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Canada, Yukon
Dawson City YT
West Dawson paddlewheel graveyard
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Wreck timberAlso reported: paddlewheels, boilers, machinery scatter.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Beached fleet of Klondike-era Yukon River sternwheelers, abandoned on the west bank when river shipping died in the 1950s
Wrecks with paddlewheels, boilers and collapsed decks photographed and described by multiple named travel accounts and Atlas Obscura; distinct from the Dawson townside waterfront
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Rotten collapsing decks and rusty ironRiverbank mud, seasonal ferry access only
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