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Lake Laberge, with Richthofen Island to the right. This photo was taken about 15 minutes after launching from the campground in mid-August 1997.

Lake Laberge - the approach of a massive storm! The contrast between the sunlit beach and the black clouds was right at the extreme range of the film I was using (Kodachrome 64).

Lake Laberge from inside a limestone cave near our first-night campsite, on a beautiful north-facing gravel beach.

The hull wreckage of the sternwheeler Casca at Lower Laberge. Click here to see stills from a 1949 film of a trip down the Yukon River on the Casca.

The 17 Mile woodyard on the Thirty Mile River. When the steamboats were running on the river, there were dozens of these camps along the river to supply fuelwood.

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The Yukon River from the 1902 Whitehorse-Dawson Road at Minto. Click here for a lengthy article about that historic road. It was quite a climb to get to this point, but it provided a nice break from the canoe as well as being a great view.

Steven inspects a cozy cabin at Fort Selkirk. Trapper Frank Blanchard built it in 1938, and his family used it seasonally for many years.

A fanciful grave surround at Fort Selkirk.

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Victoria Rock, downriver from Fort Selkirk.

Unknown cabin ruins along the river.

Stewart Island and its historic buildings are rapidly being claimed by the river. The store has already been moved away from the river at least twice.

The roof of the residence for the employees of the Stewart Island Hudson's Bay store, caught on a gravel bar.

Cabin ruins at the Carlisle Creek woodcamp.

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