Brackett's Toll Road

Sign marking the Old Brakett Wagon Road or Bracketts Toall Road. George A. Brackett began building Brackett Wagon Road in November of 1897, and by March of 1898, the toll road was open and spanned 10 miles up the valley to White Pass City. The road was popular with packers as it was a vast improvement over the miserable Trail of 1897. Brackett sold the road to the railroad in June of 1898 for $100,000. View from the WP&Y. Contributing resource, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. National Register of Historic Places 76002189 DSC_0250

The White Pass and Yukon Route

August 18th 2023
The fabled White Pass & Yukon Railway was built from Skagway, Alaska, to Carcross, Yukon Territory, between 1898 and 1900. It was the height of the Yukon Gold Rush. The narrow gauge 3-foot railway has been in operation since then. The railway paid for itself in its first years of operation by taking gold prospectors and their equipment to Lake Bennett in Canada. Later, it was extended to Whitehors ... read more

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