Takhini Ferry and Roadhouse

Is this the Takhini Ferry location? If not, where was this photograph taken? It sure looks like an interesting site. Most probably, some Yukon oldtimers will recognize this scene, people like Lloyd Ryder, Goody Sparling and Babe Richards. I believe the p

Is this the Takhini Ferry location?

If not, where was this photograph taken?

It sure looks like an interesting site. Most probably, some Yukon oldtimers will recognize this scene, people like Lloyd Ryder, Goody Sparling and Babe Richards.

I believe the photograph was taken by Mickey McCarthy, but I don’t know when.

The photograph is from my collection.

Anybody with information about this subject, please write Jim Robb: The Colourful Five Per Cent Scrapbook – Can You Identify? c/o the Yukon News, 211 Wood Street, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 2E4, or e-mail through the News website, www.yukon-news.com.

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