Repository: University of Saskatchewan Archives Fonds/collection:
Institute for Northern Studies fonds Title of file/item: Sign (History of Five Fingers Rapids) File/item reference: Institute for Northern Studies (INS) fonds – F2100. Binder 1. II. Slides – 1 to 500. Creation dates: [ca. 1965] Extent: 1 slide Scope and content: A sign on the history of Five Fingers Rapids, Y.T.
On sign: "FIVE FINGERS RAPIDS
ONE OF THE HAZARDOUS OBSTACLES ON THE GOLD RUSH ROUTE TO THE KLONDIKE IN 1898. STERNWHEELERS NAVIGATED THROUGH THE SMALLEST CHANNEL WITH THE AID OF CABLES ON THEIR STRUGGLE UPSTREAM." Photographer/author: [Kupsch, Walter Oscar] Number of scanned pages: 1 Subjects: External Representations - Literature External Representations Geographic coverage: Five Fingers Rapids, YT