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Whitehorse City Center

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    1. Schwatka Lake – Miles Canyon Suspension Bridge loop from Whitehorse

    17.6km

    04:35

    130m

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    July 21, 2023

    The Whitehorse metropolitan area and surrounding areas have been used by the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta'an Kwäch'än Council for thousands of years. A town gradually emerged around 1900 as a result of the 'Klondike Gold Rush'. This is where the 'White Pass and Yukon Railway' ended, which had maintained a rail connection to Skagway on the Taiya Inlet of the Pacific since 1900. Beginning in 1901, steamboats traveled down the Yukon River from Whitehorse to Dawson City.
    The city was named after the 'White Horse Rapids'. The rapids in the Yukon River at Miles Canyon resembled the mane of a white horse before the river was dammed in 1958 to create Schwatka Lake.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehorse

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