Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

SKAGWAY (a native name said to mean "...

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 166 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

SKAGWAY (a native name said to mean " See also:home of the See also:north See also:wind ")  , a See also:city in S.E . See also:Alaska, in See also:lat . 590 28' N. and See also:long . 13 5° 20' W., at the mouth of the See also:river See also:Skagway, on an indentation of Taiya Inlet, a See also:branch of Chilkoot Inlet, leading out of See also:Lynn See also:Canal . Pop . (1910) 872 . It is the seaward See also:terminus of the See also:Yukon & See also:White Pass railway, by which goods and passengers reach the See also:Klondike; and is connected with See also:Dawson by See also:telegraph and. with See also:Seattle by See also:cable, and with Seattle, See also:San Francisco and other Pacific ports by steamers . The See also:climate is comparatively dry (See also:annual precipitation about 21.75 in.); between 1898 and 1902 the minimum recorded temperature was' 10° (See also:March), the maximum 92° (See also:July), and the greatest monthly range 73° (Match) . Though settled somewhat earlier, Skagway first became important during the See also:rush in 1896 for the Klondike See also:gold-See also:fields, for which it is the most convenient entrance by the trail over White Pass, the 'See also:lower of the two passes to the headwaters of the Yukon . A See also:post-See also:office was established here in See also:November 1897 .

End of Article: SKAGWAY (a native name said to mean " home of the north wind ")
[back]
SKAGERRACK
[next]
PIOTR SKARGA (1532-1612)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.