Canada`s+history+and+influence

**100,000** **stampeders went to go on the journey but only 30,000** **stampeders completed the trip to the mining fields.**

 * 3 routes were used to get there. The trail up to the mine was steep & had many dead animals.**

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**Chilkoot Trail 1898 Supplies** McDougall and Secord Klondike Outfit List (clothing & food): >> >> 2 suits heavy knit underwear >> 6 pairs wool socks >> 1 pairs heavy moccasins >> 2 pairs german stockings >> 2 heavy flannel overshirts >> 1 heavy woollen sweater >> 1 pair overalls >> 2 pairs 12-lb. blankets >> 1 waterproof blanket >> 1 dozen bandana handkerchiefs >> 1 stiff brim cowboy hat >> 1 pair hip rubber boots >> 1 pair prospectors' high land boots >> 1 mackinaw, coat, pants, shirt >> 1 pair heavy buck mitts, lined >> 1 pair unlined leather gloves >> 1 duck coat, pants, vest >> 6 towels >> 1 pocket matchbox, buttons, needles and thread comb, mirror, toothbrush >> etc. mosquito netting/1 dunnage bag >> 1 sleeping bag/medicine chest >> pack saddles, complete horses >> flat sleighs >> || 100 lbs. navy beans >> 150 lbs. bacon >> 400 lbs. flour >> 40 lbs. rolled oats >> 20 lbs. corn meal >> 10 lbs. rice >> 25 lbs. sugar >> 10 lbs. tea >> 20 lbs. coffee >> 10 lbs. baking powder >> 20 lbs. salt >> 1 lb. pepper >> 2 lbs. baking soda >> 1/2 lb. mustard >> 1/4 lb. vinegar >> 2 doz. condensed milk >> 20 lbs. evaporated potatoes >> 5 lbs. evaporated onions >> 6 tins/4 oz. extract beef >> 75 lbs. evaporated fruits >> 4 pkgs. yeast cakes >> 20 lbs. candles >> 1 pkg. tin matches >> 6 cakes borax >> 6 lbs. laundry soap >> 1/2 lb. ground ginger >> 25 lbs. hard tack >> 1 lb. citric acid >> 2 bottles jamaica ginger >> >> list from www.questconnect.org/ ak_ chilkoot_supplies.htm