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Item Number: 6009
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Condition: excellent
Original Oil Painting on board of the S.S. Tutshi of Carcross Yukon. The painting only measures 24" x 18". The wood frame adds 1 1/2" more. The condition is very good. I have not been able to identify a signature. Here a bit of history of this legendary ship. "The steamer S.S. Tutshi was the "queen" of the British Yukon Navigation Company's fleet. She was constructed at Carcross and launched on June 12, 1917. At 1,040 tons, the Tutshi was one of the larger boats in the Yukon. She had a crew of 29 and could carry 135 passengers. Her original run was between Carcross and Graham Inlet on Tagish Lake. Although the Tutshi carried freight (mail, groceries etc.), she was built primarily as an excursion boat. Between 1920 and 1926, she underwent three expansions to accommodate the bustling tourist trade. The Tutshi carried up to 135 passengers all of whom were first class. The S.S. Tutshi was the biggest passenger carrying ship of its time, and the only one with room service. One of the Tutshi's destinations was Ben-My-Chree. Ben-My-Chree was the site of a mine in the early 1900's, but the mine caved in, and the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Partridge, never reopened it. Instead they imported plants and trees from around the world and converted the area to a beautiful garden spot. They had literally recreated an English country garden where spectacular displays of flowers could be seen and enjoyed by all. The Tutshi brought tourists here to view the beautiful gardens. The elderly couple would entertain their visitors with sing-songs around their organ and serve them a delicious fare including tea, cakes and rhubarb wine. The overnight trip would end back in Carcross the next morning. An alternate excursion to Atlin, B.C. was available until 1936. The Tutshi was one of the first sternwheeler's to be converted from wood to oil, a modification made in 1925 largely for the comfort of the passengers. The Tutshi made her last trip to Ben-My Chree in 1955 and her last trip ever in 1956 when she was used to pull a barge of railway ties from Taku Arm to Carcross. In July of that year she was pulled out of the water and remained abandoned on the shores of the Natasahini River until 1971 when the Yukon Government purchased it and became involved in her restoration. She was beached on the shore of Lake Bennett at Carcross in 1972, repainted in 1977 and the real restoration work was begun in 1984. By early 1990 she was almost restored to her former beauty when sadly, the S.S. Tutshi was destroyed in an early morning fire on July 25, 199O. When the suspicious fire was finally extinguished, all that remained of the "grand old lady" was a small portion of her bow. It was truly the end of an era! The S.S. Tutshi was a stately and elegant vessel that will always be revered and remembered by all those who knew and enjoyed her graceful beauty" |
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