Interior Barracks of the Yukon Field Force, c1899. Disasters; Buildings; Government Photograph of two sternwheelers on

Photograph of two sternwheelers on the waterfront at Forty Mile on the Yukon River

Pierre Berton

Bill Townsend

The warehouse buildings at Billy Creek are evident

Black and white photograph of three sternwheelers docked for the winter

Interior Barracks of the Yukon Field Force, c1899. Disasters; Buildings; Government Photograph of two sternwheelers onInterior of the barracks of the Yukon Field Force showing twelve men in uniform posing for the camera. The Yukon Field force was drawn from Canada's permanent militia and sent by the federal government to assist the North West Mounted Police to guard prisoners, banks and gold shipments between 1898 and 1900.