Climb aboard the S.S. Klondike, one of
Canada’s few remaining steam-powered paddlewheelers, and learn how life
on the rivers of the Yukon has changed over time. Long before and after
the first steam-powered riverboat travelled up the Yukon River,
Indigenous peoples have travelled the riverways of the Yukon. The
arrival of paddlewheelers in the 1860s brought change to the territory,
carrying newcomers and their ways of life, and until 1950 the riverboats
continued to serve as the main link between the Yukon and the outside
world. The S.S. Klondike rests today on the traditional territories of
the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council and Kwanlin Dün First Nation in
Whitehorse.
Montez à bord du bateau à aubes S.S.
Klondike, l’un des rares vapeurs à aubes à subsister au Canada.
Découvrez la vie sur les rivières du Yukon au fil du temps. Bien avant
et bien après que le premier bateau fluvial à vapeur voyageait sur le
fleuve Yukon, les peuples autochtones voyageaient sur les voies
fluviales du Yukon. L’arrivée des vapeurs à aubes dans les années 1860 a
changé le territoire, transportant de nouveaux arrivants et leur mode de
vie, et jusqu’en 1950, les bateaux fluviaux continuaient d’être le lien
principal entre le Yukon et le monde extérieur. Le bateau S.S. Klondike
se trouve aujourd’hui sur les territoires traditionnels du Conseil des
Ta’an Kwäch’än et de la Première Nation Kwanlin Dün à Whitehorse.
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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A Self-Guided Tour 2019
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Visite autoguidée 2015
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Selbstgeführter Rundgang 2019
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Maps
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Documents
Management Documents
Commemorative Integrity Statement / l'énoncé d'intégrité commémorative (Parks Canada, July 7, 1997)
Management Plan: 2004, 2010, Draft2021, 2022 / Plan directeur: 2004, 2010, Ébauche2021, 2022 (Parks Canada)
Historical Documents
A Narrative History of the S.S. Klondike Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 402 (Arnold E. Roos, Parks Canada, 1976)
Fact Sheet, Fiche d'information (Parks Canada, undated)
Model Drawing Collection, S.S. Klondike (Parks Canada, Date Unknown)
Provisions for the Yukon the S S Klondike Cargo Hold in the Late 1930's Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 411 (Richard Stuart, Parks Canada, 1980)
S.S. Klondike: A Self-Guided Tour (Parks Canada, 2019)
S.S. Klondike : Visite autoguidée (Parcs Canada, 2015)
S.S. Klondike: Selbstgeführter Rundgang (Parks Canada, 2019)
Sternwheelers of the Yukon (Rosemary Gilliat, extract from The Beaver, Outfit 285, Summer 1954)
The S.S. Klondike, 1937-55: A Structural History. Vol. I Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 342 (Arnold E. Roos, Parks Canada, 1979)
The S.S. Klondike, 1937-55: A Structural History. Vol. II Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 342 (Arnold E. Roos, Parks Canada, 1979)
The S.S. Klondike, 1937-55: A Structural History. Vol. III Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 342 (Arnold E. Roos, Parks Canada, 1979)
The S.S. Klondike, 1937-55: A Structural History. Vol. IV Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 342 (Arnold E. Roos, Parks Canada, 1981)
The S.S. 'Klondike II' (W.J. McBurney, extract from The Beaver, Outfit 313:2, Autumn 1982)
Xplorers / Xplorateurs (Parks Canada)
Yukon Transportation: A History / L'histoire des transports au Yukon (Gordon Bennett, Parks Canada, 1978)
Videos
In the Days of the Riverboats 18:46 (Parks Canada/National Film Board of Canada, 1981)
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.
cover only
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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