Chilkoot Pass, the Most Famous Trail in the North
Author: Archie Satterfield
Publisher:
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13:
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Chilkoot Pass, the Most Famous Trail in the North
Author: Archie Satterfield
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780882401096
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdditions include a chapter on the role of Seattle in the gold rush, the creation of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park, a map of the trail and a guide for hikers.
Chilkoot Pass, the Most Famous Trail in the North
Author: Archie Satterfield
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780882405896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Chilkoot Pass is indeed the most famous trail in the North, and Archie Satterfield has written a unique book that is ideal for both hikers and armchair travelers. This revised edition with current trail updates is history, adventure, and an excellent guide to the Klondike Gold Rush National Park all in one. The Chilkoot Trail has been called the "meanest 32 miles in history" and the history detailed in this book will corroborate that as well as why, conversely, hikers, travelers, and students today call it the "most beautiful 32 miles in Alaska and British Columbia." Archie Satterfield, an experienced hiker and outdoorsperson, has written more than twenty books. He's made several trips over the Chilkoot and down the Yukon River.
Chilkoot Pass, Then and Now
Author: Archie Satterfield
Publisher: Anchorage : Alaska Northwest Publishing Company
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780882400129
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChilkoot Pass is indeed the most famous trail in the North, and Satterfield has written a book that is ideal for hikers and armchair travelers. It is history, adventure, and an excellent companion to the Klondike Gold Rush National Park all in one. At no other time or place in recorded history did so many people voluntarily subject themselves to so much agony, misery, death and glory than in 1897-98 when countless thousands of stampeders crossed the Chilkoot pass on their way to the Klondike gold fields.
Chilkoot Trail
Author: David Neufeld
Publisher: Lost Moose Publishing
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780969461296
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNo 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.
Jack London and the Klondike Gold Rush
Author: Peter Lourie
Publisher: Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
Published: 2017-03-28
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0805097570
DOWNLOAD EBOOK-A middle grade biography of Jack London that sheds light on how he drew upon adventure and life experience to create works of literature---
The Milepost
Author: Kris Valencia
Publisher: Morris Communications Company
Published: 2007-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781892154217
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReferred to by travellers as "the bible of North Country travel" since it was first published in 1949, The Milepost is an essential travel companion for anyone planning or taking a trip to Alaska, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, northern Alberta or northern British Columbia.Travellers will find detailed mile-by-mile road logs and maps of all northern routes, including the famous Alaska Highway. The Milepost is updated annually by experienced field editors, providing accurate and up-to-date information on attractions, activities, food, gas, lodging and camping. Details are provided for every city and town along the way.Travel by air, ferry, cruise ship, bus and rail is also covered. Every edition of The Milepost includes Alaska State Ferry and B.C. Ferries schedules, important information on crossing the border, a calendar of events, a pull-out Plan-a-Trip map, litre-to-gallon conversions and dozens of other travel tips.Special features highlight side-trip destinations, gold rush and highway history, and places to eat and things to do.With its wealth of detail, The Milepost is a wonderful resource for anyone interested in the North, whether it is the trans-Alaska pipeline, bird watching, Native culture, or glaciers and wildlife viewing, to name just a few attractions. This classic travel guide is a must for every Northland traveller.
Mystery at Chilkoot Pass
Author: Barbara Steiner
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2014-07-08
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 1497646553
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGold fever sweeps the country as a twelve-year-old aspiring writer travels to the Yukon with her family and best friend, fighting natural disasters and a clever thief After traveling from San Francisco by steam ship, Hetty McKinley, her best friend, Alma, and their families prepare for the five-hundred-mile trek north to the gold fields of the Yukon. It’s only September, but the Arctic Circle is already frigid. As the two families, along with hundreds of other prospectors, camp out for the night near the outpost of Dyea, Hetty catches a glimpse of the legendary Chilkoot Pass, the narrow gap through which they’ll cross Alaska into Canada. But the next morning, Alma’s mother discovers that all their money is gone! A few days later, Hetty’s cherished locket, containing a photograph of her dead mother, disappears. More thefts soon follow, but these are the least of their problems. Soon, the group is battling typhoid, blizzards, and a terrifying avalanche. Will Hetty and her family and friends survive their journey to the top of the world? This ebook includes a historical afterword.
Hiking with Ghosts
Author: Frances Backhouse
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne century ago, the lure of Klondike gold led thousands of fortune seekers over the majestic Chilkoot Pass, which rose a thousand metres from dockside in Alaska to arctic meadows on the shores of Lake Bennett in the Yukon. In this Raincoast Journeys book, experienced travel writer Frances Backhouse and acclaimed nature photographer Adrian Dorst team up to hike the arduous yet inspiring 50-kilometre trail, now a popular destination for ambitious ecotourists. Together they depict the route in all its beauty and reflect on its storied past.This is the sixth book in the Raincoast Journeys series.
Healy's West
Author: Gordon E. Tolton
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
Published: 2014-07-01
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 192752766X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough his incredibly varied fifty-year career, John J. Healy left an indelible mark on the Canadian and American west. At different points in his storied life, Healy was a soldier, a trapper, a prospector, a free trader, an explorer, a horse dealer, a scout, a lawman, a newspaper editor, a speculator, a merchant, a capitalist, a historian, and a politician. He defied classification while defining the lifestyle of a frontier adventurer and buccaneer capitalist in the late nineteenth century. In Healy’s West, Gordon E. Tolton cuts through the mythology and controversy of this larger-than-life character, giving us the most complete and truly balanced account of Healy’s life ever published. From Irish famine to army saddle; from scouting on the Oregon Trail to digging for mountain gold in Idaho; from taking on powerful monopolies to trading with the Blackfoot; from political manoeuvring to hunting down rustlers behind a sheriff’s badge, Healy challenged life, nature, enemies and, governments head on—in print, in business, and in physical combat. An entertaining and critical portrayal of the west’s most charismatic figure, Healy’s West is a must-read for any history buff.
