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Bennett, British Columbia
Bennett
,
British Columbia
,
Canada
is an abandoned town next to
Bennett Lake
. It was built during the
Klondike Gold Rush
of 1897–99 at the end of the
White Pass
and
Chilkoot Trails
from the nearby ports of
Skagway
and
Dyea
in
Alaska
. Gold prospectors would pack their supplies over the
Coast Mountains
from the ports and then build or purchase rafts to take them down the
Yukon River
to the gold fields around
Dawson City, Yukon
. When the
White Pass and Yukon Route
Railroad was completed in 1900 it went right to Whitehorse, passing the port town. This led the entire economy of Bennett, based on stampeders and river travelers, to collapse.
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