S.S. Klondike National Historic Site - Parks Canada
WebS.S. Klondike National Historic Site. Visit 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.
Klondike National Historic Sites - Parks Canada
WebKlondike National Historic Sites. Colourful frontier buildings line old-time boardwalks in Dawson City, and a vintage sternwheeler intertwines the present with the Klondike Gold Rush days, when some 50,000 gold-seekers stampeded north. Visit the goldfields, a barren landscape of dreams, and the elegant Commissioner’s residence.
Plan your visit - S.S. Klondike National Historic Site - Parks Canada
WebThe S.S. Klondike is located on the banks of the Yukon River on the outskirts of downtown Whitehorse. Enjoy a video presentation, the Xplorer activity booklet for kids or take a guided tour with one of our heritage interpreters.
SS Klondike - Wikipedia
WebDesignated. 24 June 1967. SS Klondike is the name of two sternwheelers, the second now a National Historic Site located in Whitehorse, Yukon. They ran freight between Whitehorse and Dawson City, along the Yukon River, the first from 1929 to 1936 and the second, an almost exact replica of the first, from 1937 to 1950.
S.S. Klondike National Historic Site | Travel Yukon - Yukon, …
WebLocated on the banks of the Yukon River in Whitehorse, Yukon, and restored to its original 1937-40 appearance, the S.S. Klondike pays tribute to an era of riverboat transportation and the inland water transportation system that linked the Yukon to the outside world before the advent of roads.
Parks Canada - S.S. Klondike National Historic Site of Canada
WebThe S.S. Klondike was designated a national historic site of Canada: to commemorate inland water transportation in the Yukon Territory; to represent Yukon steamers and other vessels. The heritage value of the S.S. Klondike resides in its completeness and legibility as a fast water shallow drafter sternwheeler steamer representative of the type ...
SS Klondike National Historic Site | Whitehorse, Canada
WebSS Klondike National Historic Site. Whitehorse, Canada, North America. Top choice in Whitehorse. Carefully restored, this was one of the largest stern-wheelers used on the Yukon River. Built in 1937, it made its final run upriver to Dawson in 1955 and is now a national historic site.
Culture - S.S. Klondike National Historic Site - Parks Canada
WebThe S.S. Klondike is designated as a National Historic Site of Canada to commemorate the role these sternwheelers played in the history of the Yukon. History After a long cold Yukon winter the sight of the first sternwheeler of the season would be reason to celebrate.
S.S. Klondike National Historic Site - Historic Places Days
Webhttps://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/yt/ssklondike. Phone. 867-667-4511 or 867-667-3910. Email | Website. Visit 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.
WebThe S.S. Klondike National Historic Site represents an era of riverboat transportation. It was the sternwheeler that brought the world to the Yukon and it was the Yukon River that carried these changes. The transportation story includes Whitehorse as a transfer point between rail and riverboat and the site of important shipyards and ways.
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