The Milepost

The Milepost
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Publisher : Morris Communications Company
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1892154218
ISBN-13 : 9781892154217
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis The Milepost by : Kris Valencia

Referred to by travellers as "the bible of North Country travel" since it was first published in 1949, The Milepost is an essential travel companion for anyone planning or taking a trip to Alaska, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, northern Alberta or northern British Columbia.Travellers will find detailed mile-by-mile road logs and maps of all northern routes, including the famous Alaska Highway. The Milepost is updated annually by experienced field editors, providing accurate and up-to-date information on attractions, activities, food, gas, lodging and camping. Details are provided for every city and town along the way.Travel by air, ferry, cruise ship, bus and rail is also covered. Every edition of The Milepost includes Alaska State Ferry and B.C. Ferries schedules, important information on crossing the border, a calendar of events, a pull-out Plan-a-Trip map, litre-to-gallon conversions and dozens of other travel tips.Special features highlight side-trip destinations, gold rush and highway history, and places to eat and things to do.With its wealth of detail, The Milepost is a wonderful resource for anyone interested in the North, whether it is the trans-Alaska pipeline, bird watching, Native culture, or glaciers and wildlife viewing, to name just a few attractions. This classic travel guide is a must for every Northland traveller.

The White Pass

The White Pass
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0912006331
ISBN-13 : 9780912006338
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis The White Pass by : Roy Minter

By the thousands they came, the gold-seekers of 1897, pouring through Alaska's White and Chilkoot passes on their way to the Klondike and to fortune. Fast behind them came the entrepreneurs, the bunco artists, and before long, the engineers and financiers whose driving ambition was to build a railway through the White Pass's rocky precipices. This is the epic northern adventure of the men who rushed for gold, the workers who toiled in winter storms and thaw-time muck, carving the grade and laying rail, and the ingenious characters who dreamed, schemed, promoted, and finally built the White Pass and Yukon Railway.

Beneath the Surface

Beneath the Surface
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015090306807
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Beneath the Surface by : Becky M. Saleeby

The Klondike Stampede

The Klondike Stampede
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Publisher : New York ; London : Harper & bros.
Total Pages : 504
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044081331902
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis The Klondike Stampede by : Tappan Adney

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.

Women of the Klondike

Women of the Klondike
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Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105011682403
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Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Women of the Klondike by : Frances Backhouse

Here are the stories of those fascinatingly diverse women -- entrepreneurs, domestics, nuns, doctors, nurses, and journalists -- who played a critical role in the Klondike gold rush at the turn of the century.

The Klondike Fever

The Klondike Fever
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Publisher : Martino Fine Books
Total Pages : 492
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ISBN-10 : 1578989647
ISBN-13 : 9781578989645
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis The Klondike Fever by : Pierre Berton

2010 Reprint of 1958 edition. This thrilling story of the Klondike Gold Rush is at once first-rate history and first-rate entertainment. Some of the anecdotes of the last great gold rush have been told by others, but Pierre Berton is the first to distill the Klondike experience into a single, complete, coherent and immensely dramatic narrative. He spent 12 years in Dawson City researching the work. The entire tale has an epic ring, as much because of its splendid folly as because of its color and motion. The full story has never been told before, nor has it been told in this dramatic way.

The Arctic Brotherhood

The Arctic Brotherhood
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Publisher : Lynn Canal Pub
Total Pages : 184
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ISBN-10 : 0945284128
ISBN-13 : 9780945284123
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis The Arctic Brotherhood by : Ashley Bowman

The Arctic Brotherhood, a fraternal order that emerged from the Klondike Gold Rush, established itself in 1899 in the boomtowns of Skagway, Bennett, Atlin, and Dawson City and then spread into the Alaska Interior and all the way to Nome. In this captivating history by Ashley Bowman, a descendant of an Arctic Brother, we learn all the quirks of this order and how its camp members influenced the Alaska Home Rule movement before the Brotherhood quickly faded away in the 1920s. A few A.B. Halls still stand in the North, including ornate structures in Skagway and Dawson, a testament to the order and its motto: No Boundary Line Here.