Great American Railroad Journeys S04E03 · Skagway to Vancouver

Overview

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.

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1. 1 1. Ninilchik to Wasilla2020-01-25 · 29mMichael Portillo heads for the last frontier of the United States, armed with his 1899 Appleton’s Guidebook to Alaska. Beginning his journey amid the snow-capped mountains and ice
2. 2 2. Talkeetna to Juneau2020-02-01 · 29mArmed with his 1899 Appleton’s Guidebook to Alaska, Michael Portillo rides the Alaska Railroad north to explore the remote former goldrush settlement of Talkeetna. Deep in the fore
3. 3 3. Skagway to Vancouver2020-02-08 · 29mMichael 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 June
4. 4 4. Vancouver Island to Kamloops2020-02-15 · 29mMichael Portillo explores British Columbia, steered by his Appleton’s Guide to Canada, published in 1899. He discovers how two superpowers nearly came to war over a pig and joins t
5. 5 5. Kamloops to Calgary2020-02-22 · 29mClutching his 1899 Appleton’s Guide, Michael Portillo boards one of the world’s most famous trains, the Rocky Mountaineer, to cross the backbone of the North American continent fro
6. 6 6. Halifax to Prince Edward Island2020-02-29 · 29mMichael Portillo begins a new journey on the tracks of the Ocean line to explore Canada’s maritime provinces en route to Quebec City. Clutching his 1899 Appleton’s Guide to Canada
7. 7 7. Springhill Junction to Quebec City2020-03-07 · 29mClutching his 1899 copy of Appleton’s Guide to Canada, Michael Portillo travels on the Ocean train from Nova Scotia to New Brunswick. Along the way, he investigates the world’s big
8. 8 8. Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre to Winnipeg2020-03-14 · 29mMichael Portillo explores the province of Quebec with his 19th-century Appleton’s Guide to Canada. He takes the fabulously scenic Charlevoix train along the north bank of the might
9. 9 9. Portage la Prairie to Saskatoon2020-03-21 · 29mSteered by his 1899 Appleton’s Guide, Michael Portillo strikes west across Manitoba into the province of Saskatchewan. High above the prairie at Riding Mountain, Michael discovers
10. 10 10. Edmonton to Jasper2020-03-28 · 29mMichael Portillo continues west through the Canadian Prairie on his thousand-mile rail journey from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Jasper, Alberta. Following his 1899 Appleton’s guide, Mic
11. 11 11. Vancouver2019-01-21 · 29m
12. 12 12. Vancouver Island to San Juan Island2019-01-22 · 29m
13. 13 13. Port Moody to Kamloops2019-01-23 · 29m
14. 14 14. Kamloops to Banff2019-01-24 · 29m
15. 15 15. Calgary2019-01-25 · 29m
16. 16 16. Winnipeg2019-01-28 · 29m
17. 17 17. Portage La Prairie to Watrous2019-01-29 · 29m
18. 18 18. Saskatoon2019-01-30 · 29m
19. 19 19. Edmonton2019-01-31 · 29m
20. 20 20. Hinton to Jasper2019-02-01 · 29m