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Carcross

Settlement in southwestern Yukon Territory, Canada, on the Klondike Highway at the northern end of Bennett Lake, 65 km/40 mi south-southeast of Whitehorse; population (1991) 183. Carcross has been a mining community since the Klondike gold rush (1897–1900s).

The name is an abbreviation of ‘caribou crossing’. During the Klondike gold rush the White Pass and Yukon Railway made this a stop, and has supplied subsequent mining operations in the area.
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Low is a member of the Carcross Tagish First Nation.
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The original line was over 110 miles in length but the most commonly used section today is the first 40 miles between Skagway and Bennett Station, although plans are to add some excursions to Carcross, Yukon.
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