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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSRK_log-church-rectory_Whitehorse-YT.html
The Reverend Richard Bowen and his wife, veterans of the Klondike Goldrush arrived here August 1, 1900 at the call of Bishop Bompas. Bowen immediately undertook with volunteer labour to build this church of logs and held his first service on Octob…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSRJ_white-pass-and-yukon-route-railway_Whitehorse-YT.html
English:Built at the time of the Klondike Gold Rush, the 177 km narrow gauge railway was the heart of the Yukon transportation system for over 80 years. Completed in 1900, it linked the tidewater port of Skagway in Alaska with Whitehorse, head of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSQS_alaska-highway_Whitehorse-YT.html
(left marker)At this site on 1 April 1946the United States Armyofficially handed overthe Alaska Highway andassociated facilities tothe Canadian Army
This plaque is dedicatedto the those who built and caredfor the Alaska Highwayby the members of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSO3_copper-nugget_Whitehorse-YT.html
This immense slab of native copper weighs 2590 pounds or 1175 kilograms. In 1905, prospectors found the copper on the upper White River, 250 miles northwest of Whitehorse. This is the Yukon's largest copper nugget, possibly a Canadian record.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSND_ss-klondike_Whitehorse-YT.html
English:The largest vessel ever to ply the Canadian portion of the Yukon River, this sternwheeler was built by the British Yukon Navigation Co. and launched at Whitehorse in 1937 to replace her namesake, which sank the year before. Klondike No. 2 …