An outdoor wooden sign describes a brief history of Skagway, Alaska, USA, a remote outpost made famous by the 1897-98 gold rush to the Klondike in the Yukon Territory of Canada. Today it is a popular tourist attraction reached by cruise ships and the Alaska ferry system that provides a marine highway to communities in Southeast Alaska that have no access by road. Many visitors to Skagway board the historic gold-rush White Pass & Yukon Railway for a scenic mountainous train excursion that climbs from sea level to the 2,915-foot (888-meter) summit of White Pass.
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Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
TYHHG9File size:
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4003 x 2550 px | 33.9 x 21.6 cm | 13.3 x 8.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1967Location:
Skagway, Alaska, USAMore information:
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An outdoor wooden sign describes a brief history of Skagway, Alaska, USA, a remote outpost made famous by the 1897-98 gold rush to the Klondike in the Yukon Territory of Canada. Today it is a popular tourist attraction reached by cruise ships and the Alaska ferry system that provides a marine highway to communities in Southeast Alaska that have no access by road. Many visitors to Skagway board the historic gold-rush White Pass & Yukon Railway for a scenic mountainous train excursion that climbs from sea level to the 2, 915-foot (888-meter) summit of White Pass and shortened the 600-mile (960-kilometer) trek of prospectors to the goldfields.