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  • Hilltop House is one of the historic buildings in Harpers Ferry Historic District, which comprises about one hundred historic structures in the town of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA. In the late 19th century a number of Victorian houses were built on high ground above the floods. The Hilltop House Hotel received guests who included Mark Twain, Alexander Graham Bell and Woodrow Wilson. The National Historic Park essentially comprises the lower, flood-prone areas of the town, while the Historic District comprises the upper town, including early 19th century houses built by the United States Government for the Harpers Ferry Armory. Significant buildings and sites include the site of the Armory, the U.S Armory Potomac Canal, the Harpers Ferry Train Station, and Shenandoah Street, Potomac Street, and High or Washington Street. Due to repeated flooding in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the town entered a decline that resulted in the inadvertent preservation of much of the original town fabric. Two National Register properties adjoin the Harpers Ferry Historic District - the B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing and St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church.
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  • An actor dressed as a confederate soldier walks through historic Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA. The Confederate States of America existed briefly from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War (or War Between the States). Members of all the Confederate States military forces, including the Army, the Navy and the Marine Corps were often refered to as "Confederates", and members of the CS Army were referred to as "Confederate soldiers". Supplementing the CS Army were the various state militias. Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, one of the few towns directly traversed by the Appalachian Trail. The town contains both Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and the populated Harpers Ferry Historic District (higher above the flood plain), at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers where the US states of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia meet. Historically, Harpers Ferry is best known for John Brown's raid on the Armory in 1859 and its role in the American Civil War.
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  • A family on bicycles explores Harpers Ferry, a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, one of the few towns directly traversed by the Appalachian Trail. The town contains both Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and the populated Harpers Ferry Historic District (higher above the flood plain), at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers where the US states of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia meet. Historically, Harpers Ferry is best known for John Brown's raid on the Armory in 1859 and its role in the American Civil War.
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  • St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church stands prominently above Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA. The original church was built in 1833 in a pseudo-Gothic style and escaped destruction in the American Civil War. The church was extensively altered in 1896 in the then-popular Neo-Gothic style to produce the church seen today (listed on the National Register of Historic Places). The church commands a sweeping vista across the gorge of the Shenandoah River above its confluence with the Potomac River. A short trail leads from the church to Jefferson Rock.
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  • St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church stands prominently above Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA. The original church was built in 1833 in a pseudo-Gothic style and escaped destruction in the American Civil War. The church was extensively altered in 1896 in the then-popular Neo-Gothic style to produce the church seen today (listed on the National Register of Historic Places). The church commands a sweeping vista across the gorge of the Shenandoah River above its confluence with the Potomac River. A short trail leads from the church to Jefferson Rock.
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  • John Brown's Fort was a guard house / fire engine house that Brown raided at the Harpers Ferry Armory in 1859 in Virginia (now in West Virginia), where the abolitionist attempted to incite a slave insurrection, 2 years before the Civil War. The building was built in 1848 as a guard and fire engine house for the federal Harpers Ferry Armory. Harpers Ferry, a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, is one of the few towns directly traversed by the Appalachian Trail. The town contains both Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and the populated Harpers Ferry Historic District (higher above the flood plain), at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers where the US states of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia meet. Historically, Harpers Ferry is best known for John Brown's raid on the Armory in 1859 and its role in the American Civil War.
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  • A German Shepherd dog squeezes through a window in a white fence at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA. Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, one of the few towns directly traversed by the Appalachian Trail. The town contains both Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and the populated Harpers Ferry Historic District (higher above the flood plain), at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers where the US states of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia meet. Historically, Harpers Ferry is best known for John Brown's raid on the Armory in 1859 and its role in the American Civil War.
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  • A brown dog peers through a window in a white fence at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA. Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, one of the few towns directly traversed by the Appalachian Trail. The town contains both Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and the populated Harpers Ferry Historic District (higher above the flood plain), at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers where the US states of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia meet. Historically, Harpers Ferry is best known for John Brown's raid on the Armory in 1859 and its role in the American Civil War.
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  • Jefferson Rock is secured by posts to bedrock in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA. In his visit to this rock with daughter Patsy in 1783, Thomas Jefferson said: "The passage of the Patowmac [Potomac] through the Blue Ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in Nature... This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic." Although Jefferson was widely read and very well educated, surprisingly, he did not travel widely, apart from serving as minister to France from 1785 to 1789. Thomas Jefferson achieved remarkable feats as a horticulturist, statesman, architect (see Monticello, Virginia), archaeologist and inventor. He was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence, the third President of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia. He instigated the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and launched the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806). The town of Harpers Ferry contains both Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and the populated Harpers Ferry Historic District (higher above the flood plain), at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers where the US states of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia meet. Historically, Harpers Ferry is best known for John Brown's raid on the Armory in 1859 and its role in the American Civil War.
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  • The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Crossings at the Potomac River are a set of railroad bridges (on the National Register of Historic Places) that span the Potomac River between Maryland Heights, Maryland and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA. Two bridges comprise the current crossing. in this image is the older bridge, a steel Pratt truss and plate girder bridge dating to 1894, carrying the B&O Valley line toward Winchester, Virginia along the Shenandoah River. A tunnel was built at the same time as the 1894 bridge to carry the tracks through Maryland Heights and to eliminate a sharp curve. The western end of the tunnel was widened in conjunction with the construction of the second bridge to allow the broadest possible curve across the river. Just downstream of the 1894 bridge, almost at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, are the ruins of two previous bridges on the same alignment. The newer of the bridges was a Bollman truss bridge that carried rail and highway traffic from 1870 until 1936, when it was swept away by a flood. As of 2008, Amtrak, the US national passenger rail system, provides service to Harpers Ferry twice a day (once in each direction). It is also served by the MARC commuter rail service, on its Brunswick line. The city's passenger rail station is located at the West Virginia end of the historic railroad bridge across the Potomac River. In addition about forty or fifty CSX freight trains daily pass through Harpers Ferry and over the bridge spanning the Potomac River.
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  • The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Crossings are a set of railroad bridges (on the National Register of Historic Places) that span the Potomac River between Maryland Heights, Maryland and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA. Two bridges comprise the current crossing. The older bridge (shown), a steel Pratt truss and plate girder bridge dating to 1894, carrying the B&O Valley line toward Winchester, Virginia along the Shenandoah River. A tunnel was built at the same time as the 1894 bridge to carry the tracks through Maryland Heights and to eliminate a sharp curve. The western end of the tunnel was widened in conjunction with the construction of the second bridge to allow the broadest possible curve across the river. Just downstream of the 1894 bridge, almost at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, are the ruins of two previous bridges on the same alignment. The newer of the bridges was a Bollman truss bridge that carried rail and highway traffic from 1870 until 1936, when it was swept away by a flood. As of 2008, Amtrak, the US national passenger rail system, provides service to Harpers Ferry twice a day (once in each direction). It is also served by the MARC commuter rail service, on its Brunswick line. The city's passenger rail station is located at the West Virginia end of the historic railroad bridge across the Potomac River. In addition about forty or fifty CSX freight trains daily pass through Harpers Ferry and over the bridge. Panorama stitched from 3 overlapping photos.
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  • The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Crossings at the Potomac River are a set of railroad bridges (on the National Register of Historic Places) that span the Potomac River between Maryland Heights, Maryland and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA. Two bridges comprise the current crossing. in this image is the older bridge, a steel Pratt truss and plate girder bridge dating to 1894, carrying the B&O Valley line toward Winchester, Virginia along the Shenandoah River. A tunnel was built at the same time as the 1894 bridge to carry the tracks through Maryland Heights and to eliminate a sharp curve. The western end of the tunnel was widened in conjunction with the construction of the second bridge to allow the broadest possible curve across the river. Just downstream of the 1894 bridge, almost at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, are the ruins of two previous bridges on the same alignment. The newer of the bridges was a Bollman truss bridge that carried rail and highway traffic from 1870 until 1936, when it was swept away by a flood. As of 2008, Amtrak, the US national passenger rail system, provides service to Harpers Ferry twice a day (once in each direction). It is also served by the MARC commuter rail service, on its Brunswick line. The city's passenger rail station is located at the West Virginia end of the historic railroad bridge across the Potomac River. In addition about forty or fifty CSX freight trains daily pass through Harpers Ferry and over the bridge spanning the Potomac River.
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  • A solo hiker walks atop the Pulpit Rock (Prekestolen) 1959 feet above a car ferry on Lysefjord, Forsand municipality, Rogaland county, Ryfylke traditional district, Norway, Europe. The nearest city is Jørpeland, in Strand municipality. Published in Wilderness Travel Catalog of Adventures 1998, 1996, 1988. Winner of "Honorable Mention, Photo Travel Division" in Photographic Society of America (PSA) Inter-Club Slide Competition May 1988. Published 2009 on a commercial web site in Amsterdam. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Favorite parks, tracks (trails), and sights are labelled on this small relief map of South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Fossil shells, Putangirua Pinnacles, New Zealand, North Island. When ocean levels were much higher 7 to 9 million years ago, the Aorangi Ranges were an island which deposited large alluvial fans at the seashore. Conglomerate rock formed in layers. Erosion over the past several thousand years created a badlands of earth pillars (or hoodoos) at the head of this valley in the Aorangi Ranges.
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  • The Putangirua Pinnacles were featured as the Dimholt Road in the "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" motion picture. When ocean levels were much higher 7 to 9 million years ago, the Aorangi Ranges were an island which deposited large alluvial fans at the seashore. Conglomerate rock formed in layers. Erosion over the past several thousand years created a badlands of earth pillars (or hoodoos) at the head of this valley in the Aorangi Ranges.
    07NZ_6056_Putangirua-Pinnacles.jpg
  • The Putangirua Pinnacles were featured as the Dimholt Road in the "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" motion picture. When ocean levels were much higher 7 to 9 million years ago, the Aorangi Ranges were an island which deposited large alluvial fans at the seashore. Conglomerate rock formed in layers. Erosion over the past several thousand years created a badlands of earth pillars (or hoodoos) at the head of this valley in the Aorangi Ranges.
    07NZ_6013_Putangirua-Pinnacles.jpg
  • The Putangirua Pinnacles were featured as the Dimholt Road in the "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" motion picture. When ocean levels were much higher 7 to 9 million years ago, the Aorangi Ranges were an island which deposited large alluvial fans at the seashore. Conglomerate rock formed in layers. Erosion over the past several thousand years created a badlands of earth pillars (or hoodoos) at the head of this valley in the Aorangi Ranges.
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  • Toketee Falls (85+28 feet high in two steps), North Umpqua River, Douglas County, Oregon, USA. Columnar basalt frames the graceful falls in Umpqua National Forest. The Toketee Falls trailhead can be found 1/2 mile north of Highway 138 near Toketee Lake, 16 miles west of Diamond Lake, or 58 miles east of Roseburg.
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  • Toketee Falls (85+28 feet high in two steps), North Umpqua River, Douglas County, Oregon, USA. Columnar basalt frames the graceful falls in Umpqua National Forest. The Toketee Falls trailhead can be found 1/2 mile north of Highway 138 near Toketee Lake, 16 miles west of Diamond Lake, or 58 miles east of Roseburg.
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  • The Puerto Eden ferry/cargo ship cruises 4 days from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales via Chilean fjords in Patagonia, Chile, South America. See navimag.com for ferry schedule.
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  • A ferry cruises by a waterfall on Geirangerfjord, the epitome of Norwegian fjords. Geirangerfjorden (the Geiranger fjord) is a stunningly beautiful 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) long branch of Storfjord (Great Fjord, the fifth longest in Norway). Geirangerfjord is one of Norway's most visited tourist sites and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. Take the car ferry for an impressive sightseeing trip between Geiranger and Hellesylt, in Stranda municipality, Sunnmøre region, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Published on the cover of Wells Fargo Lifescapes magazine August 2012. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Loutro harbor, Crete, Greece: The only access to Loutro is by foot, ferry, or private boat on the Mediterranean Sea. Hikers exploring the rugged coast smell a rich fragrance of wild herbs.
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  • A Blue Star Ferry ship cruises below Oia, Santorini Island, Greece, Europe. Geologic and human history of Santorini: Humans first arrived around 3000 BC on this volcano known in ancient times as Thira (or Thera). The island was a volcanic cone with a circular shoreline until 1646 BC, when one of earths most violent explosions blasted ash all over the Mediterranean, sunk the center of the island, launched tidal waves, and may have ruined the Minoan civilization 70 miles away on Crete. Remarkably, volcanic ash dumped onto the volcanos flanks actually preserved the village of Akrotiri and its 3600-year-old frescoes from the Minoan era. These are some of the earliest known examples of world art history, which you can now view in museums. In 286 BC, the volcano split off Thirasia (Little Thira) Island (to the West). The volcano began rebuilding, and in 197 BC the small center islet of Palia Kameni appeared. In 1707 CE, lava started forming Nea Kameni, the larger center island which erupted as recently as 1956 and caused a huge earthquake (7.8 on the Richter scale) which destroyed most of the houses in the towns of Fira and Oia. Fira and Oia have since been rebuilt as multi-level mazes of fascinating whitewashed architecture, attracting tourists from around the world.
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  • Sheep are transported on the ferry from Kangaroo Island to mainland South Australia.
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  • Bluebridge Ferry transports cars & people through Tory Channel, South Island, New Zealand
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  • Bluebridge Ferry transports cars & people through Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand
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  • Bluebridge Ferry departs South Island, New Zealand, transporting cars and people through Cook Strait, South Pacific Ocean.
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  • Oban Ferry Terminal. Oban is an important tourism hub and Caledonian MacBrayne (Calmac) ferry port, protected by the island of Kerrera and Isle of Mull, in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. This image was stitched from several overlapping photos.
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  • Seen from Oban Ferry Terminal, McCaig's Tower rises prominently on Battery Hill overlooking the town of Oban in Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. It is built of Bonawe granite with a circumference of 200 meters with two-tiers of 94 lancet arches. The structure was commissioned by the wealthy, philanthropic banker (North of Scotland Bank), John Stuart McCaig, his own architect. The tower was built between 1897 and his death in 1902, intended as a lasting monument to McCaig's family and as employment for local stonemasons during winter. As an admirer of Roman and Greek architecture, McCaig had planned for an elaborate structure based on the Colosseum in Rome, but only the outer walls were completed. Oban is an important tourism hub and Caledonian MacBrayne (Calmac) ferry port, protected by the island of Kerrera and Isle of Mull, in the Firth of Lorn.
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  • A rope assists ferry docking at Orcas Island Terminal for Washington State Ferries, Harney Channel, San Juan Islands, USA
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  • Initially masked per pandemic rafting regulations, our Arizona Raft Adventures (AZRA) group embarks from Lees Ferry to boat the Colorado River 226 miles through Grand Canyon National Park, in Arizona, USA. Masks were required during the initial meeting in Flagstaff, for bus rides, for initial embarkation at Lees Ferry, while being served for all meals, and for final disembarkation at Diamond Creek. Otherwise, this relatively safe outdoor activity was unencumbered by facial coverings, April 3-18, 2021. Multiple overlapping photos were stitched to make this panorama. For this photo’s licensing options, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com. .
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  • Landing at the ferry terminal at Tarbert, the main town of Harris in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles) of Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. In Gaelic, Tarbert means "isthmus," "crossing point" or "portage". The Tarbert ferry connects to Uig on Skye.
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  • In Yukon, Canada, the free George Black Ferry connects Dawson City to West Dawson and the Top of the World Highway, which goes to the Yukon-Alaska border. It is a drive-on/drive-off single deck ferry, operating 24 hours per day in summer. The remote 65-mile Top of the World Highway connects the Klondike Loop from Dawson City with the Taylor Highway (which links Chicken, Eagle and the Alaska Highway). Dawson City was the center of the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–99), after which population rapidly declined. Dawson City shrank further during World War II after the Alaska Highway bypassed it 300 miles (480 km) to the south using Whitehorse as a hub. In 1953, Whitehorse replaced Dawson City as Yukon Territory's capital. Dawson City's population dropped to 600–900 through the 1960s-1970s, but later increased as high gold prices made modern placer mining operations profitable and tourism was promoted. In Yukon, the Klondike Highway is marked as Yukon Highway 2 to Dawson City.
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  • Car ferry terminal at Tarbert, the main town of Harris in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles) of Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. In Gaelic, Tarbert means "isthmus," "crossing point" or "portage". The Tarbert ferry connects to Uig on Skye.
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  • From the San Juan Islands ferry in Rosario Strait (in the Salish Sea), see the volcanic cone of Mount Baker rising to 10,775 feet elevation near Twin Sisters Mountain in Mount Baker Wilderness. Washington State Ferries, USA. Panorama stitched from 2 images.
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  • From the San Juan Islands ferry in Rosario Strait (in the Salish Sea), see the volcanic cone of Mount Baker rising to 10,775 feet elevation near Twin Sisters Mountain in Mount Baker Wilderness. Washington State Ferries, USA. Panorama stitched from 2 images.
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  • The Jamestown-Scotland Ferry carries State Route 31 across a navigable portion of the James River in Virginia, USA. Free passage for automobiles and buses. Tourists heading for Virginia's Historic Triangle of colonial attractions (Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg, and Yorktown) and the Colonial Parkway often approach the area from the south by water with a ride aboard one of the Jamestown Ferries.
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  • The Spokane, part of the Washington State Ferry system, plies Puget Sound towards Kingston on the Kitsap Peninsula, Washington, USA. The distant peak on the left is The Brothers (6866 feet elevation) in the Olympic Mountains on the Olympic Peninsula.
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  • The Chilean flag flies from the Lago Lago Grey Ferry, in Torres del Paine National Park. Puerto Natales, Chile, Patagonia, South America. The flag of Chile (adopted on 18 October 1817) has two equal horizontal bands of white and red, with a blue square the same height as the white band in the canton, which bears a white five-pointed star in the center. It's also known as La Estrella Solitaria (The Lone Star). Grey Glacier has receded 4 km and lost 17 square kilometers from the mid 1900s through 2010.  Torres del Paine National Park is listed as a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.
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  • Eagle Glacier, Tongass National Forest, Juneau, Alaska, USA. Photographed from the ferry (Alaska Marine Highway System) southbound from Haines to Juneau.
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  • The Highlands of Scotland seen from Ullapool ferry. UK, Europe.
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  • Glenridding Ullswater Ferry Landing. Ullswater is England's second largest natural lake. Grisedale valley, Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 5 of 14: Grasmere to Ullswater. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • A waterfall and ferry on spectacular Geirangerfjord, the epitome of Norwegian fjords. Published in Wilderness Travel 1987 Catalog of Adventures.
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  • Bluebridge Ferry transports cars & people through Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand (on the way to North Island).
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  • Take the TIDE car ferry "Hardingen" from Kvanndal to Utne to visit the Hardanger Folk Museum, in Utne, Norway.
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  • The Hyak, a Washington State Ferry, docks at Friday Harbor Terminal on San Juan Island, Washington, USA
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  • The Spokane, part of the Washington State Ferry system, cruises in Puget Sound from Edmonds to Kingston in sight of Mount Baker (10,775 feet elevation), Washington.
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  • The Klahowya is a Washington State Ferry. Vashon Island, Washington, USA.
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  • Fauntleroy ferry dock, West Seattle, Washington.
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  • Sunset over Puget Sound and a Washington State Ferry, seen from downtown Seattle, Washington, USA.
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  • Orange sunrise at Refugio Paine Grande ferry, Torres del Paine National Park, Ultima Esperanza Province, Chile, Patagonia, South America. The Park is listed as a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.
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  • Cordon Olguin and Grey Glacier seen from Lago Grey Ferry, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, Patagonia, South America. Grey Glacier has receded 4 km and lost 17 square kilometers from the mid 1900s through 2010.  Torres del Paine National Park is listed as a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.
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  • The Chilean flag flies from the Lago Lago Grey Ferry, in Torres del Paine National Park. Puerto Natales, Chile, Patagonia, South America. The flag of Chile (adopted on 18 October 1817) has two equal horizontal bands of white and red, with a blue square the same height as the white band in the canton, which bears a white five-pointed star in the center. It's also known as La Estrella Solitaria (The Lone Star). Grey Glacier has receded 4 km and lost 17 square kilometers from the mid 1900s through 2010.  Torres del Paine National Park is listed as a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.
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  • Lago Grey Ferry, Torres del Paine National Park. Puerto Natales, Chile, Patagonia, South America. Grey Glacier has receded 4 km and lost 17 square kilometers from the mid 1900s through 2010.  Torres del Paine National Park is listed as a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.
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  • The ferry at Lago del Desierto. Drive north from El Chalten on gravel road RP23, leaving the national park, to reach Lago del Desierto, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America.
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  • Herbert Glacier, in Tongass National Forest, seen from the ferry northbound from Juneau, Alaska, USA. Alaska Marine Highway System.
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  • Auke Bay, on ferry (Alaska Marine Highway System) from Haines to Juneau, Alaska, USA.
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  • Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska, USA. Photographed from the ferry (Alaska Marine Highway System) southbound from Haines to Juneau. Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area is a unit of Tongass National Forest. Mendenhall Glacier has retreated 1.75 miles since 1929, when Mendenhall Lake was created, and over 2.5 miles (4.0 km) since 1500. Since the mid 1900s, Alaska has warmed 3 degrees Fahrenheit and its winters have warmed nearly 6 degrees. Human-caused climate change induced by emissions of greenhouse gases continues to accelerate the warming of Alaska at an unprecedented rate. Climate change is having disproportionate effects in the Arctic, which is heating up twice as fast as the rest of Earth.
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  • A cruise ship passes us on the Stornoway–Ullapool ferry nearing Ullapool. The Highlands of Scotland, UK, Europe.
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  • Elevated car racks on the Stornoway – Ullapool ferry. Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, Europe.
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  • Uig village ferry terminal to reach the Outer Hebrides. Isle of Skye, Trotternish peninsula, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Skye is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides.
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  • Glenridding Ullswater Ferry Landing. Ullswater is England's second largest natural lake. Grisedale valley, Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 5 of 14: Grasmere to Ullswater. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Self portrait under a balanced rock near Lee's Ferry, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona, USA. Published in PC Photo, June 2003, page 55 battery advertisement.
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  • Sky over the Olympic Mountains glows orange at sunset seen from the Edmonds to Kingston Ferry, Washington, USA.
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  • Sky over the Olympic Mountains glows orange at sunset seen from bench seats on the Edmonds to Kingston Ferry, Washington, USA.
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  • The Spokane, part of the Washington State Ferry system, plies Puget Sound towards sunset over Kingston on the Kitsap Peninsula, Washington.
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  • Sunset over Puget Sound and a Washington State Ferry, seen from downtown Seattle, Washington, USA.
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  • Lago Grey Ferry, Torres del Paine National Park. Puerto Natales, Chile, Patagonia, South America. Grey Glacier has receded 4 km and lost 17 square kilometers from the mid 1900s through 2010.  Torres del Paine National Park is listed as a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Lago Grey Ferry, Torres del Paine National Park. Puerto Natales, Chile, Patagonia, South America. Grey Glacier has receded 4 km and lost 17 square kilometers from the mid 1900s through 2010.  Torres del Paine National Park is listed as a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • The Ida Clair ferries bushwalkers from Cynthia Bay to Narcissus Point across Lake Saint Clair to the Overland Track in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Lake St Clair is Australia's deepest high altitude lake. The Tasmanian Wilderness was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, expanded in 1989.
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  • A web of blue green netting on Washington State Ferries.
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  • The Nisqually is one of the Washington State Ferries which cruise Puget Sound (part of the Salish Sea). Three Fingers Mountain rises 50 miles away in the Central Cascades.
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  • The Spokane is one of the Washington State Ferries which cruise Puget Sound (part of the Salish Sea).
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  • Oban Bay and ferry seen from McCaig's Tower viewpoint. Oban is an important tourism hub and Caledonian MacBrayne (Calmac) ferry port, protected by the island of Kerrera and Isle of Mull, in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.
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  • Oban Bay and ferry terminal, seen from McCaig's Tower viewpoint. Oban is an important tourism hub and Caledonian MacBrayne (Calmac) ferry port, protected by the island of Kerrera and Isle of Mull, in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. This image was stitched from several overlapping photos.
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  • Ferry boats make wake patterns in Geirangerfjorden (the Geiranger fjord), a stunningly beautiful 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) long branch of Storfjord (Great Fjord, the fifth longest in Norway). Geirangerfjord is one of Norway's most visited tourist sites and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. Take the car ferry for an impressive sightseeing trip between Geiranger and Hellesylt, in Stranda municipality, Sunnmøre region, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
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  • Ferry boats make wake patterns in Geirangerfjorden (the Geiranger fjord), a stunningly beautiful 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) long branch of Storfjord (Great Fjord, the fifth longest in Norway). Geirangerfjord is one of Norway's most visited tourist sites and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. Take the car ferry for an impressive sightseeing trip between Geiranger and Hellesylt, in Stranda municipality, Sunnmøre region, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
    11NOR-3037.jpg
  • Ferry boats make wakes in Geirangerfjorden (the Geiranger fjord), a stunningly beautiful 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) long branch of Storfjord (Great Fjord, the fifth longest in Norway). Geirangerfjord is one of Norway's most visited tourist sites and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. Take the car ferry for an impressive sightseeing trip between Geiranger and Hellesylt, in Stranda municipality, Sunnmøre region, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
    11NOR-2678.jpg
  • Ferry boats make wakes in Geirangerfjorden (the Geiranger fjord), a stunningly beautiful 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) long branch of Storfjord (Great Fjord, the fifth longest in Norway). Geirangerfjord is one of Norway's most visited tourist sites and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. Take the car ferry for an impressive sightseeing trip between Geiranger and Hellesylt, in Stranda municipality, Sunnmøre region, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
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  • Admire coastal cliff scenery at Fluted Cape, South Bruny National Park, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. Bruny Island lies just off the south-east coast of Tasmania. D'Entrecasteaux Channel separates the island from mainland Tasmania. Drive 40 km south of Hobart on Southern Outlet (A6) to Kingston and B68 to the Kettering vehicular ferry. The 15 minute ferry takes you to Roberts Point on north Bruny Island which has sealed & unsealed roads. The area offers good hiking, camping, birdwatching, and communing with nature.
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  • Ferry boats make wake patterns in Geirangerfjorden (the Geiranger fjord), a stunningly beautiful 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) long branch of Storfjord (Great Fjord, the fifth longest in Norway). Geirangerfjord is one of Norway's most visited tourist sites and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. Take the car ferry for an impressive sightseeing trip between Geiranger and Hellesylt, in Stranda municipality, Sunnmøre region, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
    11NOR-3038.jpg
  • Ferry boats make wakes in Geirangerfjorden (the Geiranger fjord), a stunningly beautiful 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) long branch of Storfjord (Great Fjord, the fifth longest in Norway). Geirangerfjord is one of Norway's most visited tourist sites and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. Take the car ferry for an impressive sightseeing trip between Geiranger and Hellesylt, in Stranda municipality, Sunnmøre region, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
    11NOR-2677.jpg
  • Ferry boats make wakes in Geirangerfjorden (the Geiranger fjord), a stunningly beautiful 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) long branch of Storfjord (Great Fjord, the fifth longest in Norway). Geirangerfjord is one of Norway's most visited tourist sites and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. Take the car ferry for an impressive sightseeing trip between Geiranger and Hellesylt, in Stranda municipality, Sunnmøre region, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
    11NOR-2643.jpg
  • Ferry boats make wake patterns in Geirangerfjorden (the Geiranger fjord), a stunningly beautiful 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) long branch of Storfjord (Great Fjord, the fifth longest in Norway). Geirangerfjord is one of Norway's most visited tourist sites and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. Take the car ferry for an impressive sightseeing trip between Geiranger and Hellesylt, in Stranda municipality, Sunnmøre region, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
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  • Built from 1998-2001, the Klondike Spirit paddlewheeler has offered narrated cruises on the Yukon River since 2007 from Dawson City (www.klondikespirit.com), in Yukon, Canada. In Yukon, the free George Black Ferry (at right in background of photo) connects Dawson City to West Dawson and the Top of the World Highway, which goes to the Yukon-Alaska border. It is a drive-on/drive-off single deck ferry, operating 24 hours per day in summer. The remote 65-mile Top of the World Highway connects the Klondike Loop from Dawson City with the Taylor Highway (which links Chicken, Eagle and the Alaska Highway). Dawson City was the center of the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–99), after which population rapidly declined. Dawson City shrank further during World War II after the Alaska Highway bypassed it 300 miles (480 km) to the south using Whitehorse as a hub. In 1953, Whitehorse replaced Dawson City as Yukon Territory's capital. Dawson City's population dropped to 600–900 through the 1960s-1970s, but later increased as high gold prices made modern placer mining operations profitable and tourism was promoted. In Yukon, the Klondike Highway is marked as Yukon Highway 2 to Dawson City.
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  • Ferry boats make wakes in Geirangerfjorden (the Geiranger fjord), a stunningly beautiful 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) long branch of Storfjord (Great Fjord, the fifth longest in Norway). Geirangerfjord is one of Norway's most visited tourist sites and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. Take the car ferry for an impressive sightseeing trip between Geiranger and Hellesylt, in Stranda municipality, Sunnmøre region, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
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  • On the last of 16 days boating together for 226 miles, our group lay down on the job of raft deflation, at Diamond Creek on the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona, USA. During this pandemic trip (April 3-18, 2021), masks were required during the initial meeting in Flagstaff, for bus rides, for initial embarkation at Lees Ferry, for serving lines at all meals, and for final disembarkation at Diamond Creek. Otherwise, our healthy outdoor raft trip was unencumbered by facial coverings. For this photo’s licensing options, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.
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  • Rafting through Marble Canyon on day 2 of 16 days boating 226 miles down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA. Marble Canyon runs from Lees Ferry at River Mile 0 to the confluence with the Little Colorado River at Mile 62, which marks the beginning of the Grand Canyon. Although John Wesley Powell knew that no marble was found here when he named Marble Canyon, he thought the polished limestone looked like marble. In his words, "The limestone of the canyon is often polished, and makes a beautiful marble. Sometimes the rocks are of many colors – white, gray, pink, and purple, with saffron tints." For this photo’s licensing options, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.
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  • Rafting through Marble Canyon on day 2 of 16 days boating 226 miles down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA. Marble Canyon runs from Lees Ferry at River Mile 0 to the confluence with the Little Colorado River at Mile 62, which marks the beginning of the Grand Canyon. Although John Wesley Powell knew that no marble was found here when he named Marble Canyon, he thought the polished limestone looked like marble. In his words, "The limestone of the canyon is often polished, and makes a beautiful marble. Sometimes the rocks are of many colors – white, gray, pink, and purple, with saffron tints."
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  • Trail to Elves Chasm at Colorado River Mile 117.2 (measured downstream from Lees Ferry). Day 8 of 16 days rafting 226 miles down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.
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  • A dry waterfall terminates in a plunge pool in Garnet Canyon. Hike to Garnet Canyon from a beach at Colorado River Mile 115.5 (measured downstream from Lees Ferry). Day 8 of 16 days rafting 226 miles down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.
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  • The crystalline Vishnu Basement Rocks underlie the Bass Limestone of the Unkar Group of the Grand Canyon Supergroup and the Tapeats Sandstone of the Tonto Group. These basement rocks consist of metamorphic rocks collectively known as the Granite Gorge Metamorphic Suite, sections of which contain granitic pegmatite, aplite, and granodiorite that have intruded into fractures as dikes. This photo was captured between Colorado River Miles 110-115 (measured downstream from Lees Ferry). Day 8 of 16 days rafting 226 miles down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.
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  • Rafting the Upper Granite Gorge between Colorado River Miles 110-115 (measured downstream from Lees Ferry). Day 8 of 16 days rafting 226 miles down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA. The crystalline Vishnu Basement Rocks underlie the Bass Limestone of the Unkar Group of the Grand Canyon Supergroup and the Tapeats Sandstone of the Tonto Group. These basement rocks consist of metamorphic rocks collectively known as the Granite Gorge Metamorphic Suite, sections of which contain granitic pegmatite, aplite, and granodiorite that have intruded into fractures as dikes. For this photo’s licensing options, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com. .
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  • Rafting chefs at sunset at Parkins Inscription Camp at Colorado River Mile 108.6 (measured downstream from Lees Ferry). Day 7 of 16 days rafting 226 miles down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.
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  • A dip in the rushing waters of Shinumo Creek refreshed us on an unusually hot April day on North Bass Trail. From Parkins Inscription Camp, we hiked North Bass Trail to Shinumo Creek and Bass's old camp. Parkins Inscription Camp is at Colorado River Mile 108.6 (measured downstream from Lees Ferry). Day 7 of 16 days rafting 226 miles down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA. Multiple overlapping photos were stitched to make this panorama.
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  • Snowy peaks of the Chilkat Range seen on the ferry (Alaska Marine Highway System) between Haines and Juneau, Alaska, USA.
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  • Big Delta State Historical Park: Rika's Roadhouse served travelers on the historic Valdez-to-Fairbanks Trail from 1913 to 1947, at a historically important crossing of the Tanana River. Find it off mile 274.5 of the Richardson Highway in Big Delta, in the Southeast Fairbanks Area, Alaska, USA. Jovo 'John' Hajdukovich, an immigrant from Montenegro, had the north-south section of this log structure built in 1913. Starting in 1917, Swedish immigrant Rika Wallen operated this regional hub serving gold stampeders, local hunters, traders, and freighters; and she bought the roadhouse in 1923. With the construction of the ALCAN (now Alaska) Highway and the replacement of the ferry with a bridge downstream, traffic moved away and patronage declined.
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  • Paddlewheel graveyard, Yukon River Campground, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. Explore the ruins of seven historic paddlewheel boats discarded in the woods along the banks of the Yukon River. Directions: On foot or auto, take the free George Black Ferry to West Dawson and the Top of the World Highway. Turn right into Yukon River campground and park at its northern end. Walk through the yellow gate, turn left, and walk downstream a few minutes to the Paddlewheel graveyard. Please respect this site, which is protected under the Yukon Historic Resources Act. Dawson City was the center of the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–99), after which population rapidly declined, in Yukon, Canada. Dawson City shrank further during World War II after the Alaska Highway bypassed it 300 miles (480 km) to the south using Whitehorse as a hub. In 1953, Whitehorse replaced Dawson City as Yukon Territory's capital. Dawson City's population dropped to 600–900 through the 1960s-1970s, but later increased as high gold prices made modern placer mining operations profitable and tourism was promoted. In Yukon, the Klondike Highway is marked as Yukon Highway 2 to Dawson City.
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  • Old rust pattern. Paddlewheel graveyard, Yukon River Campground, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. Explore the ruins of seven historic paddlewheel boats discarded in the woods along the banks of the Yukon River. Directions: On foot or auto, take the free George Black Ferry to West Dawson and the Top of the World Highway. Turn right into Yukon River campground and park at its northern end. Walk through the yellow gate, turn left, and walk downstream a few minutes to the Paddlewheel graveyard. Please respect this site, which is protected under the Yukon Historic Resources Act. Dawson City was the center of the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–99), after which population rapidly declined, in Yukon, Canada. Dawson City shrank further during World War II after the Alaska Highway bypassed it 300 miles (480 km) to the south using Whitehorse as a hub. In 1953, Whitehorse replaced Dawson City as Yukon Territory's capital. Dawson City's population dropped to 600–900 through the 1960s-1970s, but later increased as high gold prices made modern placer mining operations profitable and tourism was promoted. In Yukon, the Klondike Highway is marked as Yukon Highway 2 to Dawson City.
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