<p>Two miles below Miles Canyon, gold seekers on the Yukon River had to navigate through White Horse Rapids. Those who could afford it hired a pilot or portaged their goods around the rapids and used ropes to guide their empty boats through the dangerous rapids. Some boats broke up among the rocks and whirlpools; some took on so much water that they sank. Numerous people were injured or lost their lives.
This 1898 photo by Eric Hegg shows a boatload of gold seekers and their goods running White Horse Rapids on the Yukon River. Freight and passengers generally got soaked.</p>
<p>Original title: Whitehorse rapids</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Gold rushes; Rapids; Rivers; Shooting rapids</li></ul>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Eric_A._Hegg" class="extiw" title="w:en:Eric A. Hegg"><span title="photographer, gold digger (1867-1947)">Eric A. Hegg</span></a>
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1898<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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