Great American Railroad Journeys - Season 4 Episode 3 Skagway to Vancouver
Michael Portillo embarks on a second spectacular rail journey through Alaska into Canada on the White Pass and Yukon railway.
Arriving in Skagway by seaplane from railwayless Juneau, Michael heads first for Dyea and the Chilkoot trail, which the first gold prospectors hiked 100 years ago to the Klondike. Among them, he discovers, was author Jack London, whose stories of sled dogs captured the spirit of the gold rush.
In the puppy pen of a sled dog training camp, a dog musher tells Michael how huskies helped to build Alaska and gives him an insight into how the dogs continue to work and race today.
Boarding the 52-mile railway, built in 1898, which climbs 2,600 feet before dropping to the head of Canada’s Lake Bennett, Michael looks forward to beautiful scenery on a railway laden with history. At the lake, Michael meets an indigenous guide to hear of the role of First Nations people in the stampede for gold.
Year: 2020
Genre: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: BBC Two
Director:
Cast: Michael Portillo
First Air Date: Feb 01, 2016
Last Air date: Mar 28, 2020
Season: 4 Season
Episode: 75 Episode
Runtime: 29 minutes
IMDb: 9.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 3.93
Language: English
Episode
Ninilchik to Wasilla
Talkeetna to Juneau
Skagway to Vancouver
Vancouver Island to Kamloops
Kamloops to Calgary
Halifax to Prince Edward Island
Springhill Junction to Quebec City
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre to Winnipeg
Portage la Prairie to Saskatoon
Edmonton to Jasper
Vancouver
Vancouver Island to San Juan Island
Port Moody to Kamloops
Kamloops to Banff
Calgary
Winnipeg
Portage La Prairie to Watrous
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Hinton to Jasper
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