Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park has announced that the Chilkoot Trail on the U.S. side of the border with Canada will be open to mile 4 for the 2024 season. Work completed by the park last year and this spring will extend the amount of trail that will be open to the public this summer.]
An 1896 gold strike along the namesake river in northwestern Canada brought a flood of characters who survive in the written works of Jack London and others.