Gold-seekers traversing the Chilkoot Pass had to stop to have their mountains of supplies inspected at a Canadian customs outpost at the summit, circa 1898. (History and Art Collection/Alamy Stock Photo)
. English: North-West Mounted Police and Canadian custom house on Chilkoot summit, Alaska, ca. 1898. English: Shows Klondikers with supply caches . Caption on image: ‘N.W.M.P. and Canadian custom house on Chilkoot summit’ Original photograph by Eric A. He