Whitehorse, gateway to the Klondike

Shore of Lk Bennett at Carcross
White Pass. Old rail trestle, but no rail for the early prospectors
Mountains near Whitehorse
The gold rush brought 30,000 prospectors to the klodike, over 100,000 had set out. The shipped to Skaguay and then had to cross the mountains to Lake Bennett at Carcross. The route was either the Chilkoot, famous for its shots of the line of men carrying their required 1 ton of supplies, or White Pass. At lake Bennett they built boats and sailed to the Yukon River and then to Whitehorse. They had to negotiate ferocious rapids at Miles Canyon just before Whitehorse. From white horse they could sail the Yukon or take a paddle steamer to Dawson City.