White Pass

E96901

mountain pass

White Pass is a mountain pass in the Coast Mountains of Alaska and British Columbia, historically significant as a major route during the Klondike Gold Rush and now known for the White Pass and Yukon Route railway.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
White Pass canonical	4
White Pass and Yukon Route railway	2
White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad	1
White Pass and Yukon Route	1
White Pass region	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T809598 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: White Pass
Context triple: [Skagway, hasNearbyPass, White Pass]

A. Fraser Canyon
Fraser Canyon is a dramatic, steep-walled river gorge in British Columbia, Canada, historically significant as a major corridor for transportation, settlement, and resource extraction.
B. Forester Pass
Forester Pass is a high mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada of California, renowned as the loftiest point along the Pacific Crest Trail and a challenging milestone for long-distance hikers.
C. MacKenzie
MacKenzie is the first name of MacKenzie Scott, the American novelist and philanthropist known for her large-scale charitable giving.
D. Donner Pass
Donner Pass is a historically significant mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its challenging terrain, transcontinental railroad route, and the ill-fated Donner Party.
E. Applegate–Lassen Route
The Applegate–Lassen Route was an alternative emigrant trail in the mid-19th century that branched off the main California Trail to provide a northern route into California and southern Oregon.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: White Pass
Target entity description: White Pass is a mountain pass in the Coast Mountains of Alaska and British Columbia, historically significant as a major route during the Klondike Gold Rush and now known for the White Pass and Yukon Route railway.

A. Fraser Canyon
Fraser Canyon is a dramatic, steep-walled river gorge in British Columbia, Canada, historically significant as a major corridor for transportation, settlement, and resource extraction.
B. Forester Pass
Forester Pass is a high mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada of California, renowned as the loftiest point along the Pacific Crest Trail and a challenging milestone for long-distance hikers.
C. MacKenzie
MacKenzie is the first name of MacKenzie Scott, the American novelist and philanthropist known for her large-scale charitable giving.
D. Donner Pass
Donner Pass is a historically significant mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its challenging terrain, transcontinental railroad route, and the ill-fated Donner Party.
E. Applegate–Lassen Route
The Applegate–Lassen Route was an alternative emigrant trail in the mid-19th century that branched off the main California Trail to provide a northern route into California and southern Oregon.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain pass ⓘ
administrativeRegion	Municipality of Skagway Borough ⓘ surface form: Skagway Municipality Stikine Region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	White Pass Summit ⓘ
associatedWith	Klondike Gold Rush (1897–1898) ⓘ surface form: Klondike Gold Rush White Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: White Pass and Yukon Route railway
climate	subarctic ⓘ
comparedWith	Chilkoot Trail ⓘ surface form: Chilkoot Pass
connects	Bennett, British Columbia ⓘ Skagway ⓘ surface form: Skagway, Alaska interior of Yukon ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentUse	highway corridor ⓘ rail transport corridor ⓘ tourist route ⓘ
elevation	2864 feet ⓘ 873 meters ⓘ
featureOf	Panhandle of Alaska ⓘ surface form: Alaska–Canada border
goldRushEra	late 1890s ⓘ
hazards	avalanches ⓘ severe winter weather ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major route during the Klondike Gold Rush ⓘ
locatedIn	Alaska ⓘ British Columbia ⓘ Coast Mountains ⓘ
locatedOnBorderBetween	Alaska ⓘ British Columbia ⓘ
mountainRange	Coast Mountains ⓘ
namedAfter	Thomas White ⓘ
near	Lytton, British Columbia ⓘ surface form: Fraser, British Columbia Skagway ⓘ
openedToProspectors	1897 ⓘ
partOf	Boundary Ranges ⓘ
partOfRoute	Klondike Highway ⓘ surface form: Skagway–Whitehorse corridor
railGaugeUsedByTraversingRailway	narrow gauge ⓘ
region	Southeastern Alaska ⓘ surface form: Southeast Alaska North Coast of British Columbia ⓘ surface form: northwestern British Columbia
tourismAttractionType	scenic mountain pass ⓘ
transportDifficultyComparedToChilkootPass	less steep ⓘ
transportModeHistorically	pack trail ⓘ railway route ⓘ wagon road ⓘ
transportRole	gateway to Yukon goldfields ⓘ
traversedBy	Klondike Highway ⓘ White Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: White Pass and Yukon Route
usedFor	Klondike Highway ⓘ surface form: Klondike Gold Rush trail

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Skagway → isTerminusOf → White Pass ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad

Skagway → hasNearbyPass → White Pass ⓘ

Cascade crest → hasNotablePass → White Pass ⓘ

Klondike Gold Rush (1897–1898) → route → White Pass ⓘ

White Pass → traversedBy → White Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Pass and Yukon Route

White Pass → associatedWith → White Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Pass and Yukon Route railway

Taiya Inlet → connectedTo → White Pass ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Pass region

Klondike Highway → passesNear → White Pass ⓘ

Klondike Highway → parallelTo → White Pass ⓘ