Dyea, Skagway, and the Chilkoot Trail

Directions: 

As a group, decide who will take each question. Over the next two days, you will be developing answers for these questions and trying to find connections to The Call of the Wild.

Questions:

1) Where are these places located?  What is the distance between them?

2) What was the significance of these cities during the Klondike Gold Rush?

3) What was the significance of the Chilkoot Trail?  What was this trail?

4) Describe the geography of this area.  What is necessary to survival here?

5) What happened to these place after the gold rush?  How are they now?

Websites:

Hiking the Chilkoot Trail

The Chilkoot Trail - Reliving the Klondike Gold Rush

Dyea Alaska

NPS Klondike Gold Rush

White Pass Yukon Route Railroad

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park