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Outfitting for the Trip

Supply store photo.
Merchants like Cooper and Levy of Seattle sold outfits to stampeders. A typical outfit contained: clothing, food, tools, and mining, camping, and transportation equipment. Click to view a sketch of a stampeder in Klondike garb.

The Northwest Mounted Police made each stampeder bring a year’s supplies into Canada. This was roughly one ton of goods per person. Click to view an outfit list.

Seattle made millions in Klondike business due to its successful self-promotion as the best place to outfit and depart for the North. Click to view supply advertisements. Circa 1897.

~ Detail from A. Curtis photo 345A.
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