For many years paddle wheelers plied the Yukon
River, pushing cargo-laden barges carrying everything from gold dust to
passengers, evening gowns to dynamite. Burning wood to create steam,
these riverboats used thousands of cords of wood that were stacked at
riverside wood camps. They were the lifeline to the outside world, until
improved roadways retired them in the 1950s. The S.S. Keno, a riverboat
typical of that era, is located on the Dawson City waterfront.
Pendant des années, des bateaux à aubes ont navigué
sur le fleuve Yukon tirant des barges chargées de passagers et de
marchandises allant de la poussière d’or aux robes de soirée sans
oublier la dynamite. Sur ces bateaux, on brûlait du bois pour créer de
la vapeur. À cette fin, des milliers de cordes de bois étaient stockées
dans des camps riverains d’exploitation forestière. Les bateaux à aubes
étaient le seul moyen d’accéder au monde extérieur avant que l’on ne
cesse de les utiliser, dans les années 1950, en raison des améliorations
routières. Le S.S. Keno est un bateau à aubes typique de cette époque
que se trouve maintenant sur les berges du fleuve Yukon au coeur de la
ville de Dawson.
Source: Parks Canada Website (2022)
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Brochures
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viewed by clicking on the cover. These items are historical in
scope and are intended for educational purposes only; they are
not meant as an aid for travel planning.
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Documents
Management Documents
Commemorative Integrity Statement (Parks Canada, July 7, 1997)
Management Plan / Plan directeur (Parks Canada, 2004)
State of the Site Report 2010 / Rapport sur l'état du lieu 2010 (Parks Canada, 2011)
Historical Documents
Fact Sheet, Fiche d'information (Parks Canada, undated)
Facts and Notes: S.S. Keno (Parks Canada, undated)
Str. Keno: The Bride of the Stewart : A Structural History (Volume 2) Microfiche Report Series No. 239 / Rapport(s) sur microfiches numero 239 (Arnold E. Roos, Parks Canada, 1985; Note: Digital edition is incomplete)
The Role of the Steamboats on the Stewart River 1883-1960 (Anne Leckie, Mayo Historical Society, May 2002)
Yukon Transportation: A History / L'histoire des transports au Yukon (Gordon Bennett, Parks Canada, 1978)
of related interest
S.S. Tutshi / S.S. Tutshi (Yukon Tourism and Culture, 2012)
The Wreck of the A.J. Goddard: A sternwheeler from the days of the Klondike Gold Rush / L'épave du A.J. Goddard : Un bateau à aubes de l'époque de la Ruée vers l'or du Klondike (Lindsey Thomas, Doug Davidge and John Pollack, Government of Yukon, 2012)
Books/Livres
The following visual bibliography is just a
sampling of the books which have been published for this park.
ParksCanadaHistory.com does not endorse these, but are merely presenting them for
informational purposes only. As most are copyrighted, we are only able
to provide the covers, and not contents, of these publications.
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Paddlewheels on the frontier The story of British Columbia and Yukon Sternwheel Steamers Art Downs 1972
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Yukon River Steamboats : A Pictorial History Stan B. Cohen 1982
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Paddlewheelers of Alaska and the Yukon (100th Anniversary Collection) Graham Wilson 1999
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The Klondike Gold Rush Steamers: A History of Yukon River Steam Navigation Robert D. Turner 2020
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