Coordinates: 59°40′9.5″N 136°33′26.2″W / 59.669306°N 136.557278°W / 59.669306; -136.557278

Chilkat Pass

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Chilkat Pass
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Haines Highway at the Chilkat Pass
Elevation1,070 m (3,510 ft)
Traversed byHaines Highway
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The Chilkat Pass is a mountain pass on the border of Alaska, United States, and the province of British Columbia, Canada, at the divide between the Klehini (S) and Kelsall Rivers just northwest of Haines, Alaska. At an elevation of 3510 ft (1070 m),[1] it is used by the Haines Highway and was the route used by the Dalton Trail during the days of the Klondike Gold Rush. It also marks the boundary between the Coast Mountains and Saint Elias Mountains.

The pass is named for the Chilkat subgroup of the Tlingit people, who reside in the Haines area and until the gold rush controlled use of the route.

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