Tramway hauling freight at Miles Canyon landing on the Yukon River, Yukon Territory, ca. 1899.

• Main Author: Barley, H. C.
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Horse railroads > Yukon > Miles Canyon; Portages-Yukon > Miles Canyon; Canyon and White Horse Rapids Tramway Company (Yukon); Freight and freightage > Yukon > Miles Canyon; Scows > Yukon > Miles Canyon; Yukon; Canada; Steamboat; Landing The; Whitehorse Rapids; Miles Canyon; Whitehorse; Yukon river
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/meed/id/210

Caption on image: "Miles Canyon Landing" The Canyon and White Horse Rapids Tramway Company was used for portaging around the Whitehorse Rapids on the Yukon River. Shows piles of goods on shore and unidentified steamboat in background. PH Coll 246.124 [Meed journal: "Miles Canyon Landing. Upper end of White Horse and Miles Canyon tramway [sic]. Goods were unloaded here from Lake Bennett steamboats and then conveyed over the horse drawn log-tramway around the Canyon and the White Horse Rapids. From there on they were taken down the Yukon by other steamboats. The scow or barge to the right was used to transport animals."]. Klondike Gold Rush. To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction/reproduction Please cite the Order Number