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William Thomas Turnbull (d. 1919)
William Turnbull was born in Scotland. He was the master of the sternwheeler Goldstar in 1899. Around that time Turnbull started working for the British Yukon Navigation Co. and acted as the master of the Whitehorse and the Yukoner in 1900.1) A studio portrait of the crew of the Yukoner includes a photo of Captain Turnbull.2)
A list of stops along the Overland Trail that were used as relay stations for the mail teams included Captain Turnbull’s roadhouse, 173 miles from Dawson between Yukon Crossing and Carmacks.3) In 1901, Turnbull was listed as a resident of Dawson.4)
William Thomas Turnbull and Meta Artula Miller applied for a marriage license in Dawson on 15 September 1914.5)
Captain Turnbull died shortly after his arrival in Vancouver at the end of the 1919 season. Turnbull was a senior master and a valued employee of the BYN Co. for twenty years.6)
1)
, 4)
Jerry Green, “Yukon Riverboat Captains.” 2019 website: http://www.users.miamioh.edu/greenje/
2)
MacBride Museum, photo 1989-1-93.
3)
Newspaper clipping, nd. need source.
5)
Indexes to Applications for Marriage Licenses, 1898-1901. Yukon Archives, YRG 1 Series 1. Vol. 75 Microfilm
6)
Yukon Archives, Cor 722 (1919) WP&YR. RGI II-I
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