3-086-044 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

On the Way to Klondike: Fort Wrangel, at the mouth of the Stikine River, 1898. Gold rush in North America. Note totem poles. 'This settlement stands in United States territory, Alaska. Sea-going vessels cannot proceed farther up the river than this point. Passengers and cargo must here be transhipped into stern-wheeled steamers, draining very little water, which alone can ascend the Stikine to Glenora or Telegraph Creek, 150 miles up, and in Canadian territory, from which point the proposed railway is to be constructed to Lake Teslin, also a distance of about 150 miles. The Stikine Liver is clear of all ice and navigable only for about four months of the year.' From "Illustrated London News", 1898.