Mountie and dogs at Canadian telegraph station, ca. 1900

• Main Author: Hegg, Eric A., 1867-1948
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Gold rushes; Log buildings; Government facilities Mounted police; Dogs; North West Mounted Police (Canada); Yukon; Canada; British Columbia; Hegg; Carcross; Skagway; Yukon river
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/6983

Caribou Crossing was a railroad stop on the Yukon River where caribou crossed during their annual migration. The town was near the border of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory, some 67 miles north of Skagway and over 500 miles from the gold fields. The town had buildings housing Canadian custo...