First train to Bennett at Log Cabin, B.C., July 6, 1899

• Main Author: Case & Draper
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Gold rushes; Passengers; Railroads; White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm); Yukon; White Pass; Log Cabin; Draper; Skagway; Whitehorse; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7049

On July 6, 1899, railroad construction workers finally completed the White Pass & Yukon Route through White Pass to Lake Bennett, British Columbia. It took just over a year to build the 40-mile track from Skagway, Alaska. The line was extended another seventy miles to Whitehorse in the summer of 1900 at a total cost of $10 million for the 110-mile route. In this photo, by Case & Draper, officials and dignitaries ride on a flatcar on the first White Pass & Yukon Route run between Skagway, Alaska, and Bennett, B.C. The photo was taken at Log Cabin, south of Lake Bennett. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w; 13 x 18 cm.