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By Barry Swackhamer, August 11, 2010
White Pass & Yukon Route Depot
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| | Construction of the White Pass & Yukon Railway began on May 27, 1898 at Skagway, Alaska during the height of the great Klondike Gold Rush.
Undaunted by those who said the railway could not be built a small group of devoted White Passers composed . . . — — Map (db m49366) HM |
| | The golden spike was driven to mark the completion of the White Pass & Yukon Route Railway on July 29, 1900. It was the beginning of a fully integrated rail transportation system – which grew to include lakes & river steamboats, stage lines, . . . — — Map (db m72917) HM |
| | English:
Built at the time of the Klondike Gold Rush, the 177 km narrow gauge railway was the heart of the Yukon transportation system for over 80 years. Completed in 1900, it linked the tidewater port of Skagway in Alaska with Whitehorse, . . . — — Map (db m42863) HM |
Apr. 24, 2024
