02358cam 2200349za 45009.838772CaOODSP20221107151445cr |||||||||||170622s1981 oncabo|#o f000 0 eng dpaper : 0-660-10870-4CaOODSPengn-cn-ykw9w91898R64-81/1981-48E-PDFR64-81/1981-48EFriesen, Richard J. (Richard John)The Chilkoot Pass and the great Gold Rush of 1898 [electronic resource] / Richard J. Friesen.Ottawa : National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, Environment Canada, c1981.144 p. : ill., mapsHistory and archaeology ;48Historical publication digitized 2015 from print.Issued also in French under title: Le col Chilkoot et la ruée vers l'or de 1898.Includes bibliographic references."The rush over the Chilkoot and White passes reached its zenith in the winter of 1897-98 when an unprecedented number of goldseekers scrambled over the mountain barrier to the Klondike. Actually a place in Yukon history had been secured for the Yukon Pass long before the gold rush. A major trade route for the Tlingit Indians, the natives retained control of the Chilkoot Pass until the 1880s when the prospecting and trading activities of the Europeans and Americans dictated the necessity of a short route into the Yukon. In this study I trace the history of the Chilkoot Pass, emphasizing its important role in Yukon transportation, the great rush of 1898 and the establishment of an administrative structure after the boom period. The Chilkoot Pass played a significant role in the transportation infrastructure throughout the southwestern Yukon that would form the basis for Yukon development"--Abstract, p. 5.gccstNorthern CanadagccstHistorygccstMountainsCanada. Parks Canada. National Historic Parks and Sites Branch.Le col Chilkoot et la ruée vers l'or de 1898 (CaOODSP)9.838776History and archaeology ;48(CaOODSP)9.837982PDF68.97 MBhttps://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/pc/R64-81-1981-48-eng.pdf