10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHILKOOT PASS»
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Chilkoot Pass in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Chilkoot Pass and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chilkoot Pass: The Most Famous Trail in the North
Additions include a chapter on the role of Seattle in the gold rush, the creation of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park, a map of the trail and a guide for hikers.
2
En Route to the Klondike,
Chilkoot Pass and Skaguay Trail
Describes the two routes to Lake Linderman--one from Dyea, the other from Skagway. Collection of black and white photographs of travellers on the routes to the Klondike.
3
Mystery at
Chilkoot Pass
N. OTE For Hetty's story, I have taken some liberties with historical events. Snow
avalanches, like the one Hetty experiences, rarely occur along the Chilkoot Trail
in autumn. However, on September 18, 1897, afloodand mudslide started at ...
4
Chilkoot Pass: A Hiker's Guide to the Klondike Gold Rush ...
Chilkoot Pass is indeed the most famous trail in the North, and Satterfield has written a book that is ideal for hikers and armchair travelers.
5
The Unofficial Guide to Adventure Travel in Alaska
It begins at the Taiya River bridge, near the community of Dyea, and travels over
the Chilkoot Pass to Lake Bennett in Canada. The route passes through forests,
past streams and lakes, and opens into high alpine country. DIRECTIONS TO ...
6
Mystery at
Chilkoot Pass
At the start of the Klondike gold rush of 1897, while traveling through Canada with her father, uncle and friends, twelve-year-old aspiring author Hetty tries to determine the identity of a thief.
Meteorological mayhem and human epics have long been part of crossing the
Chilkoot Pass — the infamous weather caused by its location (it sits between the
moist Gulf of Alaska and the frigid Canadian "Interior"), the insane human history
...
8
The Alaska Almanac: Facts about Alaska
(SEE ALSO Gold; Skagway)The Chilkoot Trail, which spans 33 miles from Dyea,
just north of Skagway, over Chilkoot Pass to Lake Bennett, British Columbia, was
one of the established routes taken by prospectors to Yukon District goldfields ...
9
Annual Report on Introduction of Domestic Reindeer Into Alaska
Those starting from Skagway take what is known as the White Pass, and those
from Dyea the Chilkoot Pass. With the present conditions of those passes, the
Chilkoot Pass is probably the preferable, but both of them require the undergoing
of ...
United States. Office of Education,
1898
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White Pass. The latter, it is true, can be reached via Skagway, whereas the other
begins farther on, at Dyea, which immiGRANTS AND THEIR HEAVY
EQUIPMENT ...
Jules Verne, Edward Baxter,
2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHILKOOT PASS»
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Chilkoot Pass is used in the context of the following news items.
'Avalanche Country' is a solid look at man versus nature
Though it only reaches as far north as Chilkoot Pass, this book should interest anyone with a curiosity for mining, prospecting or railroad history, ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
Yukon Territory is an unmistakable source of Canadian history
For a real treat, Alpine Aviation runs flightseeing tours from Schwatka Lake in Whitehorse to the Chilkoot Pass, Kluane National Park, and more. «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Jul 15»
Off the Beaten Path: A con like Alaska had never seen, reflections on …
Below were two valleys, one leading from Dyea to the Chilkoot Pass and the other leading from Skagway to the White Pass. At the ocean's ... «Juneau Empire, Jun 15»
Writers retreat nearly complete in Dyea
The area was traditionally used as a staging area for Tlingit traders who would travel up and over the Chilkoot Pass to meet interior Athabaskan ... «Washington Times, Jun 15»
Museum dedicated to Fairbanks opens in new location
The museum has a large collection of historic photographs, including a classic picture of miners climbing the Chilkoot Pass during the Klondike ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jun 15»
Pioneers make sure Fairbanks history lives on
Take a trip over Chilkoot Pass, shoot the rapids, strike it rich in Dawson City, then move on to Fairbanks. The 50-minute show is narrated by ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jun 15»
Writers and artists retreat nearly complete in Dyea
The area was traditionally used as a staging area for Tlingit traders who would travel up and over the Chilkoot Pass to meet interior Athabaskan ... «Juneau Empire, Jun 15»
Make way for yesterday
“Instead of the Chilkoot Pass, they actually used the Rollins Pass,” Sauer explains. “The train tracks were still up there, so they could get their ... «Boulder Weekly, May 15»
The story of William Moore and his gold fever
They were able to find their way from the Yukon Valley up to the Chilkoot Pass, but Moore had heard tales of a better route to the upper Yukon. «Juneau Empire, May 15»
For aboriginal peoples, entrepreneurship is the path to economic …
My First Nation, located in the Yukon Territory, has a long history of entrepreneurship: long before the Klondike Gold Rush, the Chilkoot pass ... «The Globe and Mail, May 15»