Pleasant Camp (Haines, Alaska) Explained

Pleasant Camp / Dalton Trail Camp
Location:Mile 40 of Haines Highway
Nearest City:Haines, Alaska
Coordinates:59.45°N -136.3628°W
Added:July 5, 1973
Refnum:73000376
Designated Other1:Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Designated Other1 Name:Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Designated Other1 Date:1971
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. A8EDEF
Designated Other1 Abbr:AHRS
Designated Other1 Number:SKG-002
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom

Pleasant Camp, also known as the Dalton Trail Camp, is a historic frontier police outpost near Haines, Alaska. It was established by the Canadian North-West Mounted Police in 1898 as a border station between the United States and Canada where they could control the flow of miners during the Klondike Gold Rush. It is located at Mile 40 of the Haines Highway. The post was operated by the NWP until roughly 1899. The border between the two countries was formalized in the area in 1900, resulting in the presence of this former Canadian outpost on US soil.[1]

The camp's surviving remnants were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=73000376}} NRHP nomination for Pleasant Camp]. National Park Service. 2014-09-01.