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The SS Klondike was the largest vessel ever to ply the Canadian portion of the Yukon River. This sternwheeler was built by the British Yukon Navigation Co. and launched at Whitehorse in 1937 to replace her namesake, which had sunk the year before. Klondike No. 2 was designed to speed the movement of silver-lead ore on the Yukon River. A combination freight and passenger boat, she operated primarily between Whitehorse and Dawson. After an extensive refurbishment in 1954-55, the vessel was placed in cruise service, and her retirement in 1955 ended the era of commercial steamboat navigation in the Yukon.
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