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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.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #460767 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-30
• Format: Unabridged
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .1 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 182 pages

The Public Historian, Spring 1997
"Chilkoot Trail has some of the earmarks of a coffee table volume. The book averages more than a photograph per page There are also scores of sidebar stories. But Chilkoot Trail should not be confused with a superficial tourist-oriented publication. The authors have mined the best primary and secondary sources, including park studies normally inaccessible to the general public, and have carefully provided the requisite citations. Their account goes well beyond the "gee whiz" elements of the stampede. This history connects the reader well to the experiences of a mass of people "urged by the arch-tempter--Gold" and to the lives of those who used this place before and after the two years for which the Chilkoot Trail is famous. It is a solid history, and a good example of providing the public with information which too often languishes in obscure official government histories." The Public Historian, Spring 1997

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The stampede over the Chilkoot has raised interest in other aspects of this remarkable piece of geography, such as its outstanding natural beauty and its centuries-old significance as a First Nations trading route and homeland. Here two historians give readers the feeling of what life was like on the trail before, during and after the great Klondike gold rush (1897-1898).

From the Back Cover
The ordeal of the Chilkoot Trail has become symbolic of the hardships endured by thousands of gold-seekers during their long journey north to the Yukon's Klondike in 1897-1898. A fascinating event in the history of both Canada and the United States, the stampede over the Chilkoot has raised interest in two other aspects of this remarkable piece of geography its outstanding natural beauty and its centuries-old significance as a First Nations trading route and homeland. In "Chilkoot Trail, Heritage Route to the Kondike," 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.