Lake Bennett
Books
- A Ton of Goods Ledgers, Law, and the Klondike Gold Rush · Liszt Think
In July 1897, the steamers Excelsior and Portland docked with a ton of gold, igniting a stampede that would test the limits of human endurance and bureaucratic order.
- The Winter of the Secret…s accumulation. The break-up was violent. It was also the signal that the silence was ending. The first boats launched at Lake Lindeman and Lake Bennett, where the rivers that drained the coastal mountains gathered the snowmelt and began their run to the interior. The boats were small. They…
- The Law of the Trail…system flowing northwest to the Klondike. The Chilkoot Trail spanned between twenty-eight and thirty-three miles from sea level at Dyea to Lake Bennett, British Columbia, an elevation gain of 2, 602 feet. The Tlingit charged for passage. They carried goods for hire. They enforced their mono…
- The Ton of Goods…arried in over the mountains. The passes were the only routes. The Chilkoot Trail spanned between 28 and 33 miles from sea level at Dyea to Lake Bennett, British Columbia, at an elevation of 2, 602 feet. The White Pass, beginning at Skagway, covered similar terrain by a different route. Both…