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Made famous by such gold rush stampeders as Jack London, the region sported to access routes to the Yukon gold fields: one was the Chilkoot trail originally used by the Native Americans as their trading route with the inland tribes, and the White Pass trail blazed at Skagway ( schihh-'khag-ouwheyghh ), wrested from the rightful claim of old man Moore, the original settler, by a pack of lawyers and surveyors that arrived on the first wave on gold rush stampeders to what was originally "Moresville".

The section depicted in this gallery show far younger mountains than those of the next area further North, the inner section leading to the subsequent Canadian section of the pass.  As one gets farther inland, the old shield of the continental mass become more apparent and a number of high altitude lakes appear.  There are still to this day an abundance of minerals to be found, including recently discovered diamonds and emeralds, and even a gem stone heretofore unknown.