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Yukon sled

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a simple wooden platform mounted on turned-up runners of wood or metal, about ten feet long and sixteen inches wide (so as to be able to follow the narrow trails) and about four inches off the ground.

See: Klondike sleigh

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1895

They were to use the ingalik, or regular Yukon sledge, which is much lighter than the Eskimo, or coast sledge, but heavier and stronger than the Hudson Bay toboggan commonly used in the interior.

1898

In addition each man in the party will require a Yukon sleigh, a skeleton affair made from the best hard wood and shod with ground brass runners.

1924

The "Yukon" sled . . . is perfectly useless for cross-country travel, but it is useful for hauling wood, etc., on good trails, or for river travel in spring-time.

1940

With the Yukon sled there is no place to ride except on top of the load.

1962

Yukon furs were packed in smaller weights and in different moulds since they were taken on Yukon sleds. . . .

1965

There he hitches up his dogs, to a toboggan for deep snow, to a Yukon sleigh for crust snow.

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