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Chilkoot Pass
Chilkoot Pass (ˈtʃɪlkuːt) n (Placename) a mountain pass in North America between SE Alaska and NW British Columbia, over the Coast RangeChil′koot Pass′ (ˈtʃɪl kut)
n. a mountain pass on the boundary between SE Alaska and British Columbia, Canada, in the Coast Range. ab. 3500 ft. (1065 m) high. Chilkoot Pass
Chilkoot Pass (chĭl`ko͞ot), alt. c.3,500 ft (1,070 m), in the Coast Mts., on the British Columbia–Alaska line. The Chilkoot people long used it to pass between the Pacific coast and the Yukon River valley. Whites first traversed the pass in 1878, and after the Klondike gold strike (1896), it became a much-used route from Skagway, Alaska, to the interior. |