Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 26

Grubstake to Grocery Store: Supplying the Klondike, 1897-1907

by Margaret Archibald


Relation of Freight Rates to Prices, Yukon Territory, 1910

	Vancouver price, June 3, 1910	Steamship rate to Skagway	Assumed Skagway price	Local rate per ton Skagway to Whitehorse (dollars)		Percentage of local rate to Skagway price (dollars)
	per ton (dollars)	per ton (dollars)	per ton (dollars)	Less than car load	Car load	Less than car load	Car load

Beef (fresh)	16	27	43	70	60	162	139

Pork	24	27	51	70	60	137	117

Butter	80	14	94	70	60	74	63

Cheese	30	10	40	55	50	137	125

Bacon	50	10	60	55	50	91	83

Potatoes	30	11	41	55	55	134	121

Flour	65	9	74	50	45	67	60

Oats	34	9	43	50	40	116	93

Hay	26	15	41	50	40	121	97

Feed	36	9	45	50	40	111	88

Sugar	109	9	118	50	45	42	38


Comparison of Railway Freight Rates, 1910

	White Pass and Yukon Railway (cents per ton-mile)		Canadian Pacific Railway (cents per ton-mile)
	Less than car load	Car load	Less than car load	Car load

Flour	45	40	8	5

Salt	45	41	8	4

Sugar	45	41	8	7

Butter	63	54	13	10

Coal oil	45	41	10	7

Iron	45	41	8	7

Hay	56	50	23	4

Glass	45	41	10	7


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