Two men and a woman standing in flood waters in front of Bank of British North America building, Dawson, Yukon, circa 1899

On verso of image: Highwater in Dawson Filed in Canada--Yukon The Yukon River has a history of destructive floods. Although the territory's population is sparse, most communities are located on flood plains, a by-product of historical reliance on river transportation. That makes them particular...

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Floods > Yukon > Dawson
Banks > Yukon > Dawson
Wooden buildings > Yukon > Dawson
Log buildings > Yukon > Dawson
Group portraits
Bank of British North America > Buildings
Dawson (Yukon) > Buildings
structures
etc.
Bank buildings > Yukon > Dawson
Flood damage > Yukon > Dawson
Yukon
Canada
Dawson City
Dawson
glacier*
Yukon river
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/520 2023-05-15T16:00:16+02:00 Two men and a woman standing in flood waters in front of Bank of British North America building, Dawson, Yukon, circa 1899 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division Canada--Yukon Territory--Dawson Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/520 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC0806 UW12829 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/520 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Canada Photograph Collection. PH Coll 393 Floods--Yukon--Dawson Banks--Yukon--Dawson Wooden buildings--Yukon--Dawson Log buildings--Yukon--Dawson Group portraits Bank of British North America--Buildings Dawson (Yukon)--Buildings structures etc. Bank buildings--Yukon--Dawson Flood damage--Yukon--Dawson Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:02:54Z On verso of image: Highwater in Dawson Filed in Canada--Yukon The Yukon River has a history of destructive floods. Although the territory's population is sparse, most communities are located on flood plains, a by-product of historical reliance on river transportation. That makes them particularly vulnerable to flooding. The earliest floods in the spring are ice-jam floods, which usually occur in May. Dawson City is particularly susceptible. The floods happen during break-up, when moving ice piles up against a barrier or constriction in the river. The water rises behind the jam and spills over the riverbank. As soon as the danger of ice-jam floods passes, the season for snow-melt flooding begins. And just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water -- along come the glacier and snowfield flooding events. They hit in late summer, when there's a good snow-pack high in the mountains and warm temperatures to melt it. [Source: yourYukon web site, http://www.taiga.net/yourYukon/col255.html] Other/Unknown Material Dawson glacier* Yukon river Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Yukon Canada Dawson City ENVELOPE(-139.433,-139.433,64.060,64.060)
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topic Floods--Yukon--Dawson
Banks--Yukon--Dawson
Wooden buildings--Yukon--Dawson
Log buildings--Yukon--Dawson
Group portraits
Bank of British North America--Buildings
Dawson (Yukon)--Buildings
structures
etc.
Bank buildings--Yukon--Dawson
Flood damage--Yukon--Dawson
spellingShingle Floods--Yukon--Dawson
Banks--Yukon--Dawson
Wooden buildings--Yukon--Dawson
Log buildings--Yukon--Dawson
Group portraits
Bank of British North America--Buildings
Dawson (Yukon)--Buildings
structures
etc.
Bank buildings--Yukon--Dawson
Flood damage--Yukon--Dawson
Two men and a woman standing in flood waters in front of Bank of British North America building, Dawson, Yukon, circa 1899
topic_facet Floods--Yukon--Dawson
Banks--Yukon--Dawson
Wooden buildings--Yukon--Dawson
Log buildings--Yukon--Dawson
Group portraits
Bank of British North America--Buildings
Dawson (Yukon)--Buildings
structures
etc.
Bank buildings--Yukon--Dawson
Flood damage--Yukon--Dawson
description On verso of image: Highwater in Dawson Filed in Canada--Yukon The Yukon River has a history of destructive floods. Although the territory's population is sparse, most communities are located on flood plains, a by-product of historical reliance on river transportation. That makes them particularly vulnerable to flooding. The earliest floods in the spring are ice-jam floods, which usually occur in May. Dawson City is particularly susceptible. The floods happen during break-up, when moving ice piles up against a barrier or constriction in the river. The water rises behind the jam and spills over the riverbank. As soon as the danger of ice-jam floods passes, the season for snow-melt flooding begins. And just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water -- along come the glacier and snowfield flooding events. They hit in late summer, when there's a good snow-pack high in the mountains and warm temperatures to melt it. [Source: yourYukon web site, http://www.taiga.net/yourYukon/col255.html]
author2 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
format Other/Unknown Material
title Two men and a woman standing in flood waters in front of Bank of British North America building, Dawson, Yukon, circa 1899
title_short Two men and a woman standing in flood waters in front of Bank of British North America building, Dawson, Yukon, circa 1899
title_full Two men and a woman standing in flood waters in front of Bank of British North America building, Dawson, Yukon, circa 1899
title_fullStr Two men and a woman standing in flood waters in front of Bank of British North America building, Dawson, Yukon, circa 1899
title_full_unstemmed Two men and a woman standing in flood waters in front of Bank of British North America building, Dawson, Yukon, circa 1899
title_sort two men and a woman standing in flood waters in front of bank of british north america building, dawson, yukon, circa 1899
url http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/520
op_coverage Canada--Yukon Territory--Dawson
long_lat ENVELOPE(-139.433,-139.433,64.060,64.060)
geographic Yukon
Canada
Dawson City
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Canada
Dawson City
genre Dawson
glacier*
Yukon river
Yukon
genre_facet Dawson
glacier*
Yukon river
Yukon
op_source University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Canada Photograph Collection. PH Coll 393
op_relation Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
AWC0806
UW12829
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/520
op_rights For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use
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