Chilkoot Pass

American  

[chil-koot] / ˈtʃɪl kut /

noun

1. a mountain pass on the boundary between SE Alaska and British Columbia, Canada, in the Coast Range. About 3,500 feet (1,065 meters) high.

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Chilkoot Pass British  

/ ˈtʃɪlkuːt /

noun

1. a mountain pass in North America between SE Alaska and NW British Columbia, over the Coast Range

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Example Sentences

This photo was taken in the winter of 1898, as packers were climbing up to the summit of Chilkoot Pass between the Alaska-British Columbia border just north of Skagway.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2022

Back in 1897, Ballentine stowed the starter in a flour sack and trekked over the Chilkoot Pass on his way to the Klondike gold fields.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2020

In Yukon, there are still a few sourdough starters that came over the Chilkoot Pass during the Klondike Gold Rush and have been maintained over the last one hundred and eighteen years.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2016

The area was traditionally used as a staging area for Tlingit traders who would travel up and over the Chilkoot Pass to meet interior Athabaskan tribes and exchange goods.

From Washington Times • Jun. 14, 2015

And, as you know, Mr. Juneau, he went over the Chilkoot Pass with Uncle Jim and never came back any more.

From The Boy With the U.S. Miners by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis