Chilkoot Pass

CHILKOOT PASS, el 1,067 m, on the border with Alaska in the far northwest corner of BC, was the main overland route to the Klondike goldfields. As many as 30,000 people struggled up the Chilkoot Trail from Dyea, AK, across the pass to BENNETT, BC, in 1897–98. After the GOLD RUSH the route fell into disuse until the 1960s, when it was rebuilt as a 53-km historic hiking trail, managed by Canadian Parks Service and the US National Park Service. The pass and trail draw their names from the...

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