SS Keno, Museum ship at Yukon River waterfront, Canada

The SS Keno is a sternwheel paddle steamer built in 1922, now berthed in a dry dock on the Yukon River waterfront in Dawson City. Its wooden carvel-built hull supports three decks: the main deck freight house, the saloon deck with passenger accommodation, and the smaller 'Texas' deck with staterooms for the captain and senior crew. A pilothouse tops the Texas deck, and the vessel measures 140.6 ft (42.9 m) long with a 30.4 ft (9.3 m) beam after its 1937 rebuild.

The steamer was built in 1922 for the British Yukon Navigation Company and operated for many years transporting ore from the Mayo mining district. The vessel was retired in 1951 and has since remained as a testament to river navigation history.

The ship's name comes from the Keno Hill silver district it served, and its 'Texas' deck takes its punning name from the largest staterooms aboard. Since 1962 it has stood as a memorial to the roughly 250 sternwheelers that carried freight and passengers on the Yukon River and its tributaries.

The Keno rests in a dry dock cut into the Dawson City waterfront, so you step down to the hull rather than boarding from the water. The ship is a unit of the Canadian national park system, and its designation as a national historic site dates from 1 July 1962, when it opened as a museum ship. Allow time to walk the main, saloon and Texas decks in sequence.

The Keno was designed by BYN Co. construction foreman A.E. Henderson specifically for the shallow, winding Stewart River. In service her draught was typically only two to three feet, and as little as 21 inches with a light load, letting her reach the Mayo district mines. In 1923 her paddlewheel was moved 3 ft rearward to improve backing.