Stikeen River journal., 1898-05-14
Easiest. Shortest, and Best Way
 to klondike. INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS. Facts and Figures of a Great In. land Empire of Which Wran-
 n@l is the Door.


 Tnc hi Lh rlountains range, of south eastern Alaska which baircadc the ap- nroach from t'.e Pacific to tn" head waters of the Yukon. crossing at their lowest passes near nycl and S,Hay"aN being at 'ndcd with hard,hips and loss of property and life. are nowhere open ri for :. practicable route of travel ln- land at sca-irvcl except at the canyons of the s;tiNren ri ger. Along this line thc travel k THROUGH instead of OVER the mourt,in.. and SITTING instead of WALKING resting comfortably in chair ana bed instead of toi!ing on foot up steep acciiritics and iounderin% in nlirc anu among sharp rock. and death loieS
 The formidable barrier of the noun tainS is. by the Stikccn river route. overcome. not by climbing and packing 0i backs of men and animals but by RIDING STRAIGHT THROUGH at pr;tc- t,caily SEA LEVEL. in the comfortable cabin of i steamboat, with your outfit on the deck below. There is one other important point that is not to be ovcr- looked. and that is the total avoidance aud escape from hardship, of the rain irit which along that coast extends from the ocean 10 the summit of the mountain ran-es. and i. felt in full force uu the Chilkoot and White passes, pre- srniing one of the most serious ob- ,tacire in the way of surmounting those la,,,.s W hcreas. in the case of the Stihccn river route. the travcier is under perfect shelter of the steamer cabin fot the entire passage through the rain hc;t.
 On tine Stikccu route there is only l.J miles of land travel. the remainder being by water, about equally divided h"tNccn steamship and river steamer. Following are tine distances =
 Seattle to Fort Wtrungcl steam
 boat, miles s..........................
 
 steamers miles. s...................l5o l5o Glenola to 'lesin Lake horseback
 good trail miles,. ..................l2o l2o Teslin Lake to Dawson City t-tcanl-
 The lIootalinqua river connects Tes- lin Lake with the Yukon. It is beau tiinl stream. navigablc for its entire length and having four feet of water in tine Shaliowest places.
 Report has just arrived of important discoveries of gold on the river.
 FORT WRANGEI.
 Fort W i'anycl. iu the rout. from Sc- attie to Juneau. Skagway and Dyea, but at one-fourth less distance is town cont"inng about o.OoO whites and 500 indiars. the site of an old government fort. on an island miles off the mouth of the Stil<cen river. It has many good prices are charged. and is the best location near the mouth of the river.
 Wrangei is he ocean terminus. Tee- graph Creek being the eastern end of the Stikeen river portion of the route. 'i'he Hudson Bay company has navi- gated this stream for many years. The trip up from Wrangel to Glcnora is made in t%o or three days. In view of the currents encountered in the upward trip, this is very good time. Travellers headed for the Klondikc by this route go ashore at Telegraph Creek, or GlenOra. near by. and ride horseback OF walk. as may be prefer red. over d good trail to Tcslin lake.
 THE STIkEEN RIVER.
 The scenery is magnificent ali the way up the river. One of the grand est features is lc, Mountain" the name of |, glacier 4J miles from Wran- gel. At the point where the glacier cmerges from the mountain it is about half mile in width, but its face along the river measures three miles, rising sheer from the water line in many places as high as 300 feet.
 Tine first canyon met with in the ;s- cent is called by steamboatmen "B,g