Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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FOR THIS SC!-TOOI. YEAR 1934-1035 We then continued through the Alaskan Range, a very magnihcent range ot mount- ains. That night we stopped at a place called Curry, where we slept at a hotel built over the station. Next morning promptly at seven cfrloek we pulled out of furry for Alcliinlcy Park. Klt. Nlcliinley, 25,0011 feet above sea level, is to my mind the most beautiful mountain l have ever seen. It is covered with snow from base to peak, and there are two immense glaciers on it. Here we went on a trip in search of w ild animals and saw a few caribou, niany mount- ain sheep, and ptarmigan. We also took two all-day horse trips and visited thekennels where there were some huskies, the heaxiest of which weighed about two hundred pounls After a week at Alcliinley Park, we left on the train for l5airbanks, and arrived tltere at 9 p.m. that night. W-w-same M ...T 'H , Ag .. U ,.,5r,-1 A 5 - ff.: at A . ef fs r - . - ,Q ,ft.g gi.. ,e., - . . ' 1' ' .f CARIBOL' Next morning I met one of the boys from the SS. Aleutian, and we went out to the Aerodrome and saw the l'.S. Navy's new Martin Bombers which were making a tour of Alaska. During my stay at Fairbanks I went to two gold mines and visited the Aerodrome several times. After leaving Fairbanks we journeyed south to Nenana which is situated on the Tanana River Where we were to board the 5.5. Yukon for Dawson, Yfli. At noon we left the harbour, the paddle wheel commenced to revolve, and we were on our way. Next day in the early morning we stopped at Tanana where we loaded wood tthe boat burnt wood instead of coal or oill, and then we continued up the Yukon River. On our journey we stopped at many small villages which were chiefly populated by Indians. The principal villages on our trip were Fort Yukon, Circle, Eagle and Tanana. ll-fl

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SIQIAYYN HOUSE SCHOGI. NIAGAZIXF saw the Government House, as Juneau is the new capital and the biggest city in Alaska. Wihen we arrived at the glacier we were so dazzled by its splendour that we couldn't speak for a moment: in places it was a bright blue, and in others it was a paler shade. After leaving the glacier we went back to the town and I bought some totem poles as gifts for friends at home. and then returned to the boat just in time to hear the I5 minutes whistle blow, Xext morning we passed Alont Saint blias, lN,l1l111 feet above sea level: it is very magnificent with its snow covered peak and rugged grey sides. truly' a very beautiful sight as you gaze at it over a dancing blue sea. In the afternoon we saw Alount Ifairweatlier, 15.411111 feet alioxe sea level: it isalso vqyx' licglutlt-Llly lvllf Hot SU llllt' LIS SAINT l'llLlS. That night we arrived at Cordova, and as soon as I got mtl. the boat I visited the salmon and crab canneries, which were not working, but the foreman gave me ll can nf salmon, and after that I went back to the ship and to lied. 14, -,,gQ2.,,i, ,, X -k FIYF FINGER RAPIDS Next morning we found rhar we were detained at Cordova until the next boat, the SS. Yukon, of the same line as the 5.5. Aleutian. After a week of beautiful sunshine and hardly' anything to do, as soon as the S.S. Yukon arrived it began to rain. Next morning we reached the Colombia Glacier, which comes right down into the sea. This glacier is one and a half miles wide and about fifty' miles long. The curious thing about it is that when the boat whistles big pieces of ice break off and fall into the water. XYhen we left this place we continued on to a town called Seward, and here we slept on board until our train left at T a.m. next day. At 7.15 a.m. our train pulled d a lv all Seward were there to see it off, as there are only two trains a week. out, an ne r. At middav we arrived at a place called Anchorage where we lunched. llll

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SINILWYN HOUSE SCHOOL INIAGAZINE One afternoon we sighted what we thought was a big log, but when we reached it we found that it was a big brown bear, and it turned around and growled at the boat. At Fort Yukon we were in the Arctic Circle. Circle City is the smallest city I have ever seen, but as it is at the other end of the road from Fairbanks to Circle City it is quite an important place. :Xt Circle we loaded on a big twelve ton pile-driver and, as they were loading it, it nearly fell overboard, and everybody thought the ship was going to sink. liagle was the last town on the Alaskan portion of the Yukon River. :Xt Ifagle there were pansies an inch and a half in diameter. Next day we arrived at Dawson City, the capital of the Yukon Territory and the base of the gold on the Klondike River. It has a population of nine hundred, compared with fifty thousand in 1893, the year of the Gold Rush on the Klondike. During our stay at Dawson we visited the gold dredges which are the second largest in the world. W'e also went to a show here, the price for grown-ups was 31.00, children Cunder 161 15 cents, and children under 10 got in for nothing. We left Dawson for Whitehorse on the SS. Casca, which is slightly larger than the SS. Yukon. That night we arrived at Stuart, a small village at the mouth of the Stuart River where we loaded wood. There were some barges alongside laden with bags of silver ore which had just come from Mayo on the Stuart River. Next day we saw numerous caribou cross the River ahead of us, and at night we arrived at the foot of some rapids where we picked up a cable that was fastened at the top of the falls and attached to our winch: when the winch went round we were drawn slowly up the rapids, the only danger being that if the cable snapped it might kill somebody and seriously damage the boat. Next afternoon we arrived at the foot of the Five lfinger Rapids 'lg here again we were towed up by the winches and as it was daytime it was much more interesting than in the cold night. The same afternoon I washed my clothes, and just as I got well into the job and covered with suds I looked up, when, click, and there was a lady with a camera in her hand, and she had just taken a picture of me washing. I fear I blushed l Next morning after breakfast we arrived at Whitehorse, the second largest town in the Yukon Territory. That morning we went on a drive to Miles Canyon at the head ofthe YYhitehorse Rapids. On the way we had to travel along the railroad track, as the railroad track and the road were one. I thought it would be awkward if we niet a train,but fortunately we didn't. W'e visited the Whitehorse Rapids and I took some photographs. I couldn't imagine how the Gold Rushers ever got down them in a boat. The rapids were even worse than the Lachine Rapids, which are considered pretty bad. W'hen we arrived at Niles Canyon we saw two lines of wooden track and we asked the driver what they were. I-Ie said that in the Gold Rush days some man had made these tracks and built a cart and put it on them, and had taken the people in his contiv- ance, which was pulled by a horse, along the portion from Miles Canyon to Wlhitehorse. I-Ie charged about two dollars a mile, and the journey is almost ten miles l After seeing Miles Canyon, we came back, and as it was about ten o'clock, my friends and I went on a fishing trip to VVhitehorse Rapids. After everybody except another man and myself 1141