🗺️ Chapter 10: Canada's Regions
The White Pass and Yukon Railway runs from Skagway, Alaska, to which city?
Correct answer: Whitehorse
A Yellowknife
B Iqaluit
C Vancouver
✓ Whitehorse
💡 Explanation
The line opened in 1900 to Whitehorse, the territorial capital, and is now a spectacular tourist ride.
Key facts to remember
- Gold Rush of the 1890s brought thousands of miners
- Robert W. Service wrote poetry about the Gold Rush
- White Pass and Yukon Railway opened 1900, Skagway to Whitehorse
- Coldest temperature ever recorded in Canada: -63C
Why this is the answer
From the official Discover Canada study guide — 10.6.2 Yukon:
In the 1890s the Gold Rush drew thousands of miners to the Yukon. The poet Robert W. Service wrote about those days. Mining still counts for a lot in the territory's economy. In 1900 the White Pass and Yukon Railway opened. It runs from Skagway, in neighbouring Alaska, to Whitehorse, the territorial capital. Today it carries tourists on a spectacular ride over steep passes and high bridges. Yukon also holds Canada's record for cold: -63C, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the country.
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