Paul Ben Kassi (d. 1971)

Paul Kassi was a pilot on the Brain Storm barge owned by Mike Stutter. The barge operated in the 1970s, bringing supplies down the Yukon River from Whitehorse to Fort Yukon, and then up the Porcupine River to Old Crow.1) Paul was one of the Yukon’s best-known mushers and dog racer. He drowned in the Porcupine River.2)

1)
Eleanor Millard interview with Sally Robinson for FOYA, November 2023.
2)
The Whitehorse Star (Whitehorse), 23 September 1971.