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Klondikers shooting White Horse Rapids, 1898
Order an ImageTwo miles below Miles Canyon, gold seekers on the Yukon River had to navigate through White Horse Rapids. Those who could afford it hired a pilot or portaged their goods around the rapids and used ropes to guide their empty boats through the dangerous rapids. Some boats broke up among the rocks and whirlpools; some took on so much water that they sank. Numerous people were injured or lost their lives.
This 1898 photo by Eric Hegg shows a boatload of gold seekers and their goods running White Horse Rapids on the Yukon River. Freight and passengers generally got soaked.
Original title: Whitehorse rapids.
This 1898 photo by Eric Hegg shows a boatload of gold seekers and their goods running White Horse Rapids on the Yukon River. Freight and passengers generally got soaked.
Original title: Whitehorse rapids.
ID Number: SHS8332
Date: 1898
Creator(s):
Hegg, Eric A., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
Credit: MOHAI, SHS8332
Copyright: No Known Copyright
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