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White Mountains National Recreation Area is a national recreation area in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located to the north of Fairbanks between the Elliott Highway and the Steese Highway in the White Mountains , with about 1,000,000 acres (400,000 ha) within its boundaries.
White Pass trail in 1899 White Pass summit seen from train, 2002. The White Pass trail was one of the two main passes used by prospectors during the Klondike Gold Rush.The White Pass was an easier route to Lake Bennett than the Chilkoot Trail a few kilometers to the west, but it harbored a criminal element that preyed on the cheechakos (newcomers to the Klondike).
Some of the range is located in the White Mountains National Recreation Area, a 1-million-acre (4,000 km 2) wilderness just 30 miles (48 km) north of Fairbanks. The White Mountains and Ray Mountains together constitute the Yukon-Tanana Uplands , an area of low mountain ranges and high ground in Interior Alaska .
Beaver Creek (Upper Tanana: Taatthee Niign) is a 180-mile (290 km) tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. [2] The creek begins at the confluence of Champion and Bear creeks in the White Mountains National Recreation Area, about 50 miles (80 km) north of Fairbanks.
Eagle Summit is a 3,652 feet (1,113 m)-tall gap through the White Mountains of central Alaska. [1] The gap was named after the nearby Eagle River by prospectors from nearby Circle, Alaska. [1] Eagle Summit is the site of a convergence zone between the Yukon Flats to the north and the low ground of the Tanana Valley to the south.
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A June 2006 report on connecting Alaska to the continental railroad network suggested Carmacks as a hub, with a branch line to Whitehorse and beyond to either Skagway or Haines, Alaska. White Pass and Yukon DL535 locomotive #109, seen in 2013. Today, half of the original fleet of DL535 locomotives now reside in Durango, Colorado as of 2021.
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.