S.S. Keno National Historic Site

S.S. Keno National Historic Site
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Front Street
Dawson City YT Y0B 1G0
Canada
Heures
May 21 to September 18, 2022
Program information available at the Dawson Visitor Information Centre located on Front street.
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Take a tour of the SS Keno with a Parks Canada interpreter.
For many years paddle wheelers plied the Yukon River, pushing cargo-laden barges carrying everything from gold dust to passengers, evening gowns to dynamite. Burning wood to create steam, these riverboats used thousands of cords of wood that were stacked at riverside wood camps. They were the lifeline to the outside world, until improved roadways retired them in the 1950s. The S.S. Keno tells the story of the days of the riverboats
Take a tour of the SS Keno with a Parks Canada interpreter.
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