page_title: Ramona (sternwheeler 1892)
section_title: Stikine river operations
hierarchical_section_title: Ramona (sternwheeler 1892) / Stikine river operations
caption_attribution_description: English: Map showing the route by way of the en:Stikine River to the Klondike Gold Fields. This was published in a pamphlet boosting the Stikine River route as the best way to reach the Alaska Gold Rush of 1898. The "Gold Belt" is shown to be quite near the terminus of the river route, whereas in fact the overland path to the gold fields was much longer and extremely difficult, which caused the route to be a failure.
context_page_description: The river sternwheeler Ramona operated from 1892 to 1908 on the Willamette River in Oregon, on the Stikine River running from Wrangell, Alaska into British Columbia, and the Fraser River, in British Columbia. This vessel should not be confused with the coastal steamship Ramona which also ran in Alaskan waters.
context_section_description: In 1898, with the coming of the Alaska Gold Rush, Ramona was sent north to Alaska to run on the Stikine River, where there was an effort being made to develop an alternative "All-Canadian" route to the Klondike gold fields.  Ramona went aground on the Stikine and had to be towed off by the Canadian Pacific Railway 's sternwheeler Ogilvie.  This was a common type of experience on the Stikine, which was a difficult river to navigate.  By the summer of 1898, the Stikine route had failed due to the extreme difficulty of reaching gold fields overland from the steamboat terminus.
caption: Booster map of 1898 showing claimed proximity of the "Gold Belt" to the Stikine river steamboat terminus.
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