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1996.42.100
The White Pass Container Route News; February, 1974.
Articles include statistical information regarding visitors/ tourists to the Yukon; an account of work life aboard the sternwheeler Whitehorse by Vancouver Province writer Himie Koshevoy during the 1920's; a commentary on Yukon First Nations entitled "Yukon's First Residents" by Kay Sidney; the increase of minimum wage in th eYukon and an announcement on the commencement of the third Arctic Winter Games in Ancorage, Alaska.

Newsletter is addressed to Mrs. R.A. Botthos. (This is most likely a misprint as donor's name is Botthof.)
"The Container Route News is published once per month to tell Customers and Employees about the people, events, and the plans constituting the White Pass & Yukon Route."
Published by the White Pass & Yukon Route, this publication gives details of the jobs and personal lives of employees from 1957 to 1973.
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