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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alaska, (search)
kon River from a month to a day, and removed the perils and hardships of former travels. At the end of that year the first section of the first railroad built in Alaska was completed. This was the White Pass and Yukon Railroad, projected to extend from Skagway to Fort Selkirk. The section ended at Summit, the highest point of the divide, and work was then in progress on the Canadian section of the line. At the same time the Canadian government had selected five routes for railways in the Yukon region, which it was thought might be provided with sea-coast outlets in the territory of the United States. In 1900 the all-water route to the Klondike was 2.705 miles from Seattle to St. Michael, and 1.313 miles up the Yukon to Dawson, the voyage taking about seven weeks. The most feasible land route started from the head of Lynn Canal. The Dyea, or Chilkoot Pass, route leads 527 miles northwest to Dawson. The Skagway, or White Pass. route is somewhat longer and more difficult than t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Klondike, (search)
of these goldseekers would perish before the opening of the passes in the following spring on account of the lack of provisions. On June 13, 1898, by an act of the Canadian Parliament, the boundaries of Ungava, Keewatin, Franklin, Mackenzie, and Yukon were changed, and the Yukon region was constituted a separate territory, with an area of 198,300 square miles, 2,000 of which is water surface. In February, 1898, the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey issued a new map of the Yukon River reYukon region was constituted a separate territory, with an area of 198,300 square miles, 2,000 of which is water surface. In February, 1898, the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey issued a new map of the Yukon River region. The map includes the territory between long. 38° and 166° W., and lat. 60° to 67° N. The Yukon River is traced considerably beyond the Klondike region, and the portion within Alaska is very fully treated. The country between Forty-Mile Post and Stewart River is also given with minute exactness. The results of military and scientific explorations undertaken by the United States government in Alaska indicate that that Territory contains a larger amount of gold, besides other economic mi