On Surprise Lake Road 1.3 kilometers north of Warm Bay Road, on the left when traveling north.
In 1898, Fritz Miller and Kenny McLaren found gold on nearby Pine Creek, triggering British Columbia's last placer gold rush. The boom subsided by 1908, but gold has kept Atlin alive. Now Miller and McLaren lie here among hard bitten prospectors, . . . — — Map (db m188029) HM
Near British Columbia Route 2, on the right when traveling north.
Please remember that the landscape here is fragile and easily damaged. Please stay on packed trails to reduce damage to artifacts and vegetation. Building remains like the one shown here are important archaeological sites and are . . . — — Map (db m248978) HM
In the spring of 1898, a sea of tents stretched from here to Lake Lindeman. Travelers from the Chilkoot Trail and White Pass routes met at Bennett. They found barbers, jewelers, cobblers, hot baths, hotels, restaurants, saloons, a police post, a . . . — — Map (db m248966) HM
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church served new settlers in Bennett from 1899-1902. Post-stampeders wanted to build boats, not churches, so the first minister held services in bunkhouses, tents, or hotels.
The completed church offered many . . . — — Map (db m248972) HM
Near Chilkoot Trail, on the right when traveling north.
Tagish and Tlingit families were here long before the gold rush, and are still here today. For them, this is home-not a place to hurry through on the way to somewhere else. Moose, goat, fish, wolverine, marten, beaver, rabbits, . . . — — Map (db m248964) HM
Near Chilkoot Trail (British Columbia Route 98) 19.3 kilometers north of Dyea Road, on the right when traveling north.
Here at Bennett you are in Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site, one of Canada's nearly 900 national historic sites. Each of these special places has its own story and is an important part of Canadian history and identity. Parks . . . — — Map (db m248890) HM
Near Chilkoot Trail (British Columbia Route 98) 19.3 kilometers north of Dyea Road, on the right when traveling north.
Over 20,000 stampeders hiked the Chilkoot and White Pass routes in 1897--98. Most spent 3 to 12 weeks getting their supplies across. The railway opened to Bennett a year later, and the town boomed until the rails reached Whitehorse. . . . — — Map (db m248891) HM
Near Chilkoot Trail (British Columbia Route 98) 19.3 kilometers north of Dyea Road, on the right when traveling north.
This area is covered with Tlingit and Tagish names. These names are tied to the land and stories; they help people navigate and make sense of the world. In Tagish, Bennett Lake is M`en Cho` (big lake). In Tlingit, it is Ch'aku`x Anax dul.adi Ye` . . . — — Map (db m248963) HM
They hold socials, write letters, have business meetings, meet engagements, read smoke, and file saws (when there are no ladies present). And sometimes do a little courting in the place, which is a better-equipped town, they would . . . — — Map (db m267942) HM
Near Chilkoot Trail (British Columbia Route 98) 19.2 kilometers north of Dyea Road, on the right when traveling north.
Klondike Gold Rush International Park
More than a century ago, gold was found in a tributary of the Klondike River, setting off a stampede to the area and forever changing the Yukon and Alaska. More than 100,000 people headed north . . . — — Map (db m248888) HM
On Dease Lake Highway/Stewart-Cassiar Highway (Provincial Highway 37) 7.2 kilometers west of Good Hope Lake Band Road, on the left when traveling west.
The prospect of quick riches lured hundreds of placer miners to the Cassiar, where gold was discovered first at Dease Creek in 1872. Rich claims were later found at Thibert Creek and here at McDame Creek. From this creek in 1877 a 72-ounce solid . . . — — Map (db m187916) HM
On Klondike Highway, on the left when traveling south.
The present-day location of Canadian Customs is also the site of one of the White Pass & Yukon Route railway stations. The station was named Fraser, probably to honor a politician from eastern Canada who had helped the railway company in its early . . . — — Map (db m248642) HM
This section of the Klondike Highway from the U.S. border to Log Cabin passes through terrain not usually accessible by road- a sparse and sometimes eerie subalpine landscape of lakes and stunted trees. This transition of vegetation between the . . . — — Map (db m248649) HM
