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from Seward, with the exception of Canadian freight for
the Old Crow district.

The British Yukon Navigation Company, in 1947, will
continue to operate below Dawson to Eagle, Alaska, and
the mining districts of Coal and Woodchopper Creeks, and
to Circle, Alaska, as service is required. Freight for Old
Crow will be transferred to Porcupine River launches at
Coal Creek Landing instead of Fort, Yukon as before. As
Soon as Ocean steamer passenger service suitable for tourists
is again established to and from Seward or Whittier,
Alaska, the formerly popular Yukon River Circle Tour
entering at Skagway and leaving Alaska at Seward, and
travelling via Whitehorse, Dawson, Circle, and Fairbanks
will be again established.

Practically all water transportation service between
Whitehorse and Dawson is now handled by the White
Pass and Yukon Route through its subsidiary, the British
Yukon Navigation Company. This organization maintains
regular passenger and freight services on Lewes, Yukon,
and Stewart Rivers by means of steamers and barges, and
also operates gasoline tunnel river launches on other streams
when required. Steamers will be operated on Tagish
Lake in 1947, resuming service discontinued in 1941 to

West Taku Arm.

Facilities of Transportation

Following is a list of steamers and gas-boats operated

by the White Pass and Yukon Route downstream from
Whitehorse (6):

Ast Class Gines Dead
Name Built | Length] Breadth | Passenger T , | Weight
onnage | ,. ©:
Berths ©" | Capacity
Tons
Klondike ...|_ 1937 210-0 41-9 32 1,363 300
Casca..... 1937 | 180-0 36:5 96 1,300 200
. . 9
Whitehorn { ee 171-0 36-3 90 1,120 150
Aksala..... 1913 | 166-8 35-0 50 1,067 150
1922 | 140-6 30-4 40 613 75
Kenor eae { 1937*
eee f 1912 | 141-3 27-2 20 570 75
Nisutlin. . . \ 1938*
Neecheah...} 1920 | 78-5 17-2 Nil 85 45
Lou Anne 1.| 1936 37-1 11-2 Nil 17
Available for operation on Lakes Bennett and Tagish:
Tutshi..... | 1917 | 167 | 35:2 114 1,041 100

* Rebuilt in year indicated.

In addition to the above vessels the company has a
number of barges of different sizes and varying draught,
which are pushed by the steamers up and downstream,
and also has in service several good-sized launches for use
on shallow side streams.

Loading and Dock Facilities

The terminus of the White Pass and Yukon Railway
at Whitehorse, including the depot, express and freight
offices, is situated adjacent to the company’s wharf on the
left bank of Lewes River. Express and freight destined
for points downstream are unloaded from cars directly to
steamers and barges, or, if the latter are not immediately
available, are stored in warehouses at the wharf, which are
ample to accommodate the volume of traffic. <A steel
derrick capable of lifting 15 to 20 tons is available at White-
horse. Heavier shipments are loaded from dock to barges
on skids, or, if on wheels, are moved from loading ramp to
barges under their own power.

A few hundred yards downstream from the wharf
at Whitehorse, the White Pass and Yukon Route maintains
a shipyard, where most of the boats are built, repaired,
and wintered. The latter is accomplished by pulling them
out of the water, and refitting them in the spring. A few
steamers are also wintered at the foot of Lake Laberge,
50 miles downstream.

Wharves and warehouses are maintained by the White
Pass and Yukon Route at Carcross, Dawson, and Mayo
Landing. At Dawson a wooden derrick capable of lifting
approximately 8 tons is maintained by the company.
The company’s wharves and warehouses are located on
Government foreshore property, for which waterfront
rental is paid. At other points, cargoes are discharged
from steamers and barges by tying the latter up to the
tiver-banks and using hand trucks and wheelbarrows on

long gangways. The company also maintains a boat yard
at Carcross.

In 1947, the White Pass and Yukon Route will operate
three steamers between Whitehorse and Dawson. One
of these, the Casca, will make passenger connection from
mid-June to late August with the Canadian Pacific Railway
Company steamer Princess Louise both arriving and
leaving Skagway, Alaska, thus making possible scheduled
trips to Dawson and return. The schedule will include the
West Taku Arm side trip from Carcross. The other two
Tiver steamers will operate in freight and nor-schedule
Passenger service on approximately a 10-day service.
These steamers will also provide service to points below
Dawson as required. A fourth steamer will Operate on
Stewart River from Stewart River Settlement at the mouth
to Mayo, as often as trips can be made.

The steamer Tutshi will Operate from Carcross to
West Taku Arm (Ben My Chree) connecting with all
Canadian Pacific Railway Company steamers and at other

times as required. Freight service to Atlin will also be
handled as required from Carcross.

The steamers on the Dawson-Whitehorse run are a

wood-burning type, and fuel is loaded at various points
along the river. When freight is the main consideration,
practically all the steamers push barges. One oil burning

vessel, the Tutshi is operated on the Carcross-Atlin-Ben My

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