Bennett, British Columbia |This article does not cite any
references or sources. (January 2011)| |Bennett, British
Columbia| Bennett, 1 June 1898, during the Klondike Gold Rush
|Location||Bennett Lake at border between British Columbia and
Yukon, Canada| |History||Tent camp for klondikers 1897–1899|
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
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 built it went right
to Whitehorse passing the port town, this made its entire
economy based on stampeder and river travellers collapse. One of
the establishments was the Arctic House a combination saloon,
restaurant and hotel operated on a houseboat