Klondikers at base camp and hiking in the snow on the Chilkoot Pass Trail, Alaska, circa 1898

PH Coll 334.Sankowski1 The Chilkoot Trail is a 33 mile (53 km) trail through the Coast Mountains that lead from Dyea, Alaska, in the United States, to Bennett, British Columbia, in Canada. It was a major access route from the coast to Yukon goldfields in the late 1890's. The trail became obsole...

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Main Author: Sankowski, H.
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Gold miners > Alaska
Camps > Alaska
Trails & paths > Alaska
Chilkoot Trail
Yukon
Canada
British Columbia
White Pass
Goldfields
Chilkoot Pass
Skagway
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/4377
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Summary:PH Coll 334.Sankowski1 The Chilkoot Trail is a 33 mile (53 km) trail through the Coast Mountains that lead from Dyea, Alaska, in the United States, to Bennett, British Columbia, in Canada. It was a major access route from the coast to Yukon goldfields in the late 1890's. The trail became obsolete in 1899 when a railway was built from Dyea's neighbor port Skagway along the parallel White Pass trail.

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