1885829
9781552120002
Charts of Yukon River (Yukon Territory, Canada) drawn in the strip-map style used by pilots of the paddlewheelers. Thousands of gold rush stampeders followed this route on the famous Trail of '98 to Dawson City and the Klondike gold fields. Covers the 400-mile journey from Whitehorse to Dawson City. The book is a handy 8.5 by 5.5 inch size with coil binding. Includes 42 photos and 9 short stories about the history of river traffic and about people now living along the river.Bruce Trelawny Batchelor is the author of 'Yukon Channel Charts: sternwheeler-style strip maps of the historic Yukon River', published 1996 under ISBN 9781552120002 and ISBN 1552120007.
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