Stewart Collection ➔ Negative, Film
Archival Item
2008.5.128
Black and white negative of Yukon Airways & Exploration Company Ltd. bi-plane, Northern Light (G-CAUZ). Airplane is on skis on the snow. People, buildings are visible in the background. The scenery and background suggest this photo was taken in Whitehorse. Propellor is moving.
The G-CAUZ replaced the Queen of the Yukon which crashed May 5th, 1928 and was wrecked, as a new Ryan could not be purchased on such short notice. The Alexander Eaglerock was an open-cockpit, 3 passenger plane. Christened the "Northern Light", the aircraft lasted 13 months with Yukon Airways and Exploration Company Limited, before being wrecked in a crash at Coalmine Lake near Carmacks on November 29, 1929.