Joe Gardner
Joe Gardner was a First Nations pilot from the Fraser River Valley. Gardner was captain of the Yukon sternwheeler Dawson. The Dawson had virtually an all-First Nation crew at one point.1) The steamer Yukon travelled across the Canadian/ United States border on its run down the Yukon River. The boat had to have a Canadian pilot in Canadian waters and in the late 1930s it was always the very able Joe Gardiner.2)