The Edmonton and District Railway Company received a charter in 1898 to build westward from Edmonton, District of Alberta, North-West Territories, to Pelly River, Yukon. Changing the company name to the Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific Railway Company (EY&PR) in 1899, their charter eventually lapsed.https://www.ryerson.ca/~amackenz/history/national/y.html That year, the White Pass and Yukon line opened between Skagway, Alaska, and Bennett, British Columbia (near the border). A year later, the line was extended to Whitehorse, Yukon. The British Columbia & Alaska Railway Company received a charter in 1910, but even its shrunken plansFort George Herald, 24 Feb 1912 never eventuated.
