Ice jam at Forty Mile Trading Post, 1904 - 18032f33b31e7c41023e97ce624f2349

Transcribed from photograph: "Forty Mile Trading Post. Ice jam. 1904." The small town of Forty Mile was established at the confluence of the Yukon and Forty Mile Rivers in 1886 after gold was discovered on the Forty Mile River. The site served as a stopping point for prospectors traveling along the Yukon.; Forty Mile, YT; Forty Mile location approximated.