Skagway's harbor as seen from a perch on a nearby mountainside. Looking north, this view shows the wharves and walkways in the foreground and bustling Skagway behind. The seafloor near the shore is very shallow, so docks needed to be built far from the beach so deepwater steamships could land there. White Pass begins in the right center part of the photo, the Chilkoot Pass begins just on the other side of the mountain in the left center.
