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White Pass, 2,888 ft (880 m) high, in the Coast Mts., on the Alaska–British Columbia border, NE of Skagway. A hazardous trail through the pass was made (1897) by prospectors going to the Klondike, as an alternate route to the Chilkoot Pass. Between 1898 and 1900 the White Pass and Yukon Railway was built from Skagway to White Horse, Yukon, to provide transportation from the Pacific tidewater to the Yukon valley. The railway suspended service in 1982.

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No references found			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. Celebrity Cruises in Alaska - the Final Frontier by Meryl Rougeaux / Travel, recreation and leisure community One man at a Red Cross centre at White Pass said his 30-year-old son was on board the plane. Plane crashes by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) 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. Alaska's trains: ride the rails for a trip to remember by Pardes, Joan / Alaska Business Monthly			white mica white mineral oil White Mountain White Mountain National Forest White Mountain Trail White Mountain, Battle White Mountains white mulberry white mullein white muscardine White Muscle Disease white nickel White Nights White Nile White Noise white oak White Oak Lake State Park white object white oil White Oils white olivine white on red white orchid white pages white paper White Pass white phosphorus white phosphorus grenade White Pine white pine cone and tassel White Pine County White Pines Forest State Park White Plains white point White Poplar white portland cement white potato White Queen White Rabbit white radiation white rainbow White River White River Falls State Park White River National Forest White River National Wildlife Refuge White River State Park White Rock White Rock Lake Park white rot White Russia white rust			white orchid White Organic Light-Emitting Diode White out White out White out White out White oval White oval White Overalls Movement Building Libertarian Effective Struggles White Owl White page White page White Page of Death white pages white pages white pages White Pages Directory Listings White Pages Service white paper white paper white paper white paper white paper White Paper Account White Paper on Safety and Security White Paper on the Transformation of the Public Service White papers White papers White papers White papers White Pass White Pass & Yukon White Pass & Yukon Route White Pass School District white passion fruit White Peak Astronomical Observing Group white pelican white peony White people White people White People Co-Opting Black Culture Network White people/genetics White peoples white pepper white perch white perch white person white person White persons white petrolatum White Phantom White Phantom White Phase Modulation White Phosphorous White Phosphorus White Phosphorus White Phosphorus White phosphorus (weapon) White phosphorus (weapon) White Phosphorus Grenade White Phosphorus Grenade

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