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We took the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad, completed in 1900, from Carcross, Yukon, back to Skagway, Alaska, through Bennett Lake, British Columbia.
The scenery was beautiful and the area was quite devoid of people.
We stopped for lunch at Bennett Lake, a major take-off point for prospectors on the Chilkoot Trail that made it that far.
Historic photos show this large lake crowded with every sort of water craft hoping to carry gold seekers along the Chilkoot Trail deeper into they Yukon Territory.
LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S WEB PAGE ON BENNETT LAKE
LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S WEB PAGE ON THE WHITE PASS & YUKON ROUTE
LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S WEB PAGE ON SKAGWAY
TRAVEL: 2012 -
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White Pass & Yukon Route train at the Bennett Lake station, British Columbia, Canada, 2012.
A church and what is left of the old town on the hill above the lake, Bennett Lake, British Columbia, Canada, 2012.
Train track along side Bennett Lake, British Columbia, Canada, 2012.
Historical old pilings in Bennett Lake, British Columbia, Canada, 2012.
More old pilings in Bennett Lake, British Columbia, Canada, 2012.
Rusting old raidroad rail spikes next to Bennett Lake, British Columbia, Canada, 2012.
Abandoned railroad rail plates, Bennett Lake, British Columbia, Canada, 2012.
Old boat on the shores of Bennett Lake, British Columbia, Canada, 2012.
Stopping for an miner's lunch at the stationhouse, Lake Bennett, British Columbia, Canada, 2012.
Our miner's lunch of stew, coleslaw, and apple pie, Bennet Lake Canada, 2012.
After lunch, I snuck away for some quiet time fishing with my collapsible fishing rod, Bennet Lake, British Columbia, Canada, 2012.
Lynn and I on the back of the White Pass & Yukon Route RR, Bennett Lake, British Columbia, Canada, 2012.
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