Camera: Nikon F90     Lens: Nikkor F-AF 3.5-4.5/28-70mm     Film: Kodak Ektachrome 100     Date: 14.09.1993

Ferry on the Yukon in Eagle, Alaska

For thousands of years, the Eagle area was the home to indigenous peoples, including the historic Han people since long before the arrival of Europeans in Alaska. In the late 1800s, Eagle became a supply and trading center for miners working the upper Yukon River and its tributaries. By 1898, its population had exceeded 1,700, as people were coming into the area because of the Klondike Gold Rush. The single greatest moment in history came for Eagle in 1905, when Roald Amundsen arrived in Eagle and telegraphed the news of the Northwest Passage to the rest of the world. Today, the population is well below 100.