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Harry Chapman (d. 1945)

Harry Chapman arrived in the Yukon in 1897 and was with the Whitehorse detachments of the Royal North-West Mounted Police in Whitehorse for a number of years. He was reportedly the first man to build a steamboat at the headwaters of the Yukon River. Chapman died at his home in Vancouver at the age of 78.1)

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The Whitehorse Star (Whitehorse), 9 March 1945.
c/h_chapman.txt · Last modified: 2024/10/23 11:42 by sallyr