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	Skagway, Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The White Pass and Yukon Route narrow gauge railroad, part of the area's mining past, is nowadays in operation purely for the tourist trade and runs throughout the summer months.
		The population was estimated at 8,000 residents during the spring of 1898 with approximately 1,000 prospective miners passing through town each week.
		In 1898, a 14-mile, steam-operated tramway was constructed up the Skagway side of the White Pass, easing the burden of those prospectors who could afford the fee to use it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skagway,_Alaska (1377 words)

	Cultural Resources of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
		White Pass, near Skagway, was lower in elevation and easier to traverse with pack animals but was somewhat longer than the Chilkoot Trail.
		However, the Chilkoot Pass and the White Pass have been used as travel corridors between the coast and the interior for at least the last 200 years, so some signs of that use can be expected.
		However, when the miners arrived with tons of goods to transport across the passes, the local natives were the primary packers until the arrival of wagons and horses, the later construction of an aerial tram, and finally the construction of the railroad.
	www.nps.gov /akso/akarc/cr_klgo.htm (2470 words)

	Yukon Transportation Museum - White Pass & Yukon Route Exhibit - ExploreNorth
		Yukoners as a whole are very interested in both transportation and history - combine the two and good attendance is guaranteed.
		A flat car, donated by White Pass, was brought inside and the Lake Annie railcar, a reproduction of a passenger coach, was built using the flat car as a base - see the photo to the right.
		In 1997 the model train exhibit began with a grant from the Yukon Lotteries, which built the Carcross portion of the White Pass and a smaller exhibit of the Copper Belt railway that ran from McCrae to the Pueblo Mine (Fish Lake Rd).
	www.explorenorth.com /library/weekly/aa060601a.htm (1277 words)

	e-Train - TCA, Toy Trains, Train Collectors Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		For most seekers, however, the arduous 20-mile climb from Skagway at sea level up to the White Pass summit, and another 20 miles to Bennett at the head of the water route to the Klondike, was enough to discourage even the strongest wills.
		Captain Moore surveyed a new route through the White Pass that was deemed easier and less steep than the Chilkoot Pass.
		The first crews surveyed the route to the White Pass, and determined where the track would be laid.
	www.tcamembers.org /articles/tickets/wp&yr (1686 words)

	The Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut : Attractions : The Chilkoot Trail & White Pass \| Frommers.com
		The Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut : Attractions : The Chilkoot Trail and White Pass
		Another high mountain pass was transcribed in 1900 by the White Pass and Yukon Railroad on its way to the goldfields; excursion trains now run on these rails, considered a marvel of engineering.
		The North Western Mounted Police demanded that anyone entering the Yukon carry a ton of provisions (literally); there were no supplies in the newly born gold camps on the Klondike, and malnutrition and lack of proper shelter were major problems.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/theyukonthenorthwestterritoriesandnunavut/3048027886.html (1172 words)

	The White Pass & Yukon Route Railway Depot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Construction of the White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad commenced in 1898 in Skagway, Alaska.
		In 1901, the British Yukon Navigation Company, a subsidiary of White Pass, established a river route between Whitehorse and Dawson.
		White Pass supplied many jobs and attracted other commercial ventures to the community.
	www.yukonalaska.com /yhma/houses/depot.htm (365 words)

	White Pass and Yukon Railway, Skagway, Alaska, and Whitehorse, Yukon - 1994 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		White Pass and Yukon Railway, Skagway, Alaska, and Whitehorse, Yukon - 1994
		The 110 mile (176 km) route is located in the United States and Canada: 20 miles (32km) in Alaska, 32 miles (51km) in British Columbia and 58 miles (93km) in Yukon.
		Most of the route was above the tree line in the midst of recorded snowfalls of 35 ft. (11m) and winter temperatures of -65oF.
	www.ryerson.ca /~amackenz/history/international/b.html (524 words)

	Yukon Territory Alaska Northern British Columbia
		Of this, 20.4 miles (32.8 km) are in Alaska; 32.2 miles (51.8 km) in British Columbia, and 58.1 miles (93.5 km) in the Yukon.
		Yukon has a population of just over 31,000 people today, almost identical to that of 1900.
		The rapids were named because the spray resembled the manes of a herd of white horses.
	www.yukoninfo.com (515 words)

	A Guide to Carcross, Yukon - CarcrossYukon.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A large map of the Southern Lakes (headwaters of the Yukon River), from Skagway to Atlin to the Alaska Highway.
		Yukon Quest musher William Kleedehn will take you dog sledding in the Carcross area in the winter, or canoeing and hiking in the summer.
		Situated on a small lake in the Yukon wilderness near Carcross, Wolf Willow Cottage is the perfect place to contemplate the mysteries of the northern world and the animals that live there.
	www.carcrossyukon.com (768 words)

	JuneauAlaska.com: Visitor's Guide: White Pass and Yukon Route Historic Railway
		With its roots in the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush, the White Pass Yukon Railroad celebrated its 100th anniversary last year, and this year the company has added regular service all the way from Skagway to Carcross, BC.
		By 1900, the 110-mile route was complete, proving wrong the experts who had claimed it could never be built.
		When the route was done, the gold rush had slowed, but the company still made enough money to keep freight traffic up until 1982, when a highway opened from Skagway to Whitehorse.
	www.juneaualaska.com /visit/stories/Tod_railway.shtml (450 words)

	Golden Spike Ceremony Alaska's White Pass & Yukon Route railroad
		The White Pass & Yukon Route railroad’s centennial event will include the re-enactment the traditional end of construction with the driving of the ceremonial golden spike into the rails.
		The White Pass railroad offers scenic train excursions to more than 275,000 passengers a year from Skagway, in Southeast Alaska.
		Construction of the WP&YR began in 1898 during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush, and was completed in July 1900.
	www.prweb.com /releases/2000/7/prweb16233.htm (630 words)

	White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad Resources: RailsNorth.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The White Pass & Yukon Route is the only one of those companies which still survives today.
		Published by the White Pass & Yukon Route, this publication gave details of the company, and the jobs and personal lives of employees from 1957 to 1973.
		WP&YR train guide Craig Williams has posted lots of photos of rolling stock, WP events and related subjects.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/rails/bl-wpyr.htm (944 words)

	klondike Highway, Yukon highways, klondike
		Between Skagway and the border the road roughly parallels the old White Pass Trail, an alternate to the Chilkoot Trail which ultimately proved more popular as it was the shorter of the two climbs.
		View of White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad on east side of canyon and the old Brackett Wagon Road on valley floor beside the Skagway River.
		Summit Lake and White Pass and Yukon Route RR station.
	www.bellsalaska.com /myalaska/klondikehwy2.html (828 words)

	The History of Carcross, Yukon Territory
		From the time the first prospectors came over the Chilkoot Pass, this place was known as Caribou Crossing because of the large herds of caribou that crossed the narrows between Bennett and Tagish Lakes twice a year on their annual migration.
		During construction of the White Pass Railway, tracks were laid north from Bennett and south from Whitehorse.
		The legendary White Pass train made its first appearance at Carcross in 15 years on July 12 this year when it carried gold rush descendants, dignitaries and others as part of the re-enactment of the first shipment of Klondike gold from Skagway to Seattle.
	yukonalaska.com /communities/carcrosshist.html (1220 words)

	Rivers of Canada: Yukon River - Route of the Gold Rush
		The valley of the Yukon is believed by some anthropologists to have been the main immigration route for North America's first human inhabitants.
		The White Pass and Yukon network of narrow-gauge steam trains and sternwheeler riverboats continued to be the only practical way to move goods into the Yukon until World War II.
		Meanwhile, the Yukon continued to be the last waterway in North America whose riverside settlements depended on the proud sternwheelers.
	www.ccge.org /ccge/english/Resources/rivers/tr_rivers_yukonRiver.asp (845 words)

	Riding the White Pass and Yukon Route
		After some time at the White Pass summit waiting for a meet, both trains continued on to Fraser where they turned on the loop, and after waiting for the scheduled service to depart, performed again for the well-behaved photo-lines.
		The White Pass and Yukon Route people were very accommodating and understanding of this type of customer and treated all to a dinner and slide show on our last night in Skagway.
		News Note: The White Pass & Yukon set a new one day record for passengers hauled on Wednesday, June 11, when it carried a total of 4,888 passengers in one day.
	www.wcra.org /features/wpyr.htm (921 words)

	White Pass & Yukon Route
		Located at the border between Alaska and Canada, in the southeast Alaska panhandle, the White Pass & Yukon is now a tourist railroad.
		Until 1982, it was one of the last narrow gauge (3ft between the rails) railroads still in operation in North America, providing a 110 miles long rail-link between the port of Skagway, Alaska, and the city of Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory (Canada).
		It pioneered containerization and was one of the few American narrow gauge railroads to undertake a dieselization as soon as the fifties.
	drgw.free.fr /WP&YR/WPYR_en.htm (175 words)

	52 Plus Joker - Cards of the Month: January, 2000
		The railroad decks were used to promote the various lines or as a souvenir of having traveled the trains and routes.
		This deck is one of four different decks made for the 'White Pass & Yukon Route.
		The back of the cards is printed in bright Red, Gold and Blue, with an oval showing the train with the caption, 'The White Pass and Yukon Route" in red letters.
	www.52plusjoker.org /cards/cotm0001 (393 words)

	Alaskan Cruisetour Photo Gallery - Day 5 - White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad
		All aboard for the White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad
		The route covers some of the most rugged territory ever provided with rail, and rises to nearly 3,000 feet in less than 40 miles.
		...from the White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad.
	www.well.com /user/wolfy/Alaska/Day05b.html (289 words)

	White Pass & Yukon Route
		Skagway, AK - White Pass, AK/BC - Fraser - Bennet, YK - Carcross -
		Railroad built between 1898 and 1900 during the Klondike Gold Rush.
		Line reopened between Skagway and White Pass for passenger only service on May 12, 1988.
	www.trainweb.org /rosters/WPY.html (160 words)

	SN top stories 10-26-01
		When asked why White Pass didn’t contact DNR sooner about the slide and the work above the river, McCorriston said the slide occurred three days after the terrorist attacks, at a time when the railroad was just trying to stay operating until the end of the season.
		WHITEHORSE –; Top officials of the White Pass and Yukon Route have voiced their support for the memorandum of understanding on developing commerce which was signed recently by the City of Skagway and the Yukon Territorial Government, according to a press release from YTG.
		“As a private sector stakeholder, White Pass and Yukon Route is committed to working with the Yukon government and the City of Skagway on implementing their MOU and in creating a port plan, and identifying tourism development and employment opportunities,” said McCorriston.
	www.skagwaynews.com /stories102601.html (1741 words)

	Canada By Rail: Yukon
		The White Pass and Yukon Route will take you through some of the Canadian North’s most ruggedly beautiful terrain.
		On tracks built during the Klondike Gold Rush trains follow the original route of the hopeful stampeders of 1898.
		In recent years the museum has continued to develop their model of the White Pass and Yukon Route and to date includes the White Pass train station circa 1920s - 1930s as well as the entire Whitehorse portion of the route.
	www.canadabyrail.ca /maps/Yukon.html (326 words)

	A Bibliography for the History of Skagway, Alaska, and the Klondike Gold Rush -- Tennessee Archaeology Net
		CADELL, HENRY MOUERAY 1914 The Klondike and Yukon Goldfield in 1913.
		CAMERON, CHARLOTTE 1920 A Cheechako in Alaska and the Yukon.
		WRIGHT, ALLEN A 1976 Prelude to Bonanza: The Discovery and Exploration of the Yukon.
	www.mtsu.edu /~kesmith/TNARCHNET/Pubs/goldrush.html (9336 words)

	KLONDIKE Water Adventures
		Picture the perfect combination of a relaxing trip on the historic White Pass and Yukon Route Railway coupled with an exciting kayak tour on the crystal clear water of a glacier lake.
		White Pass and Yukon Route Railway steam locomotive # 73 at Fraser depot.
		White Pass and Yukon Route train climbing towards White Pass summit.
	www.skagwaykayak.com (876 words)

	History of the Tanana Valley Railroad
		The WP&YR operates during the summer months hauling passengers over its original route from Skagway in Alaska to Lake Bennett in British Columbia, Canada.
		In 1907, the railroad was refinanced under a new name, the Tanana Valley Railroad and on May 15, 1907, construction began on the second phase of the TVRR, an extension of the trackage to Chatanika.
		The route was originally planned to go over Cleary Summit, but new mining activity in the Dome, Vault, Ridgetop and Olnes areas caused the railroad to be routed up the Fox Creek Valley to meet the needs of the new communities.
	www.fairnet.org /agencies/tvrr/history.html (1284 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Skagway's White Pass & Yukon Route at Epinions.com
		White Pass and Yukon Railway - Skagway, Alaska
		The White Pass and Yukon Railroad gives you a glimpse of the scenery our forefathers saw on their way to discover all that gold that made everyone rich.
		The narrator gave us a good glimpse into Alaska history, explaining about the horses who were on their way to the glue factory taking a detour here as miner's pack animals.
	www.epinions.com /content_107619782276 (909 words)

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