Index

Vessels

Each vessel has a record page with its particulars, photographs and sources. Pages marked draft have not yet been checked against primary sources.

The Tutshi on blocking at Carcross in 1987, white hull and three decks with a buff and black stack, mountains behind

Yukon · 1917

SS Tutshi

Lake sternwheeler of the White Pass & Yukon Route's British Yukon Navigation Co., built at Carcross. Her engines and boiler survive at the SS Tutshi Memorial.

The Keno on blocking beside the street in Dawson City, white hull and decks with a buff stack, the forward main deck under a temporary shelter, forested hill behind

Yukon · 1922

SS Keno

A smaller British Yukon Navigation Co. sternwheeler built for the Stewart River ore trade, preserved at Dawson City.

The sternwheeler Nenana on display, white hull and three decks under a smoke-hazed amber sky, with spars and rigging at the bow

Alaska · 1933

SS Nenana

The Alaska Railroad's largest Yukon River steamboat, a passenger and freight packet launched at Nenana in 1933, now a National Historic Landmark in Fairbanks.

The Klondike on blocking beside the river at Whitehorse, white hull and decks, yellow stack, under dark clouds with autumn trees behind

Yukon · 1937

SS Klondike (II)

The second Klondike, a Yukon River freight sternwheeler of the British Yukon Navigation Co., now preserved at Whitehorse.

Photographs to come

Pacific Northwest · 1939

Snagboat W.T. Preston

Steam sternwheel snagboat of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, which cleared snags and debris from Puget Sound and its rivers until 1981. Now a museum ship on land at Anacortes, Washington.

The Portland moored on the Willamette River at Portland, white superstructure with blue trim and a black stack, capstans on her blue foredeck

Pacific Northwest · 1947

Steamer Portland

Steam sternwheel harbor tug built for the Port of Portland, preserved as a working museum vessel on the Willamette River.

At a glance

Vessel	Built	Builder / place	Waters	Today	Status
SS Tutshi	1917	British Yukon Navigation Co., Carcross, Yukon	Nares Lake, Tagish Lake, Taku Arm and Taku Inlet	SS Tutshi Memorial, Carcross, Yukon	Draft
SS Keno	1922	British Yukon Navigation Co., Whitehorse, Yukon	Stewart River, Yukon River	S.S. Keno National Historic Site, Dawson City, Yukon	Draft
SS Nenana	1933	Berg Shipbuilding Company (prefabricated in Seattle, assembled at Nenana), Nenana, Alaska (launched May 1933)	Tanana River, Yukon River	Pioneer Park (formerly Alaskaland), Fairbanks, Alaska	Draft
SS Klondike (II)	1937	British Yukon Navigation Co., Whitehorse, Yukon	Yukon River, Stewart River (to Stewart Landing)	S.S. Klondike National Historic Site, Whitehorse, Yukon	Draft
Snagboat W.T. Preston	1939	Lake Union Drydock, Seattle, Seattle, Washington	Puget Sound, from Blaine to Olympia and Shelton, Skagit River and other tributary rivers	Beside the old Great Northern depot, 703 R Avenue, Anacortes, Washington (Anacortes Museum)	Draft
Steamer Portland	1947	Northwest Marine Iron Works, Portland (designed by the Port of Portland), Portland, Oregon	Willamette River, Columbia River	Oregon Maritime Museum, Portland, Oregon	Draft