#chilkoot

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A week of exploring on the road to Haines, Alaska. We hiked, camped and explored in Kluane National Park, Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park, Chilkat state Park, Chilkoot Lake state Park.

Music by Eluvium

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Chilkoot Trail, Yukon

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Large sword made from a meteorite by Chilkoot natives of Alaska, 19th century.

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A gorgeous old timber church, built in 1899.

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Raven Headdress

Chilkoot Tlingit; Alaska, Haines

Shell, Birch Bark, Porcupine Quill, Fur

Penn Museum

[onceuponatown]

Courtney’s Store and prospectors at Sheep Camp, Alaska. 1890′s. 

Sheep Camp was where goldminers prepared for the climb over the Chilkoot Pass to the Yukon goldfields in the late 1890s. On April 3, 1898, an avalanche killed 60 people here. 

Sheep Camp was not really a community, just a collection of tents near the foot of the Chilkoot Pass, where miners rested before attempting the terrible climb. It was located on the Chilkoot Trail, between Skagway, Alaska, and the international boundary at the top of the Chilkoot Pass. The tents were used for a few days by some of the thousands of men and women who were to pass that way, amidst a jumble of supplies and debris.

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Chilkoot Trail, Yukon

[goprospecting]

Found this little gem in Jasper. Steel signage 👍 #jasper #chilkoot #gold https://www.instagram.com/p/CPb3egbrCQI/?utm_medium=tumblr