Yukon Register of Historic PlacesYRHP

AJ Goddard Shipwreck

AJ Goddard Shipwreck

AJ Goddard Shipwreck

Character Defining Elements

AJ Goddard Shipwreck

Character Defining Elements

Character Defining Elements include:

- Design techniques of mechanical elements such as the steam boiler, horizontal steam engines paddlewheel, hog posts and hog chains rudders, and the steering apparatus that that define the vessel as one of the Bennett Lake-built steamers from the Klondike gold rush era

- scattered artefacts consisting of ship accessories and spares, tools for repair and maintenance of the vessel, cooking and kitchen equipment, personal effects of the crew

- riveted steel prefabricated hull, and other materials related to the boat's construction and use

- contents of the ship scattered on the boat and the surrounding area on the lakebed

- location and siting of the wreck