Hiking the chilkoot trail in the yukon canada trails. The following is an overview of the events of 1898 in film, including a list of films released and notable births. Chilkoot trail 2002 a brief look at mike mahanays 3day hike from september 2426, 2002. Skagway, because of its deepwater harbor, served as the principal port for both routes nearby dyea, the beginning of the chilkoot trail, was built on the extensive, shallow taiya river delta. The pack train approaches us, led by a man on a horse, with several heavilyladen mules following. The train continues for some time, alternating a series of mules with a man on a horse every few seconds. Jan 19, 2011 together with two yukon families, our group of six adults and seven kids set out on the chilkoot trail on june 29. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from june until september. Bennett to whitehorse trainbus combo chilkoot hiker. During winter months the camera may be partly or entirely covered with snow. Winter activities chilkoot trail national historic site. A long line of these surefooted animals is seen in this view, loaded with supplies, wending their way toward the spectator. The trail rises about 3000 feet from sheep camp to the chilkoot pass in roughly 3. The chilkoot trail is one of two main routes to the klondike that originate in this area.
This place is an ideal location for hiking the chilkoot trail and as home base when visiting downtown skagway or riding the white pass yukon train up to lake bennet chilkoot pass trail is a 31. Chilkoot trail 1998 a lengthy journal from murray lundbergs 5day hike from may 1822, 1998. From the fork, it is just under 2 km to the railway tracks and then another 8. The trail became obsolete in 1899 when a railway was built from dyeas neighbor port skagway along the parallel white pass trail. Chilkoot trail gear list klondike gold rush national. We hiked the chilkoot trail with our kids the globe and mail.
Camping is allowed in the parking lot in the winter. Every year 3,000 hikers recreate this great trip by hiking the chilkoot trail. The pack train does not finish passing the camera before the film runs out. Chilkoot trail hiking, skiing, and snowshoeing trails in the yukon. When planning your hike, make sure to choose which campgrounds you wish to use.
Pack train at chilkoot pass 1898 pack train at chilkoot. White pass runs through the boundary ranges of the coast mountains, a major mountain range in alaska. Photos along the chilkoot trail klondike gold rush national. The chilkoot trail was long a route used by the tlingit for trade. This film of gold prospectors crossing the dangerous chilkoot pass was filmed by robert bonine, and an edison licensee thomas crahan. Chilkoot pass synonyms, chilkoot pass pronunciation, chilkoot pass translation, english dictionary definition of chilkoot pass. A stationary camera is placed to see a ways down the curving trail. Map of the chilkoot trail from chilkoot pass to lake bennett. Klondikers unloading freight from pack horses, south end of long lake, chilkoot. After a deadly avalanche killed dozens along the chilkoot pass, promoters in skagway boasted that their trail was proven to be safer.
It was used by the lingit tlingit, expert weavers who traded with the nahani along the yukon river to the north and later with hudsons bay company employees. These days, the restored railway is an excursion for tourists. Follow the stampeders trail on the infamous chilkoot trail. A pack train comes into view and passes in front of us, led by a man on horseback. The parking lot may not always cleared after heavy snowfalls. Explore the chilkoot trail through these collections of photos. The first train on the white pass and yukon railroad during the klondike. Chilkoot trail map chilkoot trail national historic site. Otherwise, keep following the railway towards bennett lake. This park celebrates the klondike gold rush of 189798 through 15 restored buildings within the skagway historic district. Find information on canadas national historic sites, national parks, national marine conservation areas and on other cultural and natural heritage related topics.
The chilkoot pass is indeed the most famous trail in the north, and archie satterfield has written a unique book that is ideal for both hikers and armchair travelers. Included in the park is a portion of the dyea townsite at the foot of the chilkoot trail. The chilkoot pass, was an aboriginal trail that had been used for years by the first nations people who lived in this region. The trail is a significant historic site, and has been described as the worlds longest outdoor museum. The trail can be rough with deep mud, standing water, unstable boulders, slick rocks and roots making footing difficult. White pass and yukon route railroad 18003437373 plane. The fixed camera field is set up so as to catch a lengthy portion of the pack train as it moves around a bend and then comes towards the camera. Parks canada chilkoot trail national historic site. There is an outhouse adjacent to the parking lot, but please pack out your garbage. Quite often the supplies had to be carried by hand in 5060 pound packs, as the passes. During the gold rush of 1898, prospectors heading over the chilkoot pass needed to bring with them a ton of goods see the historic and presentday packing lists at the bottom of this post. Chilkoot checklist chilkoot trail national historic site. We see a train of pack mules with heavy loads on the pass, coming from the right side of the screen and passing to the left.
Appreciate the natural beauty from the comfort of a vintage train carriage. Information and translations of chilkoot pass in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. To our destination at lake bennett, the trail covers 33 miles and climbs to an elevation of 3700 feet from the shores of the inside passage. The white pass trail dates back to the klondike gold rush.
Bennett to skagway chilkoot hiker service white pass. This was the trail that thousands of klondike gold rushers had struggled over. It is the highest point along the chilkoot trail that leads from dyea, alaska to bennett lake, british columbia. Mar 31, 2016 chilkoot pass, elevation 1,067 m, is situated on the british columbiaalaska border. Camp shoes crocs or something comfortable that you can slip on and wear with socks comfortable, dry clothing for camp days day pack for day hikes and read more.
Fish, seal oil and seaweed were traded with the first nations peoples for moose and caribou hides, plant materials and other goods unavailable on the coast. Download chilkoot pass the most famous trail in the north free books. Pass by downtown dyea, now an overgrown forest that contains few traces of a scrambling gold rush town. This short film from edison depicts a piece of an important historical event the klondike gold rush as it was seen by news consumers at the. The chilkoot pass is one of three glacier free passes leading into the northwestern interior across the coastal ranges of alaskas panhandle. Ride by the northern tip of the lynn canal, north americas longest and deepest fjord, and snap of photo of the mystical green waters.
As of spring 2019, shuttle services from bennett are. In 1987, the trail was designated a national historic site of canada. Alaska filming locations chilkoot pass, skagwayhoonahangoon census area. Chilkoot trail permits klondike gold rush national. The expansive view of the snowcapped peaks of the distant mountains shows some of the difficulties these persistent animals encountered before reaching. You could drive out to the trail 3 or 4 miles from town, hike a little then drive the main highway over the pass into canada bring passports to cross the borderthat way you could stop anywhere you wanted to take picturesa car rental would cost less than a bustrain tour and would provide you more flexibilitythere arent too many in. Built in 1898 during the klondike gold rush, sit back as we take you on a journey to see our splendid panorama of mountains, glaciers. This area is known for its untouched wilderness and the white pass and yukon route railway. The park also administers the chilkoot trail and a small portion of the white pass trail.
Chilkoot trail 2000 this photo album from henk binnendijks 4day hike from june 2225, 2000 has over 100 photographs. The white pass route was slightly longer but less rigorous and steep, whereas the chilkoot was shorter and more difficult. They are contained in the klondike gold rush national historical park which preserves the historic buildings and locations connected to the klondike gold rush period of alaskan history. The buildings atdyea were sold at auction, t a trip to alaska and the klondike in the summer of 1905. Chilkoot trail tour following the steps of the stampeders over the chilkoot pass. Chilkoot pass definition of chilkoot pass by the free. Pack train at chilkoot pass 1898 century film project. Exiting the rainforest and entering dyea flats reveals 360 degree scenery and glimpses of the chilkoot trail. As part of your chilkoot trail reservation you will need to select your campgrounds to complete the permit process. When this route was completed in 1901 over a pass just south of the chilkoot it made the arduous hike over the chilkoot a moot point. Chilkoot horseback adventure skagway tours and shore excursions. The chilkoot trail traverses rocky, very steep and sometimes snow covered terrain. The burro, or pack mule, is an almost indispensable adjunct to the miners in a new country. After your accomplishment over the famed chilkoot trail its a real treat to see the splendor of the historic white pass trail from the comfort of our train.
Pack train at chilkoot pass 1898 changes the movie. When the white pass and yukon route railroad was built in neighboring white pass, the chilkoot. The chilkoot trail and dyea site is a national historic landmark district comprising the chilkoot trail and the former town of dyea, alaska. The portion of the hike from the scales over chilkoot pass is a route not a trail. This book provides a pretty decent history of the chilkoot pass and its usages during the klondike gold rush era. May 20, 2014 posts about packing list written by virtualhiker.
Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash. At first, envisionaries toyed with a horsedrawn tramroad and even a railroad going straight up the taiya river valley, but financial restraints tempered these plans. You could drive out to the trail 3 or 4 miles from town, hike a little then drive the main highway over the pass into canada bring passports to cross the borderthat way you could stop anywhere you wanted to take picturesa car rental would cost less than a bus train tour and would provide you more flexibilitythere arent too many in. Clifford sifton, canadas minister of the interior, ordered the mounties to set up customs posts at the chilkoot and white pass summits. No more welltended trail with plank bridges over creeks. The log cabin parking lot is the most common staging area for winter activities in chilkoot trail national historic site. Chilkoot horseback adventure skagway tours and shore. This revised edition with current trail updates is history, adventure, and an excellent guide to the klondike gold rush national park all in one. The pass connects alaska with the yukon territory, and it is the location for some ruggedly beautiful scenery.
You will need to arrange transportation from lake bennett. Weather forecast for chilkoot trail alaska, with all weather data such as. Pack train at chilkoot pass 1898 by 1898 shots of ordinary people leaving work or eating food were no longer going to attract audiences so early production companies like edison and lumiere began sending their agents further afield in order to capture images of regions and countries rarely seen by city dwellers. The boulders give you plenty of grip, which helps due to the heavy packs everyone wears. It was a major access route from the coast to yukon goldfields in the late 1890s. Frontcountry camping is available at the dyea campground near the chilkoot trailhead. Selig dealt with the subject of war preparations at camp tanner in springfield, illinois, including soldiers at play, wash day in camp and first regiment marching. The chilkoot trail ends at lake bennett, british columbia. Scales and the golden stairs, with its neverendling black line of stampeders crossing over the pass, are visible in. Temperature, felt temperature, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity, wind speed, wind gusts, isotherm, precipitation, cloud cover and heat index. Apr 08, 2014 here is a link to my chilkoot packing list and here are few notes on things i found useful to bring on the trip. Following the chilkoot trail is to take a journey into the past, to the time before the goldrush era of prospectors when the tlingit people used the route to trade coastal products for pelts and plants with the people of the interior.
In february 1898, the police began collecting canadian customs duties and ensured that all gold seekers had a ton of goods necessary for. During the alaska gold rush, one way to reach the klondike was over the chilkoot pass. Chilkoot trail campgrounds klondike gold rush national. The complete journey meant, a trip by ship from seattle, washington to the town of skagway in alaska. The chilkoot trail and dyea site was designated a u. Photos along the chilkoot trail klondike gold rush. These stampeders were photographed on the chilkoot pass trail. Stampeders and pack horses along the chilkoot trail.
In fact most of the book geared around the historical part of the chilkoot although if anyone wishes to real a great book, pierre bertons klondike. Long before the gold rush, the trail was established by tlingit people as a trade route into the interior of canada. Since the white pass and yukon road has beenbuilt over the white pass, chilkoot pass has relapsed into history, as has dyea. Chilkoot trailhow to get there skagway forum tripadvisor. Download gps data for this trail view fullscreen map.