Yukon transportation : a history / by Gordon Bennett.

Main entry:

Bennett, Gordon.

Title & Author:

Yukon transportation : a history / by Gordon Bennett.

Publication:

Ottawa : National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, Indian and Northern Affairs : Available by mail from Print. and Pub., Supply and Services Canada, 1978.

Description:

177 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Series:

Canadian historic sites : Occasional papers in archaeology and history ; no. 19

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-174).
Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00 0.

Summary:

This paper examines the development of the Yukon transportation system from the early 1840s to the 1960s including sleds, foot trails, river routes, the White Pass and Yukon Railway and the Alaska Highway within the context of economic conditions. Describes the limitations to development posed by geography and non-renewable resources exploitation and the role of transportation in alleviating these problems.

ISBN:

0660016710
9780660016719

Subject:

Transportation Yukon History.
Transport Yukon Histoire.
Transportation
Transport
Verkehrssystem
Yukon History.
Yukon Histoire.
Yukon
Yukon Territory

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Canadian historic sites ; no. 19.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 98174
Call No.: ID:85-B14968
Status: Available

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