Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1907 — Wagon Roads in Klondike. [ARTICLE]

Wagon Roads in Klondike.

There are many miles of good wagon roads in the Yukon territory, especially in the region immediately tributary to Dawson, according to the New York Herald. The construction of these ways of communication is due entirely to the enterprise of the government and assists materially in the opening up of the country. The building of roads In this immediate region has reached a total of just about 300 miles, not Including the White Horse trail, which is Intended only for winter use and is not a first class carriage road. Stage lines are maintained on several of these roads, but they are open for the free use of vehicles of all kinds and are In constant use. They greatly facilitate not only the regular travel between Dawson and the creeks, and between principal points on the different streams, but they assist greatly the movement heavy machinery and afford a distinct economy in the working of properties. The roads will not be less appreciated now that a railroad is being built through a part of the Klondike region. This road has now been constructed as far as Grand Forks and will be extended if the promoters carry out their plans.