The SS Klondike was the name of two sternwheelers, the second now a National Historic Site of Canada located in Whitehorse, Yukon, to commemorate the role these sternwheelers played in the history of the Yukon.
Before the advent of roads and other mobile, more than 250 sternwheelers made use of the Yukon River as the only means of transportation in the city. The SS Klondlike had a shallow draft, as she was designed to do away with having to push a barge when coming out of the Mayo silver mining district. She was the last sternwheeler that worked on the river, up until August 1955.
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