. The Klondyke . -u . \ ■■% ^■■ •s- w •Lit. CHILKOOT PASS. CLEMENTS GUIDE TO THE KLONDYKE. 97BOAT BUILDING. In building your boat, be sure that it is strong andsecure, with an extra thick bottom. Wilsons boatwas built of five-eighth boards, twenty-two feet longand well braced with one and three-quarter inch tim-bers nailed and clinched with wire nails. It carriedabout nine hundred pounds of outfit besides themselves. Mr. Brownlies advice in this matter is as follows : The idea seems to be prevalent that you must buildyour boat as soon as you get over the divide, eitherat Lake Lindeman or Lake
. The Klondyke . -u . \ ■■% ^■■ •s- w •Lit. CHILKOOT PASS. CLEMENTS GUIDE TO THE KLONDYKE. 97BOAT BUILDING. In building your boat, be sure that it is strong andsecure, with an extra thick bottom. Wilsons boatwas built of five-eighth boards, twenty-two feet longand well braced with one and three-quarter inch tim-bers nailed and clinched with wire nails. It carriedabout nine hundred pounds of outfit besides themselves. Mr. Brownlies advice in this matter is as follows : The idea seems to be prevalent that you must buildyour boat as soon as you get over the divide, eitherat Lake Lindeman or Lake Bennett. If I were goingto make the trip I should do nothing of the kind. Byleaving San Francisco in early February, not laterthan the middle of the month, ^-ou can, in all proba-bilit3% get over the divide without trou])le early inMarch. At that time of the year the lakes and streamsare nearly all frozen, and a person can get as far asthe foot of Lake Labarge before the ice begins tobreak up. It is much easier to travel over the ice thant
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