Chilkoot Pass, the Most Famous Trail in the North

Chilkoot Pass, the Most Famous Trail in the North
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Publisher : Alaska Northwest Books
Total Pages : 213
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ISBN-10 : 0882401092
ISBN-13 : 9780882401096
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Chilkoot Pass, the Most Famous Trail in the North by : Archie Satterfield

Additions include a chapter on the role of Seattle in the gold rush, the creation of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park, a map of the trail and a guide for hikers.

Mystery at Chilkoot Pass

Mystery at Chilkoot Pass
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Publisher : Open Road Media
Total Pages : 104
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ISBN-10 : 9781497646551
ISBN-13 : 1497646553
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Mystery at Chilkoot Pass by : Barbara Steiner

Gold fever sweeps the country as a twelve-year-old aspiring writer travels to the Yukon with her family and best friend, fighting natural disasters and a clever thief After traveling from San Francisco by steam ship, Hetty McKinley, her best friend, Alma, and their families prepare for the five-hundred-mile trek north to the gold fields of the Yukon. It’s only September, but the Arctic Circle is already frigid. As the two families, along with hundreds of other prospectors, camp out for the night near the outpost of Dyea, Hetty catches a glimpse of the legendary Chilkoot Pass, the narrow gap through which they’ll cross Alaska into Canada. But the next morning, Alma’s mother discovers that all their money is gone! A few days later, Hetty’s cherished locket, containing a photograph of her dead mother, disappears. More thefts soon follow, but these are the least of their problems. Soon, the group is battling typhoid, blizzards, and a terrifying avalanche. Will Hetty and her family and friends survive their journey to the top of the world? This ebook includes a historical afterword.

Hiking with Ghosts

Hiking with Ghosts
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:1358641217
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Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis Hiking with Ghosts by : Frances Backhouse

Hiking The Chilkoot Trail

Hiking The Chilkoot Trail
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Publisher : Blurb
Total Pages : 68
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ISBN-10 : 138835506X
ISBN-13 : 9781388355067
Rating : 4/5 (6X Downloads)

Synopsis Hiking The Chilkoot Trail by : Cynthia Johnson

The reality of hiking the Chilkoot Pass Trail located in the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park as it exists today.

Jack London and the Klondike Gold Rush

Jack London and the Klondike Gold Rush
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Publisher : Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
Total Pages : 209
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ISBN-10 : 9780805097573
ISBN-13 : 0805097570
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Jack London and the Klondike Gold Rush by : Peter Lourie

-A middle grade biography of Jack London that sheds light on how he drew upon adventure and life experience to create works of literature---

Chilkoot Trail

Chilkoot Trail
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Publisher : Lost Moose Publishing
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0969461291
ISBN-13 : 9780969461296
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Chilkoot Trail by : David Neufeld

No aspect of this harrowing journey was more difficult--or deadly--than the trek over the Chilkoot Trail: a fifty-three kilometre journey over the coastal mountains from the tidewaters of Alaska, through British Columbia to the headwaters of the Yukon River. But even before the gold rush, the trail was an important First Nations trade and travel route, joining the Tlingit of the coast with the First Nations of the interior. Today the Chilkoot Trail draws hikers from around the world who want to experience the area's natural beauty and soak up its rich history. In Chilkoot Trail: Heritage Route to the Klondike, two historians--one from each side of the border--give readers the feeling of what life was like on the trail before, during and after the great Klondike gold rush.

The Great Canadian Prairies Bucket List

The Great Canadian Prairies Bucket List
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Publisher : Dundurn
Total Pages : 153
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ISBN-10 : 9781459730502
ISBN-13 : 145973050X
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis The Great Canadian Prairies Bucket List by : Robin Esrock

Renowned travel writer and TV host Robin Esrock has explored every inch of Canada’s Prairies to craft the definitive Bucket List. From food and culture to nature and adrenaline rushes, Robin has the inspiration and information you’ll need to follow in his footsteps and discover everything Manitoba and Saskatchewan have to offer.

Alias Soapy Smith

Alias Soapy Smith
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 628
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ISBN-10 : 0981974317
ISBN-13 : 9780981974316
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis Alias Soapy Smith by : Jeff Smith

Dalton's Gold Rush Trail

Dalton's Gold Rush Trail
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Publisher : Harbour Publishing Company
Total Pages : 303
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ISBN-10 : 155017570X
ISBN-13 : 9781550175707
Rating : 4/5 (0X Downloads)

Synopsis Dalton's Gold Rush Trail by : Michael Gates

The history of the Klondike, with its harrowing narratives of climbing the Chilkoot and White passes, braving the rapids of the Yukon River and striking it rich only to go broke again, has become legend. Yet there are still more untold stories that linger in the boarded-up ghost towns, forgotten wilderness cabins and along overgrown trails. Yukon historian Michael Gates has made a career of poking around both the archives and the outdoors of the North. Used as a trading route by the Chilkat Tlingit for centuries, the Dalton Trail was taken over by Jack Dalton, a hard driving, murdering, entrepreneurial adventurer, who built bridges and way stations and set up a toll booth. For a fee he would pack passengers and freight to and from Dawson, gaining a reputation for a difficult but safe passage. This is the trail where starry-eyed financiers first dreamed of building a railroad to Dawson City, where thousands of head of cattle were regularly driven north--with only some reaching their destination--and where reindeer were unsuccessfully introduced to the Yukon as pack animals. Despite its short existence--from 1897 to 1903, when it was superceded by the relative ease of the Chilkoot and White trails--the Dalton Trail was also a flashpoint for conflict with the local Natives, border disputes between Canada and the US, and the jumping-off point for yet another gold strike at Porcupine Creek. While the Klondike stories are (nearly) all true, just remember--it happened first on the Dalton.

Skagway, City of the New Century

Skagway, City of the New Century
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0945284101
ISBN-13 : 9780945284109
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Skagway, City of the New Century by : William Jeffery Brady

Shgagw�i, as it was first called centuries ago by the Tlingit for the "bunched up water" in its bay caused by strong winds, was discovered in 1887 by a father and son with visions of a gateway port to the riches of the Yukon and Alaska. Ten years later, after the discovery of gold in the Klondike, their vision came true with the arrival of prospectors from all over the world. Skaguay and nearby Dyea were rival towns, booming from the rush for gold. Each had multiple newspapers which chronicled the stampede and the competition between the White and Chilkoot passes, but Skagway won the war with the construction of the White Pass & Yukon Route railway and settled on a way to spell its name. The community has survived smaller booms and busts since, but remains a vital tourism and industrial port as the Gateway to the Klondike. In 1898 editors called Skagway the "City of the New Century". In this book of stories and photographs, the rich history of this area and its people is chronicled through that new century, and into the next.