Chilkoot Pass

[ chil-koot ]

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a mountain pass on the boundary between SE Alaska and British Columbia, Canada, in the Coast Range. About 3,500 feet (1,065 meters) high.

Chilkoot Pass

/ ˈtʃɪlkuːt /

a mountain pass in North America between SE Alaska and NW British Columbia, over the Coast Range

From Dyea they pushed on through the Chilkoot Pass, where the cliffs rose high above them.

The Chilkoot Pass is crossed with the mail by means of Indian carriers.

This route is through the famous Chilkoot Pass, the dangers and hardships of which he has pointed out, but in no wise magnified.

The Chilkoot Pass, is a high pass about a mile high and steep as a house roof.

Many of them “mushed” across Chilkoot Pass in 1897, and have made their piles.

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