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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. The Chilkoot Trail was long a route used by the ...
The Chilkoot Trail is a 33-mile ... Chilkoot Pass during gold rush, March–April 1898. ... Avalanche danger lingers into late May, ...
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.
Thousands of prospectors trekked through the Chilkoot Pass, seen here, leading from Dyea, Alaska, to Bennett Lake, Canada. You can hike this 33-mile trail today. It's located in the Klondike Gold ...
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.
(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 ...
After passing through Beaver Valley and the High Plains in FrontierVille's Pioneer Trail, you've just one (long) stop left before hitting Fort Courage - Avalanche Pass. Watch out though - this ...
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 ...