known by the name of Chena, go to Chena Hot Springs, Alaska.Chena was a small town in interior Alaska near the confluence of the Chena and Tanana rivers whose heyday was in the first two decades of the 1900s, with a peak population of about 400 in 1907... in 1906. Named after the Rock Island Alaska Mining Co. |
| Rock Island No. 2 | U.S.A. #111187 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | Kahlke Bros. | 333 | 100 feet | Originally owned by Rock Island Alaska Mining Co. Sold to the Seattle-Yukon Transportation Co. and converted to a barge in 1899. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Sold to the White Pass in 1914. Wrecked by ice at Nenana, Alaska Nenana, Alaska Nenana is a Home Rule City in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Nenana lies at the juncture of the Nenana River and the Tanana River. The population was 402 at the 2000 census. "Nenana" means 'a good place to camp between two rivers.'-History... in 1918. Named after the Rock Island Alaska Mining Co. |
| Ruth | Canada #107518 | 1898 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
James H. Calvert | 52 | 50 feet | Originally owned by Capt. John Irving John Irving (steamship captain) John Irving was a steamship captain in British Columbia, Canada. He began on the Fraser River at the age of 18 and would become one of the most famous and prosperous riverboat captains of the era... . Sold to the Northern Lakes & Navigation Co. in 1899. Resold to the Atlin Transportation Co. in 1900. Demolished by fire on Atlin Lake Atlin Lake Atlin Lake is a lake in northwestern British Columbia and is that province's largest natural lake. The northern tip of the lake is in the Yukon, as is Little Atlin Lake. However, most of the lake lies within the Atlin District of British Columbia... in 1902. |
| St. James | U.S.A. #116857 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
63 | 70 feet | Foundered at Anvik, Alaska Anvik, Alaska Anvik is a city, home to the Deg Hit'an people, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. The name Anvik, which became the common usage despite multiple names at the time, may have come from early Russian explorers. The native name in the Deg Xinag language is Deloy Ges... in 1899. |
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| St. Joseph | U.S.A. #116863 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
69 | 96 feet | Originally owned by mission at Holy Cross, Alaska Holy Cross, Alaska Holy Cross is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States... . |
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| St. Michael | U.S.A. #115674 | 1879 | San Francisco, California | 20 | 67 feet | Originally owned by Western Fur & Trading Co. Sold to mission at Holy Cross, Alaska Holy Cross, Alaska Holy Cross is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States... in 1884. Resold to Elbridge Truman “E. T.” Barnette, et. al. in 1897. Laid up in 1920. Village of St. Michael, Alaska named for Capt. Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkov (1802–1872), governor of Russian America. |
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| Samson | U.S.A. #208262 | 1910 | Fairbanks, Alaska | Brumbaugh, Hamilton & Kellogg | 272 | 85 feet | Originally owned by Leonard Joseph Heacock. Wrecked in the Upper Tanana River Tanana River The Tanana River is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to linguist and anthropologist William Bright, the name is from the Koyukon tene no, tenene, literally "trail river".... by 1917. |
| Sayak | U.S.A. #203844 | 1900 | San Francisco, California | 209 | 98 feet | Purchased by Alaska Packers Assn. in 1910 or 1911. | |
| Scout | None | 119 feet | Operated on the Upper Yukon River. Owned by Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Wrecked in Lake Laberge, Yukon Lake Laberge Lake Laberge is a widening of the Yukon River north of Whitehorse, Yukon in Canada. It is fifty kilometres long and ranges from two to five kilometres wide. Its water is always very cold, and its weather often harsh and suddenly variable.... in 1917. |
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| Seattle No. 1 | U.S.A. #116853 | 1897 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull No. 23) |
445 | 148 feet | Originally owned by Seattle-Yukon Transportation Co. Converted to a barge in 1900. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Sold to the White Pass in 1918. Later in 1918, it was wrecked by ice at St. Marys, Alaska St. Mary's, Alaska St. Mary's is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 500.-Geography:St... . |
| Selma | U.S.A. #217327 | 1918 | Ruby, Alaska Ruby, Alaska Ruby is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 188.-Geography:Ruby is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of .... |
27 | 48 feet | Originally owned by Ed Simon. | |
| Sen. W. B. Allison William B. Allison William Boyd Allison was an early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, who represented northeastern Iowa for four consecutive terms in the U.S. House before representing his state for six consecutive terms in the U.S. Senate... |
U.S.A. #116858 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
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| Shamrock (Loreli Lorelei The Lorelei is a rock on the eastern bank of the Rhine near St. Goarshausen, Germany, which soars some 120 metres above the waterline. It marks the narrowest part of the river between Switzerland and the North Sea. A very strong current and rocks below the waterline have caused many boat... , 1896–1899) |
U.S.A. #141598 (1896–1899); Canada #107940 (1899–1938) |
1896 | Portland, Oregon | 32 | 50 feet | Rebuilt at Skagway, Alaska in 1898. Sold to George Findlay in 1900. Resold to E. G. Tennant in 1901. Resold to John Leech in 1902. Resold to Klondike Airways in 1915 or later. Eventually converted to gasoline power Petrol engine A petrol engine is an internal combustion engine with spark-ignition, designed to run on petrol and similar volatile fuels.... . Retired in 1938. |
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| Shusana Chisana, Alaska Chisana is a census-designated place in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the CDP was 0... |
U.S.A. #211609 | 1913 | Fairbanks, Alaska | 49 | 80 feet | Sold to the Alaska Rivers Navigation Co. in 1914. Stranded near Nenana, Alaska Nenana, Alaska Nenana is a Home Rule City in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Nenana lies at the juncture of the Nenana River and the Tanana River. The population was 402 at the 2000 census. "Nenana" means 'a good place to camp between two rivers.'-History... in 1920. Shusana was derived from an Upper Tanana (Athabascan Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... ) term, which means a red substance in the water. |
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| Sovereign | U.S.A. #116813 | 1898 | Ballard, Washington Ballard, Seattle Ballard is a neighborhood located in the northwestern part of Seattle, Washington. To the north it is bounded by Crown Hill, ; to the east by Greenwood, Phinney Ridge and Fremont ; to the south by the Lake Washington Ship Canal; and to the west by Puget Sound’s Shilshole Bay. The neighborhood’s... |
Thomas C. Reed | 326 | 126 feet | Originally owned by Columbia Navigation Co. Abandoned at Nome, Alaska Nome, Alaska Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the... . |
| Sunflower | U.S.A. #116848 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
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| T. J. Nestor | U.S.A. #145792 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
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| Tanana Chief | U.S.A. #145795 | 1898 | Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska, Alaska Unalaska is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska.... |
72 | 59 feet | Originally owned by Hendricks & Belt. Abandoned at Chena, Alaska Chena, Alaska For information on the modern town sometimes known by the name of Chena, go to Chena Hot Springs, Alaska.Chena was a small town in interior Alaska near the confluence of the Chena and Tanana rivers whose heyday was in the first two decades of the 1900s, with a peak population of about 400 in 1907... in 1906. Tanana refers to the Tanana tribes Tanana languages The Tanana languages are Athabaskan languages that include two languages which are Lower Tanana and Upper Tanana . They are spoken in Canada and Alaska. About 30 people speak Lower Tanana and 100 people speak Upper Tanana. Mostly the elders speak it but many young people are trying to learn it to... of Athabascan Indians Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... and was derived from a phrase, which means water to which the ice trail returns. |
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| Teddy H | U.S.A. #208307 | 1910 | Fairbanks, Alaska | Leonard Joseph Heacock | 153 | 74 feet | Originally owned by Heacock. Sold to Sam Dubin by 1921. Foundered near Nenana, Alaska Nenana, Alaska Nenana is a Home Rule City in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Nenana lies at the juncture of the Nenana River and the Tanana River. The population was 402 at the 2000 census. "Nenana" means 'a good place to camp between two rivers.'-History... in 1930. |
| Tetlin | U.S.A. #208036 | 1908 | Fairbanks, Alaska | 65 | 61 feet | Wrecked in the Upper Tanana River Tanana River The Tanana River is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to linguist and anthropologist William Bright, the name is from the Koyukon tene no, tenene, literally "trail river".... between 1911 & 1917. |
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| Tosi | None | 50 | Operated on Lower Yukon River. Owned by Holy Cross Mission. | ||||
| Victoria | U.S.A. #161820 | 1897 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Matthew Turner | 55 | 75 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Sold to George A. Fredericks between 1906 & 1912. Abandoned at St. Michael, Alaska. |
| Victorian | Canada #107520 | 1898 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
James H. Calvert | 50 | 56 feet | Originally owned by Capt. John Irving John Irving (steamship captain) John Irving was a steamship captain in British Columbia, Canada. He began on the Fraser River at the age of 18 and would become one of the most famous and prosperous riverboat captains of the era... . Sold to the Northern Lakes & Navigation Co. in 1899. Later in 1899, it was broken up at Bennett Lake. |
| Viola | None | 1898 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
30 feet | Operated on the Upper Yukon River. | ||
| Vivian | Canada #107251 | 1898 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
James H. Calvert | 52 | 50 feet | Originally owned by Capt. John Irving John Irving (steamship captain) John Irving was a steamship captain in British Columbia, Canada. He began on the Fraser River at the age of 18 and would become one of the most famous and prosperous riverboat captains of the era... . Sold to the Northern Lakes & Navigation Co. in 1899. Later in 1899, it was wrecked at Dawson City, Yukon. |
| W. H. Evans | U.S.A. #81599 | 1898 | Ballard, Washington Ballard, Seattle Ballard is a neighborhood located in the northwestern part of Seattle, Washington. To the north it is bounded by Crown Hill, ; to the east by Greenwood, Phinney Ridge and Fremont ; to the south by the Lake Washington Ship Canal; and to the west by Puget Sound’s Shilshole Bay. The neighborhood’s... |
729 | 183 feet | Originally owned by British-American Steamship Co. Broken up at Yukon Flats, Alaska Yukon Flats The Yukon Flats are a vast area of wetlands, forest, bog, and low-lying ground centered on the confluence of the Yukon River, Porcupine River, and Chandalar River in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. The Yukon Flats are bordered in the north by the Brooks Range, in the south by the... in 1900. |
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| W. K. Merwin | U.S.A. #80959 | 1883 | Seattle, Washington | 229 | 108 feet | Originally owned by Washington Steamboat Co. Sold to the Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... Foundered near Nome, Alaska Nome, Alaska Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the... in 1899. Named for William K. Merwyn (b. 1853). |
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| W. S. Stratton | U.S.A. #81623 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | James Casey | 94 | 75 feet | Originally owned by Alec McDonald. Foundered near Selkirk, Yukon Fort Selkirk, Yukon Fort Selkirk is a former trading post on the Yukon River at the confluence of the Pelly River in Canada's Yukon. For many years it was home to the Selkirk First Nation .... in 1899. |
| Weona | U.S.A. #81624 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
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| Wilder | None | 60 feet | Owned by Russian-American Telegraph Co. In 1866, it became the first powerboat to operate on the Yukon River. Operated on the Lower Yukon River. Named for Samuel Wilder (1825 or 1826–1902), a director of the Western Union Telegraph Co. Western Union The Western Union Company is a financial services and communications company based in the United States. Its North American headquarters is in Englewood, Colorado. Up until 2006, Western Union was the best-known U.S... |
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| Willie Irving William Irving (steamship captain) William Irving was a steamship captain and entrepreneur in Oregon, U.S. and British Columbia, Canada.The Irvington neighborhood in Portland, Oregon is named in his honor and in New Westminster, British Columbia his home, "Irving House", is now a heritage site.He was one of the earliest pioneers of... |
Canada #103918 | 1898 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
Capt. John Irving John Irving (steamship captain) John Irving was a steamship captain in British Columbia, Canada. He began on the Fraser River at the age of 18 and would become one of the most famous and prosperous riverboat captains of the era... |
102 | 80 feet | Originally owned by John Irving. Sold to Ed McConnell, Capt. Edward M. Barrington, and C. H. Hamilton in 1898. Barrington died, and Willie Irving sold to C. H. Hamilton, N. Cowan, D. H. Dwyer, C. F. Griffith, and N. Allen in 1899. Wrecked by ice near Selkirk, Yukon Fort Selkirk, Yukon Fort Selkirk is a former trading post on the Yukon River at the confluence of the Pelly River in Canada's Yukon. For many years it was home to the Selkirk First Nation .... in 1899. |
| Youkon Yukon River The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. The source of the river is located in British Columbia, Canada. The next portion lies in, and gives its name to Yukon Territory. The lower half of the river lies in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river is long and empties into... |
U.S.A. #27578 | 1869 | San Francisco, California | John W. Gates | 20 | 49 feet | Originally owned by Parrott & Co. Parrott & Co. was absorbed by the Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... in 1870. Wrecked by ice at Ft. Yukon, Alaska Fort Yukon, Alaska As of the census of 2000, there were 595 people, 225 households, and 137 families residing in the city. The population density was 85.0 people per square mile . There were 317 housing units at an average density of 45.3 per square mile... in 1880. Youkon was derived from a Gwich’in Gwich’in The Gwich’in , literally "one who dwells" or "resident of [a region]", are a First Nations/Alaska Native people who live in the northwestern part of North America mostly above the Arctic Circle... (Athabascan Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... ) phrase, which means big river. |
| Yukon Yukon River The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. The source of the river is located in British Columbia, Canada. The next portion lies in, and gives its name to Yukon Territory. The lower half of the river lies in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river is long and empties into... |
U.S.A. #27623 | 1883 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
20 | 70 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... Wrecked by ice on the Koyukuk River, Alaska Koyukuk River The Koyukuk River is a principal tributary of the Yukon River, approximately 500 mi long, in northern Alaska in the United States.It drains an area north of the Yukon on the southern side of the Brooks Range... . Yukon was derived from a Gwich’in Gwich’in The Gwich’in , literally "one who dwells" or "resident of [a region]", are a First Nations/Alaska Native people who live in the northwestern part of North America mostly above the Arctic Circle... (Athabascan Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family... ) phrase, which means big river. |
| Name | Registry(ies) | Year Built | Where Built | Builder | Volume (gross tons) | Hull Length | Remarks |
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| A. W. Serrett (Anna E. Fay, 1898–1906) |
U.S.A. #107339 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | 97 | 71 feet | Originally owned by Boston & Alaska Transportation Co. Sold to the Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... in 1899. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Sold to the Merchants’ Transportation Co. in 1906. Converted to Diesel power Diesel engine A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber... in 1922. Beached at Quartermaster Harbor, Washington Quartermaster Harbor Quartermaster Harbor is a small harbor located in southern Puget Sound, in Vashon Island, Washington State.-Geographic description:Quartermaster Harbor is formed by Vashon Island on the west and Maury Island on the east... in 1933. |
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| Alaska Alaska Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait... |
U.S.A. #107458 | 1899 | Seattle, Washington | Moran Bros. Robert Moran (shipbuilder) Robert Moran was a prominent Seattle shipbuilder who served as the city's mayor from 1888 to 1890.A native of New York City, Moran was 18 when, in 1875, he arrived penniless in Seattle, a frontier outpost in the Pacific Northwest, which had been settled in November 1851, and only incorporated... (hull #31) |
60 | 74 feet | Originally owned by Empire Transportation Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Demolished by fire at Winter Quarters in 1906. Alaska is derived from an Aleut Aleut language Aleut is a language of the Eskimo–Aleut language family. It is the heritage language of the Aleut people living in the Aleutian Islands, Pribilof Islands, and Commander Islands. As of 2007 there were about 150 speakers of Aleut .- Dialects :Aleut is alone with the Eskimo languages in the... phrase, which literally means object toward which the action of the sea is directed, and refers to the main land. |
| Alpha | U.S.A. #107404 (1898–1902); Canada #107924 (1902-) |
1898 | Seattle, Washington | 10 | 38 feet | Originally owned by A. R. Austin. Sold to Lewis McLachlan in 1902. | |
| Anita | None | 1898 | South Boston, Massachusetts | 6 | Operated on the Lower Yukon River. | ||
| Aquilla | None | Bristol, Rhode Island Bristol, Rhode Island Bristol is a town in and the historic county seat of Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 22,954 at the 2010 census. Bristol, a deepwater seaport, is named after Bristol, England.... |
Herreschoff | 50 feet | Originally owned by William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst was an American business magnate and leading newspaper publisher. Hearst entered the publishing business in 1887, after taking control of The San Francisco Examiner from his father... . Sold to Capt. Edward M. Barrington by 1898. Operated on the Upper Yukon River. Bent its propeller at Forty Mile, Yukon in September 1898. Barrington died in 1899. Broken up in 1900. |
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| Argonaut | U.S.A. #107403 | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
Ildo Ransdell | 15 | 50 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Exploration Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Wrecked at Stewart, Yukon in 1912. |
| Blair of Athol Blair Atholl Blair Atholl is a small town in Perthshire, Scotland, built about the confluence of the Rivers Tilt and Garry in one of the few areas of flat land in the midst of the Grampian Mountains. The Gaelic place-name Blair, from blàr, 'field, plain', refers to this location... |
Canada #111608 | 1900 | New Westminster, British Columbia | J. Morrison | 11 | 54 feet | Originally owned by Margaret Ward. Sold to the Northern Lumber Co. in 1904. Later in 1904, demolished by fire. |
| Carol | None | 1889 | Detroit, Michigan | 5 | Owned by the Empire Transportation Co. by 1900. Operated on the Lower Yukon River. | ||
| Clara Bell | None | 1897 | Westchester, New York Westchester County, New York Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities... |
4 | Sold to the Alaska Exploration Co. by 1900. Operated on the Lower Yukon River. Transferred to the Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. | ||
| Cora | None | 1887 | San Francisco, California | 4 | 55 feet | Originally was 35 feet in length. Sold to Gordon C. Bettles and Capt. William Moore William Moore (steamship captain) William Moore was a steamship captain, businessman, miner and explorer in British Columbia and Alaska. During most of British Columbia's gold rushes Moore could be found at the center of activity, either providing transportation to the miners, working claims or delivering mail and... in 1892. Operated on the Lower Yukon River. Enlarged to 55 feet in length in 1893. Moore sold his interest in the boat to Bettles in 1894. |
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| Cub | U.S.A. #127373 | 1898 | San Francisco, California | 19 | 45 feet | Originally owned by Alaska Exploration Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Wrecked at St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... . |
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| El Sueno | U.S.A. #136625 | 1894 | Alameda, California Alameda, California Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on Alameda Island and Bay Farm Island, and is adjacent to Oakland in the San Francisco Bay. The Bay Farm Island portion of the city is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. At the 2010 census, the city had a... |
23 | 44 feet | Foundered off Nome, Alaska Nome, Alaska Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the... in 1903. Sueno is the Spanish word for dream. |
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| Empire | U.S.A. #136674 | 1898 | Elizabeth, New Jersey Elizabeth, New Jersey Elizabeth is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 124,969, retaining its ranking as New Jersey's fourth largest city with an increase of 4,401 residents from its 2000 Census population of 120,568... |
Crescent Shipyard Crescent Shipyard Crescent Shipyard, located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, built a number of ships for the United States Navy and allied nations as well during their production run, which lasted about ten years while under the Crescent name and banner. Production of these ships began before the Spanish-American war and... (hull #56) |
115 | 85 feet | Originally owned by Empire Transportation Co. |
| Gertrude | U.S.A. #86423 | 1898 | New Whatcom, Washington | A. L. Walsh | 17 | 39 feet | Originally owned by Little Rhody-Alaska Mining & Transportation Co. |
| Gladys | None | 1899 | Jersey City, New Jersey | Operated on Atlin Lake Atlin Lake Atlin Lake is a lake in northwestern British Columbia and is that province's largest natural lake. The northern tip of the lake is in the Yukon, as is Little Atlin Lake. However, most of the lake lies within the Atlin District of British Columbia... . Sold to the North-West Mounted Police in 1902. The N.W.M.P. became the Royal North West Mounted Police in 1904. Boat was owned by Harry E. Brown by 1913. Sold to the Inland Trading Co. in 1914. Abandoned at Atlin, British Columbia Atlin, British Columbia Atlin is a community in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on the eastern shore of Atlin Lake. In addition to continued gold-mining activity, Atlin is a tourist destination for fishing, hiking and Heliskiing. As of 2004, there are 450 permanent residents.The name comes from Áa Tlein,... after 1937. |
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| Gov. Stoneman George Stoneman George Stoneman, Jr. was a career United States Army officer, a Union cavalry general in the American Civil War, and the 15th Governor of California between 1883 and 1887.-Early life:... |
U.S.A. #86081 | 1895 | Sacramento, California | 15 | 44 feet | ||
| Herbert | U.S.A. #203375 | 1906 | Anvik, Alaska Anvik, Alaska Anvik is a city, home to the Deg Hit'an people, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. The name Anvik, which became the common usage despite multiple names at the time, may have come from early Russian explorers. The native name in the Deg Xinag language is Deloy Ges... |
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| Hettie B | U.S.A. #96278 | 1904 | 27 | 43 feet | Stranded at Safety Lagoon, Alaska in 1919. | ||
| Josephine | None | 1896 | Chicago, Illinois | 2 | Operated on the Lower Yukon River. | ||
| Lieutenant Elliot | None | 1898 | Morris Heights, New York Morris Heights, Bronx Morris Heights is a low income residential neighborhood located in the west Bronx. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 5. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are: West Burnside Avenue to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the... |
13 | 36 feet | Operated on the Lower Yukon River. Originally owned by U.S. Army. | |
| Marjorie | Canada #107248 | 1898 | New Westminster, British Columbia | Oliver Bigney | 278 | 37 feet | Originally owned by Teslin Transportation Co. Abandoned in 1914. |
| Nina | None | 1895 | La Crosse, Wisconsin | 2 | Operated on the Lower Yukon River. | ||
| 1st Northern Light | None | 1891 | San Francisco, California | 10 | Operated on the Lower Yukon River. | ||
| 2nd Nugget | None | 1898 | Belvedere, California Belvedere, California Belvedere is an affluent city in Marin County, California, United States. Belvedere is located northeast of Sausalito, at an elevation of 36 feet... |
12 | Operated on the Lower Yukon River. Foundered at Nome, Alaska Nome, Alaska Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the... in 1899. |
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| Pauline Werner | U.S.A. #150771 | 1898 | Seattle, Washington | 112 | 78 feet | Dredge. | |
| Rosalie | None | 1898 | San Francisco, California | 7 | 49 feet | Operated on the Lower Yukon River. Originally owned by the Alaska Commercial Co. Alaska Commercial Company The Alaska Commercial Company is a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Commercial Company . In 1992, it resumed business as the Alaska Commercial Company under the... Transferred to the Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Sold to American Tug Boat Co. in 1905. Sold to Ecuadorian owners in 1936. |
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| Siesta | None | 1890 | Tottenville, New York Tottenville, Staten Island Tottenville with an area of approx. , is the southernmost neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City and New York State. Originally named Bentley Manor by one of its first settlers, Captain Christopher Billop , after a small ship he owned named the Bentley, the district was renamed Tottenville in... |
5 | Operated on the Lower Yukon River. Foundered at Nome, Alaska Nome, Alaska Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the... in 1900. |
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| Silver Wave | U.S.A. #116749 | 1896 | Moline, Illinois Moline, Illinois Moline is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States, with a population of 45,792 in 2010. Moline is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring East Moline and Rock Island in Illinois and the cities of Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa. The Quad Cities has a population of... |
7 | 38 feet | Originally owned by the Galesburg-Alaska Mining & Development Co. | |
| Sirene | None | 1894 | New York, New York | 4 | Operated on the Lower Yukon River. | ||
| Wm. Ogilvie William Ogilvie (surveyor) William Ogilvie FRGS was a Canadian Dominion land surveyor, explorer and Commissioner of the Yukon Territory.... |
Canada #107527 | 1899 | Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia Bennett, British Columbia, Canada is an abandoned town next to Bennett Lake. It was built during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–99 at the end of the White Pass and Chilkoot Trails from nearby ports of Skagway and Dyea in Alaska... |
J. B. Colvin | 82 | 63 feet | Originally owned by Teslin Yukon Steam Navigation Co. Sold to Harry E. Brown between 1907 & 1911. Resold to the Inland Trading Co. in 1913. Abandoned at Taku City, British Columbia Taku, British Columbia Taku, also known as Taku Landing, is a locality on Graham Inlet of the Taku Arm of Tagish Lake in the Atlin District of far northwestern British Columbia, Canada... after 1937. |
| Winnifred | None | 1898 | San Francisco, California | 2 | Operated on the Lower Yukon River. | ||
| Winthrop | None | 1898 | St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St... |
7 | Operated on the Lower Yukon River. | ||
| Witch Hazel Witch Hazel, Oregon Witch Hazel is a neighborhood of the city of Hillsboro in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Formerly an unincorporated community, and considered a separate populated place by the United States Geological Survey, it is on the Tualatin Valley Highway and the Southern Pacific railroad line a... |
None | Bridal Veil, Oregon Bridal Veil, Oregon Bridal Veil is a virtual ghost town located in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. It was established in the 1880s during a logging boom by a logging company as it harvested timber on nearby Larch Mountain to be a company mill town around a sawmill. It had a close relationship with the... |
27 feet | Operated on the Upper Yukon River. | |||
| Wyvern Wyvern A wyvern or wivern is a legendary winged reptilian creature with a dragon's head, two legs , and a barbed tail. The wyvern is found in heraldry. There exists a purely sea-dwelling variant, termed the Sea-Wyvern which has a fish tail in place of a barbed dragon's tail... |
Canada #107160 | 1898 | Dartmouth, United Kingdom Dartmouth, Devon Dartmouth is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is a tourist destination set on the banks of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes... |
8 | 45 feet | Originally owned by Edward M. Bruce. Wrecked on the Snake River, Yukon Snake River (Yukon) The Snake River is located in the Yukon Territory near the Northwest Territories border. It is the farthest east river in the Peel watershed, a major tributary of the Mackenzie River.The Snake is 300 km in length... in 1900. |
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| Yellow Kid The Yellow Kid The Yellow Kid emerged as the lead character in Hogan's Alley, drawn by Richard F. Outcault, which became one of the first Sunday supplement comic strips in an American newspaper, although its graphical layout had already been thoroughly established in political and other, purely-for-entertainment... |
Canada #107258 | 1898 | Lindeman, British Columbia Lindeman Lake Lindeman Lake, also known as Lake Lindeman, is a lake on the Chilkoot Trail in far northwestern British Columbia, Canada. Located just south of Bennett Lake and northeast of the summit of the Chilkoot Pass, from which direction it is fed by Lindeman Creek... |
3 | 29 feet | Originally owned by F. Porter Warsnop. |
General References
- Miramar Ship Index, (http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ , July 18, 2009).
See
- SS KlondikeSS KlondikeThe SS Klondike was the name of two sternwheelers, the second now a national historic site located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Both ran freight between Whitehorse and Dawson City along the Yukon River from 1921-1936 and 1936-1950, respectively....
- Moyie (sternwheeler)Moyie (sternwheeler)The Moyie is a paddle steamer sternwheeler that worked on Kootenay Lake in British Columbia, Canada from 1898 until 1957.After her nearly sixty years of service, she was sold to the town of Kaslo and restored...