Chilkoot Pass
a pass over the mountains in the northern part of Alaska, traversed by thousands of goldseekers in the Klondike gold fields' excitement in 1897-1898. By way of the Chilkoot Pass is the most direct route to Dawson City, the principal starting point to the Klondike region. Since 1899 it has been superseded by the railway from Skagway over White Pass. The old trail went from Dyea on the western side of the inlet, and was the one formerly used by the Indians. It lies to the west of the railroad and ends at Lake Lindeman, an extension of Lake Bennett. The distance from Dyea was 28½ miles and the trip a very rough one, with one stretch hazardous and fatiguing in the extreme.