Bennett Lake (WPRW Part 2)

At the southern tip of Bennett Lake is the "town" of Bennett. This is where the Chilkoot Trail ends, and gold rushers continued into the Yukon on rafts. There's not too much here, but we were given some time to get off the train and explore a bit. We hiked up to a church and a beautiful overlook of the lake. The Chilkoot Trail, while a popular backpacking route in present times, is closed this year for some post land slide trail maintenance. There are no roads here, so the only way to get here this year is by train.

The entire rest of our train journey hugged the shore of Bennett Lake. As we traveled, the water color shifted from a more green hue at the southern tip to more blue as we approached Carcross.Read more