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White Pass and Yukon Route
Legend
Distance
 Name
End
110.5 mi
177.8 km
 Whitehorse[1]
Depot
104.5 mi
168.2 km
 Wigan[2]
Station
104.0 mi
167.4 km
 MacRae[3]
Station
99.9 mi
160.8 km
 Dugdale[4]
Station
95.1 mi
153 km
 Cowley[5]
Station
88.9 mi
143.1 km
 Robinson[6]
Station
84.0 mi
135.2 km
 De Wette[7]
Station
83.7 mi
134.7 km
 Wette Lea
[7]
Station
81.6 mi
131.3 km
 Minto[8]
Station
79.4 mi
127.8 km
 Lorne[9]
Station
74.9 mi
120.5 km
 Lansdowne[10]
Station
70.0 mi
112.7 km
 End of Active
Track as of 2022
 North Carcross Switch
Switch
 Carcross House Track
Switch
Siding
 North Carcross Wye
Switch
 South Carcross Switch
Switch
 South Carcross Wye
Switch
67.5 mi
108.6 km
 Carcross[11]
Depot
67.4 mi
108.5 km
 Nares River[12]
Bridge
62.9 mi
101.2 km
 McDonald Creek
Station
59.8 mi
96.2 km
 North Watson Switch
Switch
59.6 mi
95.9 km
 Watson, Yukon[13]
Station/Siding
59.4 mi
95.6 km
 South Watson Switch
Switch
55.5 mi
89.3 km
 Pit
Station
55.5 mi
89.3 km
 55 Pit Switch
Switch
52.6 mi
84.7 km
 BC-Yukon border
51.6 mi
83 km
 Pennington
[14]
Station
49.6 mi
79.8 km
 North Scheffler Switch
Switch
49.4 mi
79.5 km
 Scheffler
Station/Siding
49.1 mi
79 km
 South Scheffler Switch
Switch
46.4 mi
74.7 km
 Pavey[15]
Station
43.5 mi
70 km
 Guardrail
Station
41.1 mi
66.1 km
 North Bennett Switch
Switch
40.8 mi
65.7 km
 North Lake Siding Switch
Switch
40.7 mi
65.5 km
 Bennett Crossover
Switch
 Bennett Yard
Yard
40.6 mi
65.3 km
 Bennett[16]
Depot
40.5 mi
65.2 km
 North Bennett Loop Switch
Loop
40.5 mi
65.2 km
 South Lake Siding Switch
Switch
40.2 mi
64.7 km
 South Bennett Switch
Switch
36.2 mi
58.3 km
 Vista
Station
33.1 mi
53.3 km
 North Log Cabin Switch
Switch
33.0 mi
53.1 km
 Log Cabin
Station/Siding
32.7 mi
52.6 km
 South Log Cabin Switch
Switch
32.6 mi
52.5 km
 Yukon Highway 2.svg
Hwy 2
Klondike Highway
Road Crossing
29.8 mi
48 km
 Ptarmigan Point
Station
28.1 mi
45.2 km
 Fraser North Switch
Switch
 Fraser Crossover
Switch
27.7 mi
44.6 km
 Fraser[17]
Depot
27.6 mi
44.4 km
 South Fraser Switch
Switch
27.5 mi
44.3 km
 Fraser Loop
Loop
Fraser River
Bridge
25.4 mi
40.9 km
 Meadows
Station
23.8 mi
38.3 km
 Gateway
Station
21.4 mi
34.4 km
 Divide
Station
 Divide Loop
Loop
20.4 mi
32.8 km
 White Pass[18]
USA-Canada Border
20.3 mi
32.7 km
 South White Pass Switch
Switch
19.1 mi
30.7 km
 American Shed[19]
Station
18.8 mi
30.3 km
 North Portal
Tunnel
18.7 mi
30.1 km
 South Portal
Tunnel
18.6 mi
29.9 km
 South end of Line Change
Switchback
18.4 mi
29.6 km
 Steel Cantilever Bridge
18.3 mi
29.5 km
 Gulch
Station
18.0 mi
29 km
 Dead Horse Gulch
Landmark
17.6 mi
28.3 km
 Hawkins
Station
16.8 mi
27 km
 Inspiration Point
Station
16.0 mi
25.7 km
 Tunnel
(north portal)
Tunnel
15.9 mi
25.6 km
 Tunnel
(south portal)
Tunnel
15.9 mi
25.6 km
 Wood Trestle Bridge
Bridge
15.6 mi
25.1 km
 Slippery Rock
Station
14.2 mi
22.9 km
 Skagway River
Middle Fork
Bridge
14.1 mi
22.7 km
 North Glacier Switch
Switch
14.1 mi
22.7 km
 Glacier[20]
Station/Siding
12.7 mi
20.4 km
 South Glacier Switch
Switch
12.6 mi
20.3 km
Bridge
12.3 mi
19.8 km
 Heney[21]
Station
11.6 mi
18.7 km
 Bridal Veil Falls
Landmark
11.4 mi
18.3 km
 Foy
Station
10.2 mi
16.4 km
 Black Cross
[22]
Station
9.5 mi
15.3 km
 Pitchfork Falls
Bridge
8.8 mi
14.2 km
 Buchanan
Rock
Landmark
8.7 mi
14 km
 North Clifton Switch
Switch
8.6 mi
13.8 km
 Clifton[23]
Station/Siding
8.4 mi
13.5 km
 South Clifton Switch
Switch
7.3 mi
11.7 km
 Brackett's Road
Landmark
6.9 mi
11.1 km
 Rocky Point
Station
5.9 mi
9.5 km
 Skagway River
East Fork
Bridge
5.8 mi
9.3 km
 Denver[24]
Station
4.8 mi
7.7 km
 North Boulder Switch
Switch
4.5 mi
7.2 km
 Boulder[25]
Station/Siding
3.2 mi
5.1 km
 South Boulder Switch
Switch
2.4 mi
3.9 km
 Gold Rush
Cemetery
Landmark
 North Extension
Switch
 Skagway Yard
Switch
 Skagway Loop
Loop
2.3 mi
3.7 km
 Shops
Station
 Skagway Yard
Switch
 Coach Yard
Yard
 Skagway Yard
Switch
 City Hall
Landmark
0.6 mi
1 km
 Skagway Junction
0 mi
0 km
 Skagway
Depot
 Broadway
End
Switch
Switch
 Long Siding
Siding
 Skagway Wharves
End

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References

These references will appear in the article, but this list appears only on this page.
  1. ^ Named after the appearance of rapids in Yukon River. Coutts, R. C. (2003). Yukon Places and Names. Moose Creek Publishing. ISBN 978-0968844038.; Phillips, James W. (1973). Alaska-Yukon Place Names. University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-95259-8.
  2. ^ Named for Edward A. Wigan (1868-1942), early shareholder of the White Pass. Minter, Roy (1987). The White Pass: Gateway to the Klondike. University of Alaska Press. ISBN 0-912006-26-9., at page 175 (Edward A. Wigan).
  3. ^ Named for Charles C. MacRae (1843-1922), early shareholder of the White Pass. Minter (1987). The White Pass., at page 175 (Colin Macrae).
  4. ^ Named for James Dugdale (1842-1903), cotton manufacturer and early shareholder of the White Pass. Minter (1987). The White Pass., at page 175 (James Dugdale).
  5. ^ Named for Isaac Cowley Lambert (1850-1909), chairman of the Pacific Contract Co., the construction company that built the White Pass railroad. Minter (1987). The White Pass., at pp. 175, 318 (Cowley Lambert); Coutts (2003). Yukon Places and Names.
  6. ^ Named for William C. “Stikine Bill” Robinson (1857-1926), general foreman of construction of the White Pass railroad. Minter (1987). The White Pass., at page 275 (William “Stikine Bill” Robinson); Coutts (2003). Yukon Places and Names.
  7. ^ a b Named for Auguste Christoph Rudolph de Wette (1845-1912), banker and early shareholder of the White Pass. Minter (1987). The White Pass., at page 175 (Auguste de Wette); Coutts (2003). Yukon Places and Names.
  8. ^ Named for John Elliott-Murray-Kynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845-1914), Governor-General of Canada. Coutts (2003). Yukon Places and Names.; Phillips (1973). Alaska-Yukon Place Names.
  9. ^ Named for John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquess of Lorne (1845-1914), Governor-General of Canada. Coutts (2003). Yukon Places and Names.
  10. ^ Named for Henry Charles Keith Petty Fitz-Maurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845-1927), Governor-General of Canada. Coutts (2003). Yukon Places and Names.
  11. ^ Originally named Caribou Crossing; renamed in 1904 because of frequent confusion in mail services. Coutts (2003). Yukon Places and Names.; Mulvihill, Carl E. (2000). White Pass & Yukon Route Handbook. R. Robb, Ltd., at page 58.
  12. ^ Named for Adm. Sir George Strong Nares (1831-1915), British Navy, Arctic explorer. Coutts (2003). Yukon Places and Names.; Phillips (1973). Alaska-Yukon Place Names.
  13. ^ Named for the Watson (fl. 1898) of Watson & Church, Skagway real estate agents.
  14. ^ Named for Frederick Pennington (1819-1914), early shareholder of the White Pass. Minter (1987). The White Pass., at page 175 (Frederick Pennington); Mulvihill (2000). White Pass & Yukon Route Handbook., at page 57.
  15. ^ Named after "Pavy, London", telegraph address of Charles Colin MacRae.
  16. ^ Named for James G. Bennett, Jr. (1841-1918), son of the founder of the New York Herald, and patron of American geographical research. Phillips (1973). Alaska-Yukon Place Names.; Mulvihill (2000). White Pass & Yukon Route Handbook., at page 53.
  17. ^ Named for Duncan C. Fraser (1845-1910), Member of Parliament from Nova Scotia. Minter (1987). The White Pass., at page 63 (Duncan C. Fraser).
  18. ^ Named for Thomas W. White (1830-1888), Canadian Interior Minister. Minter (1987). The White Pass., at page 26; Orth, Donald J. (1967). Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. U.S. Government Printing Office., at page 1044 (White Pass: pass); Phillips (1973). Alaska-Yukon Place Names.; Mulvihill (2000). White Pass & Yukon Route Handbook., at page 45.
  19. ^ Formerly, site of snowshed.
  20. ^ Named for Laughton Glacier, which lies about 1.4 miles (2.3 km) to the southeast of this station. Orth (1967). Dictionary of Alaska Place Names., at page 368 (Glacier … 1.4 mi. NW of terminus of Laughton Glacier).
  21. ^ Named for Michael J. Heney (1864-1910), labor contractor who built the White Pass railroad. Minter (1987). The White Pass., at page pp. 358-59.
  22. ^ Site of construction accident on August 3, 1898, in which two men were crushed and buried under the falling rock that now rests there. Mulvihill (2000). White Pass & Yukon Route Handbook., at page 33.
  23. ^ Named for rocks overhanging tracks. Mulvihill (2000). White Pass & Yukon Route Handbook., at page 32.
  24. ^ Named for Denver Glacier, which lies about 3 miles (4.8 km) to the east of this station. Mulvihill (2000). White Pass & Yukon Route Handbook., at page 27.
  25. ^ Named after boulders located in the Skagway River here. Mulvihill (2000). White Pass & Yukon Route Handbook., at page 26.
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