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White Pass & Yukon Route
Commercial operations
Original gauge3 ft (914 mm)
Preserved operations
Reporting markWP&YR, WPY
Length107 miles (172 km) (Skagway to Whitehorse); 67.5 miles (108.6 km) (Skagway to Carcross)
Preserved gauge3 ft (914 mm)
Commercial history
OpenedAugust 1, 1900
ClosedOctober 8, 1982
Preservation history
May 24, 1988Reopened
HeadquartersSkagway, Alaska
Website
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110.5 mi
177.8 km
 Whitehorse[1]
Depot
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104.5 mi
168.2 km
 Wigan[2]
Station
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104.0 mi
167.4 km
 MacRae[3]
Station
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99.9 mi
160.8 km
 Dugdale[4]
Station
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95.1 mi
153 km
 Cowley[5]
Station
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88.9 mi
143.1 km
 Robinson[6]
Station
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84.0 mi
135.2 km
 De Wette[7]
Station
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83.7 mi
134.7 km
 Wette Lea
[7]
Station
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81.6 mi
131.3 km
 Minto[8]
Station
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79.4 mi
127.8 km
 Lorne[9]
Station
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74.9 mi
120.5 km
 Lansdowne[10]
Station
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70.0 mi
112.7 km
 End of Active
Track as of 2022
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 North Carcross Switch
Switch
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Switch
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Siding
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 North Carcross Wye
Switch
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Switch
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Switch
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67.5 mi
108.6 km
 Carcross[11]
Depot
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67.4 mi
108.5 km
 Nares River[12]
Bridge
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62.9 mi
101.2 km
 McDonald Creek
Station
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59.8 mi
96.2 km
 North Watson Switch
Switch
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59.6 mi
95.9 km
 Watson, Yukon[13]
Station/Siding
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59.4 mi
95.6 km
 South Watson Switch
Switch
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55.5 mi
89.3 km
 Pit
Station
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55.5 mi
89.3 km
 55 Pit Switch
Switch
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52.6 mi
84.7 km
 BC-Yukon border
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51.6 mi
83 km
 Pennington
[14]
Station
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49.6 mi
79.8 km
 North Scheffler Switch
Switch
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49.4 mi
79.5 km
 Scheffler
Station/Siding
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49.1 mi
79 km
 South Scheffler Switch
Switch
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46.4 mi
74.7 km
 Pavey[15]
Station
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43.5 mi
70 km
 Guardrail
Station
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41.1 mi
66.1 km
 North Bennett Switch
Switch
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40.8 mi
65.7 km
 North Lake Siding Switch
Switch
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40.7 mi
65.5 km
 Bennett Crossover
Switch
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Yard
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40.6 mi
65.3 km
 Bennett[16]
Depot
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40.5 mi
65.2 km
 North Bennett Loop Switch
Loop
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40.5 mi
65.2 km
 South Lake Siding Switch
Switch
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40.2 mi
64.7 km
 South Bennett Switch
Switch
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36.2 mi
58.3 km
 Vista
Station
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33.1 mi
53.3 km
 North Log Cabin Switch
Switch
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33.0 mi
53.1 km
 Log Cabin
Station/Siding
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32.7 mi
52.6 km
 South Log Cabin Switch
Switch
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32.6 mi
52.5 km
 Yukon Highway 2.svg
Hwy 2
Klondike Highway
Road Crossing
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29.8 mi
48 km
 Ptarmigan Point
Station
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28.1 mi
45.2 km
 Fraser North Switch
Switch
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 Fraser Crossover
Switch
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27.7 mi
44.6 km
 Fraser[17]
Depot
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27.6 mi
44.4 km
 South Fraser Switch
Switch
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27.5 mi
44.3 km
 Fraser Loop
Loop
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Bridge
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25.4 mi
40.9 km
 Meadows
Station
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23.8 mi
38.3 km
 Gateway
Station
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21.4 mi
34.4 km
 Divide
Station
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Loop
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20.4 mi
32.8 km
 White Pass[18]
USA-Canada Border
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20.3 mi
32.7 km
 South White Pass Switch
Switch
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19.1 mi
30.7 km
 American Shed[19]
Station
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18.8 mi
30.3 km
 North Portal
Tunnel
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18.7 mi
30.1 km
 South Portal
Tunnel
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18.6 mi
29.9 km
 South end of Line Change
Switchback
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18.4 mi
29.6 km
 Steel Cantilever Bridge
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18.3 mi
29.5 km
 Gulch
Station
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18.0 mi
29 km
 Dead Horse Gulch
Landmark
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17.6 mi
28.3 km
 Hawkins
Station
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16.8 mi
27 km
 Inspiration Point
Station
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16.0 mi
25.7 km
 Tunnel
(north portal)
Tunnel
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15.9 mi
25.6 km
 Tunnel
(south portal)
Tunnel
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15.9 mi
25.6 km
 Wood Trestle Bridge
Bridge
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15.6 mi
25.1 km
 Slippery Rock
Station
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14.2 mi
22.9 km
 Skagway River
Middle Fork
Bridge
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14.1 mi
22.7 km
 North Glacier Switch
Switch
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14.1 mi
22.7 km
 Glacier[20]
Station/Siding
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12.7 mi
20.4 km
 South Glacier Switch
Switch
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12.6 mi
20.3 km
Bridge
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12.3 mi
19.8 km
 Heney[21]
Station
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11.6 mi
18.7 km
 Bridal Veil Falls
Landmark
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11.4 mi
18.3 km
 Foy
Station
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10.2 mi
16.4 km
 Black Cross
[22]
Station
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9.5 mi
15.3 km
 Pitchfork Falls
Bridge
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8.8 mi
14.2 km
 Buchanan
Rock
Landmark
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8.7 mi
14 km
 North Clifton Switch
Switch
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8.6 mi
13.8 km
 Clifton[23]
Station/Siding
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8.4 mi
13.5 km
 South Clifton Switch
Switch
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7.3 mi
11.7 km
 Brackett's Road
Landmark
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6.9 mi
11.1 km
 Rocky Point
Station
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5.9 mi
9.5 km
 Skagway River
East Fork
Bridge
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5.8 mi
9.3 km
 Denver[24]
Station
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4.8 mi
7.7 km
 North Boulder Switch
Switch
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4.5 mi
7.2 km
 Boulder[25]
Station/Siding
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3.2 mi
5.1 km
 South Boulder Switch
Switch
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2.4 mi
3.9 km
 Gold Rush
Cemetery
Landmark
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 North Extension
Switch
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 Skagway Yard
Switch
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 Skagway Loop
Loop
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2.3 mi
3.7 km
 Shops
Station
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 Skagway Yard
Switch
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 Coach Yard
Yard
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 Skagway Yard
Switch
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 City Hall
Landmark
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0.6 mi
1 km
 Skagway Junction
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0 km
 Skagway
Depot
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End
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Siding
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The White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&Y, WP&YR) (reporting mark WPY) is a Canadian and U.S. Class III 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railroad linking the port of Skagway, Alaska, with Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon. An isolated system, it has no direct connection to any other railroad. Equipment, freight and passengers are ferried by ship through the Port of Skagway, and via road through a few of the stops along its route.

The railroad began construction in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush as a means of reaching the gold fields. With its completion in 1900, it became the primary route to the interior of the Yukon, supplanting the Chilkoot Trail and other routes. The route continued operation until 1982, and in 1988 was partially revived as a heritage railway. In July 2018, the railway was purchased by Carnival Corporation & plc.

For many years the railroad was a subsidiary of Tri White Corporation, also the parent of Clublink, and operated by the Pacific and Arctic Railway and Navigation Company (in Alaska), the British Columbia Yukon Railway Company (in British Columbia) and the British Yukon Railway Company, originally known as the British Yukon Mining, Trading and Transportation Company (in Yukon), which used the trade name White Pass and Yukon Route. The railroad was sold by Clublink to a joint venture controlled by Survey Point Holdings, with a minority holding by the Carnival Corporation & plc parent company of the Carnival Cruise Line.[26][27]

The railway was designated as an international historic civil engineering landmark by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering[28] and the American Society of Civil Engineers[29] in 1994.

  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.
  26. ^ "Carnival Corporation & PLC Acquires Port, Railroad and Retail Operations in Alaska" (Press release).
  27. ^ The Globe: September 7, 2018: "TWC Enterprises Limited Announces Divestiture of White Pass Yukon Route to Joint Venture"
  28. ^ Anon. "White Pass and Yukon Railway". Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  29. ^ "White Pass and Yukon Railroad | ASCE". www.asce.org. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2021-04-01.

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