True story of the discovery of the Klondike by Bob Henderson
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is referenced by: https://rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca/phil-lind-klondike-gold-rush-collection
is part of: Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush collection
creator: Henderson, Henry
issued: 2024-05-28
issued: 2024-05-28T20:48:36Z
created: [not before 1896]
description: Account by Captain Henry Henderson about how his elder brother, Robert Henderson, explored the Klondike in 1896.
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/plind/items/1.0446084/source.json
extent: 30 pages : illustrations
format: application/pdf
note: True Story of the Discovery of the Klondike by Bob â_â Henderson "34*~ Author: _ CAPTAIN HENRY HENDERSON Printed by the H. H. HULL PRINTING CO. Edmonton, Alberta CcAPTAIN HENRY HENDERSON PREFACE Robert Hendeiâson, Captain Henry Hendersonâs elder brother, was the disâ coverer of the Klondike, in the Yukon, in 1896. He was born and raised in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Captain Henry Henderson writes this story. He was in the Yukon first in 1893 and ran the first steambogt on the Upper Yukon River from FortyâMile to Five Finger Rapids and Stewart River, a distance of three hundred miles; the name of the steamboat was The Pelly. The boat was of 10 H.P. owned by Harper & Leduc, of Selkirk and SixtyâMile posts. True Story of the Discovery of the Klondike by Bob Henderson CHAPTER L. My parents were old country Scotch. My mother died first at the age of ninety and father at ninetyâeight. There were seven in the family, three girls and four boys. John, the eldest, was drowned at the age of forty. Bill, the second son, died ten years later after sailing the Western ocean for twenty years. My two sisters, Mary and Maggic, married in New York, and Martha is living with her husband in the Yukon. My brotherâinâlaw owned a little vessel which ran as a packet from Merigonish to Pictou and when I was about nine years old I thought it would be great fun to work on her. Jack McGregor was the Captainâs name; he was a fine man and came of a noble family, and his brother, Dr McGregor, was one of the ablest doctors in Nova Scotia. I sailed part of three summers with McGregor. The boat carried passenâ gers, but Jack took no fares. Liquor was plentiful and as Jack, who was a kind hearted fellow, liked a little drop as well as the rest, they generally had a big time. Then the ship would be turned over to the First Officer and crewââI was First Officer, crew and cook all in oneâand I always managed to get her home safely. Our windlass was the oldest style knownâa big log with holes in it for …
has type: Books ; Autobiography
spatial: Klondike River Valley (Yukon)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0446084
language: English
subject: Henderson, Bob
subject: Henderson, Henry
subject: Yukon--Description and travel
provider: Vancouver: University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Edmonton : H. H. Hull Printing Co.
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush collection. RBSC-ARC-1820-01-47
type: Text