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.1) In 1953, Gertsen’s Whitehorse Steam Laundry was located on the Yukon River at the foot of Jarvis Street.2)

1)
The Whitehorse Star (Whitehorse), 9 October 1942.
2)
MacBride Museum, Yukon Nuggets, 2020 website: https://yukonnuggets.com/historical-photos/whitehorse-steam-laundry.