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SS Klondike National Historic Site of Canada

Y1A 1V8 Whitehorse, Canada (Yukon)
Address 10 Robert Service Way
 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Navy / Watercraft
  • Historic Engineering Landmarks

Opening times

Admission
Status from 11/2017
 We don't know the fees.
Contact
Tel.:+1-867-667-39 10   
Homepage pc.gc.ca
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Location / Directions
N60.713500° W135.047400°N60°42.81000' W135°2.84400'N60°42'48.6000" W135°2'50.6400"
Description

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
SS Klondike was the name of two sternwheelers, the second now a national historic site located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Both ran freight between Whitehorse and Dawson City along the Yukon River from 1929-1936 and 1937-1950, respectively.

Klondike II carried freight until 1950. Due to the construction of a highway connecting Dawson City and Whitehorse, many sternwheelers were decommissioned. In an attempt to save Klondike II, she was converted into a cruise ship. The venture shut down in 1955 due to lack of interest, and Klondike II was beached in the Whitehorse shipyards.

The ship was donated to Parks Canada and was gradually restored until 1966, when city authorities agreed to move the ship to its present location, at that time part of a squatters' area.

On 24 June 1967, Klondike II was designated a National Historic Site of Canada She is now open during the summer as a tourist attraction.

General characteristics Klondike II

Type :Sternwheeler
Tonnage: 1,226.25 GT (tonnes), 918.45 GRT (tonnes)
Length: 64 m (210 ft)
Beam: 12.5 m (41 ft)
Draught: 0.6 m (24 in) light, 1 m (39 in) loaded
Depth: 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) (molded depth)
Installed power: 2 × compound jet-condenser steam engines 525 hp (391 kW)
Propulsion: Stern paddlewheel
Capacity: 270 tonnes
Crew: 23
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