Skagway

Skagway straddles the Skagway River at the head of Taiya Inlet in southeast Alaska, a position that made it a major departure point for the Klondike gold fields. In 1897–98, thousands of stampeders arrived by ship before tackling the White Pass route into Canada. The White Pass & Yukon Route railroad, built during the rush, remains Skagway’s defining engineering landmark, climbing from the coast toward the Yukon interior. Much of the compact historic downtown is preserved within Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, with wooden storefronts recalling the town’s sudden boom. Continue to other webcams in southeast Alaska to compare coastal settings around Lynn Canal.

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