List of steamboats on the Yukon River

This is a list of steamboats on the Yukon River. Please see Steamboats of the Yukon River for historical context.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

White Pass & Yukon Route vessels

White Pass Barges (102 vessels): 25 barges built by White Pass. 58 barges (including 7 not used) purchased from the Northern Navigation and Northern Commercial Cos. 19 barges (including 2 not used) purchased from others.

No. of Barges used in each year: 1903–4; 1904–7; 1905–8; 1906–10; 1907–13; 1908 to 1912–12; 1913–13; 1914 to 1916–63 (reflects purchase of Northern Navigation Co.); 1917–58; 1918 and 1919–55; 1920–54; 1921–47; 1922–45; 1923–42 (reflects end of service west of Tanana); 1924–32; 1925 and 1926–23; 1927 and 1928–24; 1929–26; 1930–22; 1931–21; 1932–22; 1933–21; 1934 to 1937–20; 1938 to 1940–18; 1941–17; 1942–16; 1943–12 (reflects end of service west of Dawson); 1944 to 1947–13; 1948–15; 1949–16; 1950–14; 1951–12.

For the roster of White Pass winter stages, see, Overland Trail (Yukon).

For the roster of White Pass railroad equipment, see, List of White Pass and Yukon Route locomotives and cars.

Alaska Railroad vessels

Other vessels

The following lists many pre-1955 vessels of the Yukon River, tributaries, and headwaters that are not listed above. It is not a complete list.

References

General references

Technical and ownership information of the above boats was derived from the following:

• Alaska Railroad Record, Vols. 1-4 (weekly, 1916–1920).
• Andrews, Clarence L. (1916). "Marine Disasters in Alaska of the Alaska Route," 7 The Washington Historical Quarterly, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1916), at pp.&nbsp;21–37.
• Bayers, Lloyd H. Capt. Lloyd H. "Kinky" Bayers Collection, General Marine Files, MS 0010, Alaska State Library, Juneau, Alaska.
• California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside.
• Colton, Tim. Shipbuilding History, at, http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com .
• , various years.
• , various years.
• , various years.
• Miramar Ship Index, (http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/, July 18, 2009).
• Progress Reports of the Alaskan Engineering Commission, 1916–1923. Record Group 126, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland.
• Yukon Archives, Whitehorse, Yukon.
• Sundry Civil Appropriations Bill for 1919: Hearings before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations, 65th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1156 (1918) (Alaskan Engineering Commission).
• Yukon Archives, Whitehorse, Yukon.
• University of Missouri-St. Louis Mercantile Library, St. Louis, Missouri.
• White Pass and Yukon Route Comptroller's Special Report, for years 1902–1949 (privately held)