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Cultural Heritage Half-Day Tour
Duration
5 hours
Overview
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Explore the route of the historic Dalton Trail up through the Chilkat Pass and learn about Tlingit history in the region with a tour of the Haines Sheldon Museum and Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center
- Depart from the Port Chilkoot Cruise Ship Dock and Haines Visitor Center
- Visit Fort Seward, the U.S. Army base in Haines from 1903 to 1945
- Tour the Haines Sheldon Museum and its more than 4,000 artifacts
- Travel through the Bald Eagle Preserve, en route to Klukwan
- Learn the history of the Tlingit and their life on these lands at the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center
- Climb the Chilkat Pass along the historic Dalton Trail and observe the parting of the glacier run-off waters flowing toward the Yukon and Alaska
- Enjoy lunch atop of the Chilkat Pass amongst the breathtaking views above the tree line in the alpine tundra
- Visit the Dalton Cache trading post built by Jack Dalton in the 1890’s Klondike Gold Rush
- Return to Haines, Alaska
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