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Chilkoot Pass (el. 3,759 feet or 1,146 metres) is a high mountain pass through the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the U.S. state of Alaska and British Columbia, Canada. It is the highest point along the Chilkoot Trail that leads from Dyea, Alaska to Bennett Lake , British Columbia.
Chilkoot Pass during gold rush, March–April 1898. The Klondike Gold Rush (1896–1899) transformed the Chilkoot Trail into a mainstream transportation route to Canada's interior. The gold rush was primarily focused in the region around Dawson City in Yukon and the Yukon River. Of the several overland routes, the Chilkoot Trail was the most ...
November 8: Work begins on Brackett wagon road through White Pass. 1898 February 25: Troops arrive at Skagway to maintain order. Collection of customs begins at Chilkoot summit. March 8: Vigilante activity against Soapy Smith starts at Skagway. April 3: Avalanche kills more than 60 at Chilkoot Pass. April 24: Spanish–American War begins.
Chilkoot Trail tramway in forest, 1898 The Chilkoot Railroad and Transport Company (CR&T) was the largest, most comprehensive, and last of the Chilkoot Trail tramways to be constructed. At first, planners toyed with a horse-drawn tramroad and even a railroad going straight up the Taiya River valley, but financial restraints tempered these plans.
1938 Unazuki avalanche [8] Japan: 1938: 19 81: Pragelato: Italy: 1904: 20 79 (57 confirmed 22 presumed dead) 1954 Blons avalanches: Austria: 1954: 21 70: Frassino avalanche: Italy: 1885: 22 65: Palm Sunday Avalanche; deadliest avalanche along Chilkoot Trail : United States: 1898: 23 62: 1910 Rogers Pass avalanche; deadliest avalanche in Canada ...
Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867 for $7.2 million, and 92 years later, it became the 49th state.
Lindeman Creek, formerly known as One Mile River [1] connects Bennett Lake to Lindeman Lake, areas on the Chilkoot Trail in far northwestern British Columbia, Canada.. The caption for an 1897 Frank La Roche photograph refers to it as the Lewes River and featured in En Route to the Klondike (1898) with text saying: "Skill, cool heads and hard work are the necessary requirements for navigating ...
(The other, the Chilkoot Trail, is located west of Skagway, and is part of the National Historic Landmark Chilkoot Trail and Dyea Site historic district.) Two overland routes, the 1897 trail and the Brackett Wagon Road, worked their way up White Pass, as did a water-based route along the Skagway River, and the White Pass and Yukon Railroad ...