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One of the alternative routes to the Klondike goldfields in the rush of 1898 took advantage of long narrow Atlin Lake. Some years later it had its own gold rush, and saw a few years of intense activity. But, as usually happens with boom towns, it slowly faded away until, by the 1950's, it was nearly deserted.

Atlin has revived somewhat since then, largely because of the spectacular beauty of its site on the lakeshore, opposite the glacier-clad wilderness of Atlin Provincial Park. I was there on Canada Day, July 1, and it was cold, raw and rainy, so I never saw the highest mountaintops.

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