The daily Alaskan., 1917-03-03
L0NLE. TELLS C.PR AGENTS 0F
 SKAGWAY ATLIN YUKON TRIP
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 and here we finish four days voy- age upon which we have had all anG more of the pleasures anticipat- ed and none of the discomforts.
 Skagway has a population of about 1000. It has three very fair hGtels and restaurants, excellent water, telephone, and light sys- tens, 8 bank, good retail stores and daily paper, a splendid hos pital, school, churches; and the Masous, Elks and Arctic Brother hood have active lodges. The steam CT remains here about two days, which gives the passengers, who are returning south the same trip, the tine either to make the round trip over the White Pass & Yukon Ky. to Lake Lebarge, to Whitehorse or to Bennett; or, if t is desired to spend the ime at Skagway, there are all sorts of trips to be made by land or water. Denver Glacier is w!:Ein walking distance. There are fresh and saltwater fishing, tennis courts and baseball ground. Every one is strongly advised, however, to a. least make the trip over the White Pass By, as far as the Sum- nit; it costs but S5, is well worth it and takes only about four hours.
 Having come thus far it seems to me to be a great pity that more people do not remain over at least a week and go into the interior from Skagway over the White Pass & Yukon Ky. and steamer lines Climbing up the pass by the rail way We cross the summit and the famous international boundary, about 20 miles from skagway, and enter British Columbia again only to leave it at a point beyond Ben net, where we enter Yukon Terri tory about 60 miles from Skagway and later arrive at Caribou, or Ce1cross, on Tagish Lake.
 Here is a beautiful little spot with a really first-class hotel un- der the management of mine Host aud Hostess Gideon and if one can not be happy at Caribou l am sorry for them. Magnificent fishing with fly. halt or troll, hunting and boating are for the asking. Here connection is made with the steam CT for Atlin which is reached in aboI CT for Atlin which is reached i'll about 26 hours steaming. Arrived at Atlin everybody says "Why didn' I arrange to stay longer?" and here surely is one of the charm spots Of this old earth and one of the least known. Some day Atlin is con inlng into it's own! l was there on Sept. 3rd and shall never forget the reflections on our lake trio to the Glacier, the colors and the sunsets. Magnificent roads, good autos, placer gold mining in all Is forms, fishing, hunting, boat ing, and a really tip-top hotel on the lake side and managed by the Ky. will be found here. There is a hoi mineral spring and bath house, and a cold magnesium spring bubbles out of the earth right in the town. The hospitality of the A+lin people is such as one finds only north of fifty-four. Every visitor is sorry to leave Atlin. Continuing the rail journey over the White Pass & Yukon Ky. from Caribou. Whitehorse is reached in about two hours and here is the end of the rail line 110 miles from Skagway.
 Whitehorse is the busy little center of a copper mining district and is the home port of the w. P. & Y. River steamers. There are at present three fair hotls and two rstaurants and plans are maturing for a modern and up-to-date ho- te! and dining-room.
 Good roads and automobiles en- able visitors to make many beautii- ful and interesting trips, those to Miles Canyon and the Rapids being the favorites. The Canadian Bank of Commerce has 9 branch here; there are good retail stores and an electric light system, also a weekly paper. Plans are about completed by the White Pass Con- panY fer a novel and exciting trip during the season next year. This will be on a barge, to be specially constructed and in the care of an experienced local pilot. It is planned to take about 25 or 30 pass' engers at a time through the Ra- pills and Miles Canyon, then back