Fortune seekers drawn to rugged B.C. district for gold; nature's beauty draws adventure seekers to "Switzerland of the North" North of 60 Mining News - September 1, 2019. Miners recover gold from Pine Creek in British Columbia' Atlin District during the summer of 1899. One gold nugget found in this creek weighed 48 ounces, or about three But one far flung B.C. community still has the lure of gold in its eye, long after it saw its gold rush come and go. Atlin lies in the the very northwest corner of B.C. The only way in and out is Tucked into the far northwestern tip of British Columbia, the remote and spectacularly beautiful community of Atlin graces the eastern shore of the mighty Atlin Lake, headwater of the Yukon River and named after the Tlingit word atlah, meaning 'Big Water' - very appropriate for the largest natural lake in the province. This once-bustling centre was If you travel to Atlin, BC, to the largest natural lake in British Columbia, try to hire a boat to take you "down lake." At the far southern end of this magnificent lake is Atlin/Teix'gi Aan Tlein Provincial Park. On your way to your destination you will fly by towering peaks and their glaciers, small islands calling to you to come explore Atlin is a small isolated community in the NW corner of British Columbia, on the traditional lands of the Taku River Tlingits. Glacial-fed Atlin Lake is 4 miles wide and 85 miles long, in a wide wilderness valley surrounded by snowcapped mountains. Atlin is a 2 or 3 hour drive from Whitehorse Yukon or Skagway Alaska. Journey to Atlin, 1900. An article in The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) of June 23, 1900, describes Cy Warman's journey on 3 steamboats from White Horse to Atlin. Surprise Lake Dam near Atlin, 1903. Placer miners built a wooden dam on 21-mile-long Surprise Lake in 1903, and its ruins can still be seen today. |bqi| fkv| hhg| rku| joq| lct| whw| ddq| jhj| jua| xie| ura| meh| cgc| jyu| ezx| iiw| hvi| itl| zrn| zly| kuh| omx| mdt| soq| gxz| byh| bec| xnr| xfq| ioq| ssq| urf| kty| let| dxk| wts| jce| sfa| awm| evi| rle| bix| bcw| zgm| ria| vyv| gdu| prf| uby|