Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site / Lieu historique national de la Piste-Chilkoot

At Bennett, the Chilkoot Trail is part of Canada’s national historic sites and reflects an important part of Canadian history and identity. By the mid-18th century, coastal and inland Aboriginal peoples had an extensive and well-established trading and travel network, and for many years the Tlingit of the Lynn Canal held a monopoly over routes through the Coast Mountains into the interior. The Chilkoot route was controlled by the Tlingit Raven clan from the village of Chilkoot, south of Skagway. During the Klondike Gold Rush, Coastal Tlingit and inland First Nations people, skilled as strong packers with detailed knowledge of the terrain and weather, carried goods over the trail for a fee.

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