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Pyramid Harbor, at the head of the Dalton Trail Dogsled team and cow hauling supplies near tent encampment on the Dalton Trail, ca. 1900. The Dalton Trail is a trail that runs between Pyramid Harbor, west of Haines, Alaska in the United States, and Fort Selkirk, in the Yukon Territory of Canada, using the Chilkat Pass. It is 396 km (246 mi) long.
The route, formerly known as the Dalton Trail, had been used for centuries by the indigenous people of the region and was heavily used during the Klondike Gold Rush. Dalton Cache was an inn and trading post at the border. In 2009, Haines Highway was declared a National Scenic Byway. [1] [2] Original Dalton Cache Building
The route was originally a trail used by Chilkat Tlingit traders, which eventually became the Dalton Trail.It was used by some prospectors during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898-1899; other mining kept the lower Dalton Trail active through the years following its establishment.
It will be years before the state finishes a top-to-bottom overhaul of Route 70, but results so far are visible along almost 9 miles of the highway. Route 70 project could last years, but new ...
U.S. Route 70 or U.S. Highway 70 (US 70) is an east–west United States highway that runs for 2,381 miles (3,832 km) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. It is a major east–west highway of the Southeastern , Southern and Southwestern United States .
Pleasant Camp, also known as the Dalton Trail Camp, is a historic frontier police outpost near Haines, Alaska.It was established by the Canadian North-West Mounted Police in 1898 as a border station between the United States and Canada where they could control the flow of miners during the Klondike Gold Rush.
One was the Dalton trail: starting from Pyramid Harbour, close to Dyea, it went across the Chilkat Pass some miles west of Chilkoot and turned north to the Yukon River, a distance of about 350 miles (560 km). This was created by Jack Dalton as a summer route, intended for cattle and horses, and Dalton charged a toll of $250 ($6,800) for its use.
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