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White Pass

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White Pass
A pass, 880.8 m (2,888 ft) high, in the Coast Mountains between southeast Alaska and northwest British Columbia, Canada, north of Skagway.


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The White Pass Railway & Laughton Glacier Snow-Shoe Hike in Skagway, Alaska can bring you on a picturesque train ride on board the historically celebrated White Pass and Yukon Route Railway.
One man at a Red Cross centre at White Pass said his 30-year-old son was on board the plane.
THE WHITE PASS & YUKON ROUTE RAILWAY In the late 1800s, building a railroad in the Alaska wilderness that climbed almost 3,000 feet in 20 miles didn't seem possible, but thanks to American engineering, British financing and Canadian contracting, the White Pass & Yukon Route Railway went into operation in 1900 to transport gold seekers and their goods to the Klondike during the Gold Rush.
 
 
 
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