White Pass Summit

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White Pass Summit is a mountain pass in the Coast Mountains on the border of Alaska and British Columbia, historically significant as a key route during the Klondike Gold Rush and now a popular scenic travel corridor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain pass ⓘ
transportation corridor ⓘ
accessedVia Klondike Highway from Skagway ⓘ
White Pass and Yukon Route excursion trains ⓘ
advantageDuringGoldRush less steep than Chilkoot Pass ⓘ
borderFacility Canadian border inspection station nearby ⓘ
U.S. border inspection station nearby ⓘ
category Canada–United States border crossings ⓘ
Klondike Gold Rush sites ⓘ
Mountain passes of Alaska ⓘ
Mountain passes of British Columbia ⓘ
climate subarctic ⓘ
comparedWith Chilkoot Pass as alternative Klondike route ⓘ
countryBorderBetween United States and Canada ⓘ
currentUse highway travel ⓘ
railway tourism ⓘ
scenic travel corridor ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
elevation approximately 2,865 feet ⓘ
approximately 873 meters ⓘ
feature alpine tundra landscape ⓘ
glaciated mountain terrain ⓘ
historicalPeriod Klondike Gold Rush ⓘ
historicalUse pack trail during Klondike Gold Rush ⓘ
locatedIn Canada ⓘ
Coast Mountains ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Alaska Time Zone on U.S. side ⓘ
Pacific Time Zone on Canadian side ⓘ
locatedOnBorderOf Alaska ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas White ⓘ
namedFor Canadian Minister of the Interior Thomas White ⓘ
near Fraser, British Columbia ⓘ
Skagway, Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Skagway
offersViewOf surrounding Coast Mountains ⓘ
partOf Boundary Ranges ⓘ
partOfRoute Skagway–Whitehorse corridor ⓘ
linked to: Klondike Highway
region Southeast Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Alaska

northwestern British Columbia ⓘ
significance key route to the Klondike goldfields ⓘ
tourismSeason primarily summer ⓘ
traversedBy Klondike Highway ⓘ
White Pass and Yukon Route railway ⓘ
usedFor overland travel to Dawson City region during Klondike Gold Rush ⓘ

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White Pass → alsoKnownAs → White Pass Summit ⓘ