Chapter 1:Development of Transportation
Poling on the Pelly River, 1923
A group of men poling a scow on the Pelly River near Ross River in July, 1923. Poles, rather than paddles were often used to travel upstream in shallow water.
Yukon Archives. Claude and Mary Tidd fonds, #7766
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