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|   US (Alaska) - Canada (British Columbia) Haines Highway
in Border Crossings Dawson Cache US-Canada border crossing posted by:  Uncle Alaska location: Alaska date approved: 09/25/2005 last visited: 08/14/2007 |
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|  Bald Eagles Congregate
in Birdwatching Locations This is a beautiful place to rest and observe Bald Eagles and wild life in the area. Lots of public parking and room for RV’s. Safety measures STOP AND PARK ONLY IN DESIGNATED TURNOUTS. The road is narrow and has many curves. Watch for traffic at all times. Never stop on the roadway. Do not set up tripods on the road. posted by:  imua575 location: Alaska date approved: 12/02/2011 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE36.9 km |  Chilkoot Lake State Recreation Site - Haines AK
in State/Provincial Parks Chilkoot Lake State Recreation Site is at the south end of Chilkoot Lake. Because of the salmon spawning in the river and at this end of the lake, this area is also a bear highway. Bears frequent the river to
feast on the salmon. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Alaska date approved: 04/27/2022 last visited: 04/28/2022 |
 view gallerySE36.9 km |  Chilkoot Lake - Haines AK
in Wikipedia Entries The Chilkoot Lake, is in the Tlingit Indians region of Alaska. The lake has a ‘Recreation Site’ at its southern end near the outlet to the Chilkoot River, which is set amidst the Sitka spruce trees. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Alaska date approved: 04/27/2022 last visited: 11/26/2023 |
 view gallerySE36.9 km |  Chilkoot Lake State Recreation Site - Haines AK
in Official Local Tourism Attractions Chilkoot Lake State Recreation Site is at the south end of Chilkoot Lake. Because of the salmon spawning in the river and at this end of the lake, this area is also a bear highway. Bears frequent the river to feast on the salmon. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Alaska date approved: 04/27/2022 last visited: 04/28/2022 |
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|  False Front in Dyea, AK
in Ghost Towns This False Front of a gold rush era real estate office is nearly all that remains from an Alaskan Boom town that swelled to more than 8,000 people in the winter of 1897-98. Dyea, Alaska is now an archaeological area protected the National Park Service. Other sections of the area are now designated as recreation and residential areas. posted by: KLGOEDRANGER location: Alaska date approved: 07/22/2009 last visited: 01/22/2010 |
 view galleryE43.9 km |  Yakutania Point / Smuggler's Cove Parcourse Fitness Trail
in Fitness Trails The coordinates put you just on the other side of the beginning of the parcourse. Just cross over the bridge and you're there. posted by: unimoggers location: Alaska date approved: 03/21/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryE44.1 km |  TEMSCO Heliport - Skagway, AK
in Airports A heliport for TEMSCO Helicopters at the dock. posted by: nvtriker location: Alaska date approved: 09/04/2009 last visited: 08/05/2017 |
 view galleryE44.3 km |  Skagway's Historic Waterfront - Skagway, AK
in Alaska Historic Markers Skagway had a deep-water harbor and was the starting point of the White Pass trail. Skagway was the place where thousands of stampeders started their journey to the Klondike gold mines. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Alaska date approved: 07/13/2020 last visited: 10/30/2021 |
 view galleryE44.3 km | Captain William Moore The Visionary - Skagway AK in Alaska Historic Markers A former steamboat captain on the rivers in Alaska and British Columbia, Moore was an adventurer who had taken part in gold stampedes in North and South America. he believed that gold would be found, and had a vision of Skagway---with its deep-water harbor and trail through the White Pass—as the gateway to the north. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Alaska date approved: 07/13/2020 last visited: 10/30/2021 |
 view galleryE44.3 km | Fatal Duel - Skagway, AK in Alaska Historic Markers On a big rock near the police station. posted by: Go Boilers! location: Alaska date approved: 09/12/2009 last visited: 05/21/2016 |
 view galleryE44.3 km |  White Pass & Yukon Route Railway caboose - Skagway, Alaska
in Train Cabooses White Pass & Yukon caboose #909 in Skagway, Alaska. posted by: buffalohiker location: Alaska date approved: 07/28/2012 last visited: 03/03/2023 |
 view galleryE44.3 km |  The Skagway Snow Plower - Skagway, Alaska
in Railroad Maintenance-Of-Way Equipment Located as you leave the port and head into Skagway. posted by: Lord Mot location: Alaska date approved: 06/11/2011 last visited: 05/31/2023 |
 view galleryE44.4 km |  Ships' Captains Graffiti in Skagway, Alaska
in Graffiti In the late 1800's it became a tradition that the first time a ship arrived at this port, the captain would paint the name of his ship on the cliff at dockside. This tradition continues even today. posted by: unimoggers location: Alaska date approved: 04/14/2008 last visited: 06/17/2022 |
 view galleryE44.4 km |  Soapy Smith's Skull & Ship's Registry -- Skagway, AK
in Citizen Memorials The cliffs lining Railroad Dock in Skagway are a site to behold! You'll find the historic 'memorial' to infamous scoundrel Soapy Smith, as well as a 'registry' of ships and captains who put in to Skagway. posted by: Tygress location: Alaska date approved: 06/21/2010 last visited: 06/17/2022 |
 view galleryE44.4 km |  Skagway Anchor, Alaska
in Anchors Near the cruise ship dock in Skagway. posted by: gypsie2 location: Alaska date approved: 05/26/2010 last visited: 09/30/2018 |
 view galleryE44.4 km |  Centennial Park - "You Are Here" - Skagway Alaska
in 'You Are Here' Maps New to town? Fresh off the Boat? Centennial Park (Broadway & 1st Avenue) has the sign to get you oriented. posted by: Tygress location: Alaska date approved: 05/20/2010 last visited: 12/26/2022 |
 view galleryE44.4 km |  Gateway to the Klondike - Skagway, Alaska
in Welcome Signs This Welcome sign in Centennial Park has TWO slogans: "Gateway to the Klondike" and "The Garden City of Alaska." Plus a handy map with visitor information.... posted by: Tygress location: Alaska date approved: 05/23/2010 last visited: 04/27/2022 |
 view galleryE44.4 km | Three Thousand Pack Animals - Skagway AK in Alaska Historic Markers Rendering of a loaded pack horse and pack mule--
The dead are speaking in memory of us three thousand pack animals that laid our bones on these awful hills during the Gold Rush of 1897-1898. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Alaska date approved: 07/13/2020 last visited: 06/07/2023 |
 view galleryE44.4 km | Skagway Centennial Statue 1897 - Skagway AK in Alaska Historic Markers Skagway was originally spelled S-K-A-G-U-A, a Tlingit Indian word for “windy place.” The first people in the area were Tlingits from the Chilkoot and Chilkat villages in the Haines-Klukwan area. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Alaska date approved: 07/13/2020 last visited: 05/31/2023 |
 view galleryE44.4 km |  Tingit Guide & Prospector - Skagway AK
in Occupational Monuments This occupational monument was erected for Skagway's Centennial. It depicted a Tingit guide/packer and a prospector/stampeder. The statue is on Broadway near 2nd. posted by: PeterNoG location: Alaska date approved: 10/17/2008 last visited: 05/31/2023 |
 view galleryE44.4 km |  Skagway Centennial Statue - Skagway, Alaska
in Figurative Public Sculpture Seasoned guide and hopeful stampeder ... this statue centered in Skagway's Centennial Park captures the Skagway "cachet" of the Yukon Gold Rush. posted by: Tygress location: Alaska date approved: 05/21/2010 last visited: 05/31/2023 |
 view galleryE44.4 km |  Skagway Centennial Statue (and Park) - Skagway, Alaska
in Community Commemoration Skagway says their Centennial was a decade long, but the plaque for this statue pinpoints the 100 year spread as 1897-1997. posted by: Tygress location: Alaska date approved: 05/20/2010 last visited: 05/31/2023 |
 view galleryE44.4 km |  Skagway Centennial Park Compass Rose - Skagway, Alaska
in Compass Roses With the Skagway Centennial Statue at its center, this compass tells us which way is North - North, the Rush is On! posted by: Tygress location: Alaska date approved: 05/20/2010 last visited: 05/31/2023 |
 view galleryE44.4 km |  Skagway Historic District and White Pass - Skagway, Alaska
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Skagway & White Pass, gateway to the Klondike, still retain that Gold Rush luster. Boardwalks, brightly painted wooden buildings, and a narrow-gauge mountain railroad all breathe life into a period of history peculiar to Alaska, the last frontier. posted by: Tygress location: Alaska date approved: 05/19/2010 last visited: 05/31/2023 |
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