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Lynn Canal

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Lynn Canal, natural inlet, c.90 mi (145 km) long, 7–12 mi (11–19 km) wide, SE Alaska. It connects in the S with Chatham Strait and Stephens Passage and thrusts north between mountains to break finally into the inlets of the Chilkoot and Chilkat rivers. Navigable to its head, Lynn Canal connects Skagway with Juneau and is an important shipping lane. During the Alaska gold rush (1896) it was a major route to the gold fields.

Lynn Canal

Deep fjord, southeastern Alaska, U.S. An important gateway to the Klondike region, it is 80 mi (129 km) long and 6 mi (10 km) wide. The northernmost fjord to penetrate the Coast Mountains, it was named in 1794 by Capt. George Vancouver for his birthplace, King's Lynn, Eng.



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Nestled in a valley at the end of the Lynn Canal on southeast Alaska's Inside Passage, Skagway was the jumping-off point a century ago for tens of thousands of gold rush stampeders on their way to the Klondike.
The agreement between the parties results from a proposed change in the discharge point for effluent from the tailings impoundment pond from Lynn Canal to Sherman Creek, at a point adjacent to the impoundment.
 
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