In an attempt to save Klondike II, she was converted into a cruise ship by White Pass and Yukon Route.

[1] The Duke of Edinburgh (consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada) was invited to tour the ship in 1954, being taken on a short trip down the Yukon River and back to Whitehorse during his day-long visit to the city.

[1] The venture shut down in 1955 due to lack of interest and Klondike II was left on the ways in the Whitehorse shipyards.

The task required three bulldozers, eight tons of Palmolive soap, a crew of twelve men, and three weeks to complete.

On 24 June 1967, the SS Klondike was designated a National Historic Site of Canada,[2] and she is now open during the summer as a tourist attraction.