The New Student's Reference Work/Chilkoot Pass

Chil′koot Pass. This pass is in eastern Alaska, on the trail leading from Lynn Inlet and the ports of Dyer and Skagway, to the gold fields of the Klondike and other interior points.  It starts in Alaska, but the highest point is just over the Canadian border; and here the British have their customhouse.  There is a cable which pulls up the loads of the intending miners at this point.  The varied types of humanity and the presence of a custom-house in this wild spot amid the snows give this port a picturesque character of which many have written.