Identifier: alaskaatlinyukon00whit (find matches)
Title: Alaska, Atlin, and the Yukon : White Pass & Yukon Route
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm)
Subjects: White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm)
Publisher: Chicago : Poole Bros.
Contributing Library: Queen's University Library, W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Queen's University - University of Toronto Libraries

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oko Range, which were in the full light of the settingsun. The wind was hushed. Heavy clouds were hanging farover and beyond the Sloko, while small wreaths of mist wererising from the topmost peaks of Tsatia—all bathed in the goldencolors of the northern sunset. The lonely cry of the whistling marmot across the gulchwas answered by the call of the mother ptarmigan as she26 on Her Trip on Atlin Lake beseeched us to go back, go back—fearful for the welfare ofher young. The dull subterranean rumble of the stream under the greatice far below us seemed to render the orchestral diapason neces-sary to complete this grand transformation scene. Then Night settled over the vast landscape. The marmot re-tired to his den, the ptarmigan, with her young brood, to the coverof a bushy ravine. The euphonious bass of the water beneaththe bergschrund lulled us to sleep, as brilliant Vega, Deneband Altair, with the Northern Cross, gleamed upon us nearlyoverhead. ALASKA • ATLIN AND • THE • YUKON
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Approximate Running TimeFrom Seattle, Vancouver or Prince Rupert to Whitehorse, Atlin and Dawson, and vice versa t Seattle or Vancouver to Skaguay 4 to 5 days Prince Rupert to Skaguay 2 days Skaguay to Whitehorse (rail) 8 hours Carcross to Atlin (lake—day trip) 6 hours Atlin to Carcross (lake—night trip) 12 hours f Whitehorse to Dawson, downstream V/i days Dawson to Whitehorse, upstream 4 days tSkaguay to Seattle or Vancouver 4 to 6 days Skaguay to Prince Rupert 2 days The time given between points is the usual time it takes for the trip, but such time is approximateonly, and as the time varies, when unusual conditions arise, it cannot be stated in exact terms. t Time depends upon steamer and ports of call. Approximate Time Necessary for Round Trip From Seattle or Vancouver to Atlin and Dawson The time will vary according to steamer to Skaguay, time of arrival and departure fromSkaguay, ports of call and connections at Carcross and Whitehorse. Thus the time necessary for the trip

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