List of steamboats on the Yukon River
[8] - Named for Hannah Isabelle "Bella" Lilienthal (1856–1923), daughter of AC Co. general manager Louis Sloss.
Pingree, 1898–1900) Canada #107851 (1900–1955) (hull #1) - Named for Nels Peterson (1850–1939), successful Bonanza Creek miner and owner of the Yukon Flyer Line.
[14][15] (hull #24) - Named for Frederick K. Gustin (1856–1937), Chicago, Illinois lawyer, and secretary and treasurer of the SYT Co.[16] - A gleaner is one who gathers a crop after it is reaped.
[14] - Klondike was derived from the Hän idiom Tr'o Ndek, which figuratively means hammer river.
[23][24] The reason for the figurative meaning is that hammers had been used to erect fishing weirs in the Klondike River, in order to catch the Chinook salmon.
[4][14][15][22] - Klondike was derived from the Hän idiom Tr'o Ndek, which figuratively means hammer river.
[23][24] The reason for the figurative meaning is that hammers had been used to erect fishing weirs in the Klondike River, in order to catch the Chinook salmon.
[4][14][15][22] (hull #13) - Klondyke was derived from the Hän idiom Tr'o Ndek, which figuratively means hammer river.
[23][24] The reason for the figurative meaning is that hammers had been used to erect fishing weirs in the Klondike River, in order to catch the Chinook salmon.
The contract was part of a scheme to build a railroad from Haines, Alaska to Five Finger Rapids on the Yukon River.
[25] (hull #28) - Village of St. Michael, Alaska named for Vice Admiral Mikhail D. Tebenkov (1802–1872), governor of Russian America.
[14][15] Canada #107864 (1900–1906) - Named for Exilona L. Wilbur (1845–1920) and John D. Crimmin, Sr. (1835–1906), parents of John D., Jr. - Named for William H. Isom (1828–1929), vice president of the NAT&T Co.[12] Whitehorse, Yukon (superstructure) WP&YR (superstructure) - The name Yukon, or ųųg han, is a contraction of the words in the Gwichʼin phrase chųų gąįį han, which mean white water river and which refer to "the pale colour" of glacial runoff in the Yukon River.
[14] - Kotlik was derived from the Yup'ik metaphor qerrullik,[36] which literally means a pair of pants, and figuratively refers to a fork in the river.
[4][52] - Named after Norgold Mines, Ltd. - Shushanna was derived from the Ahtna phrase tsetsaan’ na’, which means copper creek.
Previously, Tarahini had been derived from the Tlingit phrase té yaa .aa hini, which means stream sitting along rock.
[4][15][32] - "Wahpoo" was the nickname of WP&YR Traffic Manager Albert F. Zipf (1873–1936), derived from a Yup'ik phrase, which means to shout or to scream.
(hull #294) - Klondike was derived from the Hän idiom Tr'o Ndek, which figuratively means hammer river.
[23][24] The reason for the figurative meaning is that hammers had been used to erect fishing weirs in the Klondike River, in order to catch the Chinook salmon.
(Kestrel, 1920–1921) Canada #116619 (1922–1960) (93, 1922–1942; 53, 1920–1922) 64 feet (1920–1922) - Neecheah was derived from the Tlingit phrase neech yeil’, which means calm shoreline.
[61] This name appears to be a Tlingit language description of the Yukon River just downstream of Whitehorse Rapids,[62] which is grammatically correct, but does not pre-date 1900.
Neecheah [Neech Yeil’] appears to be a short Tlingit language description of Whitehorse that was created in 1922 to name the boat.
1925), 1st wife of architect Francis M. Rattenbury, a major investor in the BL&KN Co.[25][73] - Nunivak was derived from a Yup'ik phrase, which may mean big land.
1925), 1st wife of architect Francis M. Rattenbury, a major investor in the BL&KN Co.[25][73] - Named for Pauline E. Dow, née Raymond (1898–1978), daughter of Nathaniel.
Boat later renamed for the 20-mile canyon, located 7 to 27 miles northeast (upstream) of Tanana, through which the Yukon River flows.
[15][32] - Name describes the 20-mile canyon, located 7 to 27 miles northeast (upstream) of Tanana, through which the Yukon River flows.
[15][32] (hull #32) - May have been named for the former barque Robert Kerr (1866), which had become famous as a refuge from the Great Vancouver Fire of 1886, and which was reduced to a barge two years later.
4) - Named for Selma J. Simon (1860–1927), wife of Edward D. - Shusana was derived from the Ahtna phrase tsetsaan’ na’, which means copper creek.
[91] - Witch Hazel, Oregon was (and is) a small community about 44 miles from Bridal Veil, and near the home of a person named Frank Atkins.
1920), daughter of Albert E. (Kantishna, 1968- 2005; Grayling, after 2005–present) - Emmonak is derived from the Yup'ik word imangaq, which means blackfish.
[4][15][35] - Tolovana was derived from the Lower Tanana phrase to lbo no’, which means grey water river.
