Chilkoot Trail
The Chilkoot Trail is a 33-mile (53 km) trail through the Coast Mountains that leads from Dyea, Alaska, in the United States, to Bennett, British Columbia, in Canada. It was a major access route from the coast to Yukon goldfields in the late 1890s. The trail became obsolete in 1899 when a railway was built from Dyea's neighbor port Skagway along the parallel White Pass trail.
| Chilkoot Trail | |
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1. Dyea, 2. Finnegan's Point, 3. Canyon City, 4. Pleasant Camp, 5. Sheep Camp, 6. Scales, 7. Chilkoot Pass, 8. Stone Crib, 9. Happy Camp, 10. Deep Lake, 11. Lake Lindemann, 12. Bare Loon Lake, 13. Lake Bennett | |
| Length | 33 miles |
| Summit | Chilkoot Pass; 1067 m / 3,525 feet |
| Legacy | Trail for Klondike Gold Rush (1896–1899) |
| Location | Southeast Alaska - Northwest British Columbia |
National Historic Site of Canada | |
| Official name | Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site of Canada |
| Designated | 1987 |
U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
| Official name | Chilkoot Trail and Dyea Site |
| Designated | 1978 |
Chilkoot Trail and Dyea Site | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark District | |
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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Miners climbing Chilkoot | |
| Nearest city | Skagway, Alaska |
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| Coordinates | 59°35′14″N 135°19′56″W |
| Area | 11,882 acres (4,808 ha) |
| Built | 1897 |
| Part of | Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (ID76002189) |
| NRHP reference No. | 75002120 |
| AHRS No. | SKG-006; SKG-067 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 14, 1975 |
| Designated NHLD | June 16, 1978 |
| Designated CP | June 30, 1976 |
| Designated AHRS | June 30, 1974 December 14, 1974 |
The U.S. portion of the Chilkoot Trail and Dyea Site were designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978, following creation of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in 1976. In 1987, the B.C. portion of the trail was designated Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site. In 1998, the centennial of the gold rush, the National Historic Site in British Columbia joined with the U.S. National Historical Park to form Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park. In 2022, the 16.5 mi (26.6 km) portion of the trail in Alaska was designated Chilkoot National Historic Trail, part of the National Trails System.