Dalton Trail (Alaska and Yukon)

found: Work cat.: Jack Dalton, c2007:p. 16 (Dalton Trail, a 300-mile toll road from the head of Lynn Canal to the Yukon River that enjoyed popularity during the Klondike stampede)

found: GNIS, Apr. 9, 2008(Dalton Trail, trail, Alaska, Haines Co., 59°21ʹ51ʺN 135°52ʹ12ʺW)

found: Wikipedia website, Apr. 2, 2008(Dalton Trail is a trail that runs between the Pacific Ocean at Pyramid Harbor, west of Haines, Alaska in the United States, and Fort Selkirk, in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It is 396 km (246 mi) long. The Dalton Trail should not be confused with the James Dalton Highway, a road built in the 1970s that leads to the North Slope of Alaska)

found: Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center Web site, Apr. 9, 2008:Dalton Trail (the Dalton Trail led from Pyramid Harbor to Ft. Selkirk on the Yukon River)

found: National Postal Museum Web site, Apr. 9, 2008:Stories from the Gold Rush/The Trails/Other Routes (Dalton's Trail. Overland from head of Pyramid Harbor, via Chilcat Pass, thence over rolling grassy country to point on Lewes, near Five-Finger Rapids, and to Fort Selkirk, the later a distance of 350 miles from tide-water, and 175 miles from Dawson. Available for cattle and horses, and for a railroad. Named after its discoverer, John Dalton, a trader.)

found: Alaska Mining Hall of Fame Foundation Web site, Apr. 9, 2008:inductees/Jack Dalton (Dalton spent most of 1892 and part of 1893 in finding and improving a trail to the Yukon that could be used by his packhorses. Starting from Pyramid Harbor, Dalton's trail crossed the coastal mountains at the head of the Klehini and continued northward near Dezedeash Lake and within a short distance of Neskataheen. Dalton Post was est. some 18 miles south of Dezadeash and Champagne near Neskataheen. A post called Dalton Cache was est. near the Canadian border near where the trail divided. One branch followed the Nordenskjold drainage to the Yukon then along the Yukon past Five-Finger and Rink Rapids to Fort Selkirk. Another branch went from Champagne to Aishihik Lake to Selkirk. ... The Dalton Trail was completed and in operation when the Klondike was struck in 1897. It remained in constant use until the Yukon and White Pass Railway was completed in 1900 and had some use for the next decade)