| description: | A Long Line Of Hundreds Of Klondike Gold Miners And Prospectors Seen Here From A Distance Lined Up To Enter Canada Through The Nwmp Customs Post At The Summit Of The Chilcoot Pass (A Favourite Canada - Us Border Crossing Point) In The Yukon In 1897. Customs Duty Was Just One Of The Duties Of The Nwmp. This Little Force Of Nwmp Tried To Maintain Law And Order Amidst The Criminal Elements Who Were Murderers, Smugglers Of Whiskey, Thieves, And Gamblers. The Nwmp Also Found Lost Travellers And Even Delivered The Mail To Scattered Gold Camps. They Covered About 64,000 Miles In A Single Year For Mail Duty |