Kai Gertsen Kai Gertsen operated the Cascade Laundry in Dawson until 1942 when he moved his dry-cleaning plant to Whitehorse and set up business on Main Street across from the //Whitehorse Star// office.((//The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 9 October 1942.)) In 1953, Gertsen’s Whitehorse Steam Laundry was located on the Yukon River at the foot of Jarvis Street.((MacBride Museum, //Yukon Nuggets,// 2020 website: https://yukonnuggets.com/historical-photos/whitehorse-steam-laundry.))