Thursday, August 21, 2008

Sternwheeler Keno

One of the last sternwheelers to work the Yukon River. Now they give tours of it.


There was so much wood needed for the opening of the land, mostly due to the gold rush, the forests still haven't recovered. This one boat on one trip used something like 40 cords of wood just to go one way and it's one of the smaller ones. There were dozens of boats, buildings being built, heat for the long cold winters, they were cutting further and further from the rivers.


The store across the street....they spell different up here...


Rick at the wheel. (This wasn't even on the boat.)


The engine room.

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