- 1948
The new steamship Prince George of Canadian National Steamships arrived June 14 on her maiden voyage. The ship, the second Canadian National steamer to bear that name, was the largest ship ever built on the Canadian west coast and had accommodations for 294 first class and 28 second class passengers, with a crew of 132. (The Prince George was a regular visitor to Juneau for the summer tour seasons until 1975, when it was sold and taken out of service. In 1981, it returned to Juneau for the tour season under a different operator, but was cited twice that season for creating excessive black smoke.)
Greeting helicopter, Juneau, Alaska May 1949. Alaska State Library, Caroline Jensen. Photographs, P417-076.
The first helicopter to fly over Juneau and said to be the first commercial helicopter in Alaska arrived June 15 by Pan American Airways and was assembled at the Juneau airport. It had been leased by the U. S. Geological Survey for use in topographic mapping near Pelican this summer.
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A 24-year-old convicted murderer was executed on the gallows March 1 in the Juneau Federal Jail, the eighth man to be legally executed in Alaska and the second man to be hanged by court order in Juneau.
Equipment arrived July 2 for the installation of a two-way radio in the automobile of the Territorial Highway Patrol, greatly increasing the usefulness of the patrol car, according to Highway Commissioner Frank A. Metcalfe.
Gold Creek went on a rampage after a heavy rainfall the end of July, creating considerable havoc along the lower portion of the stream, where approximately 120 feet of concrete wall was torn out at Ninth Street and along the Firemen’s Ball Park.
A log raft containing 250,000 board feet of timber broke up near Lena Point during the storm in early January. It was being towed from the Reid Logging Company camp at Eagle River to the Juneau Spruce Corporation sawmill in downtown Juneau.
In a special election March 31 the voters of Juneau, Auke Bay and Tee Harbor approved the creation of the Juneau Independent School District.
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