Stewart Collection ➔ Negative, Film
Archival Item
2008.5.117
Black and white negative of Yukon Airways & Exploration Company Ltd. airplane, Queen of the Yukon II (CF-AHD). The airplane is on floats on the water, a rowboat is tied to the airplane with a rope. In the foreground, seated in a boat are two men, John Patterson and ?
Mountains, buildings and people are visible in the background.
Mountains, buildings and people are visible in the background.
Gordon Stewart joined Yukon Airways & Exploration Company Ltd. in the summer of 1929 when the company purchased a new Ryan B5, to be the Queen of the Yukon II. The plane was picked up in St. Louis, Missouri by pilot John Patterson and flown to Seattle, Washington. It was in Seattle that Gordon Stewart began his tenure with Yukon Airways. Pontoons were fitted on the plane at Renton airport and they began their barnstorming trip up the west coast of B.C. on their way to the Yukon.