Clearing the platform at Bennett. The White Pass Rotary Fleet begins to attack the winter's accumulation of snow from the tracks at the station platform in Bennett, British Columbia. Located on the southern shore of Lake Bennett, this station complex is the halfway point between Skagway, Alaska and Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. In the winter, the north winds blow the loose snow off the frozen lake and tend to deposit it squarely in front of the station. By early spring, some of the drifts here are pretty impressive, in this case, nearly covering the first storey of the station building. The yard at Bennett is typically as far north as the rotary plow ever operates, when opening the line for the impending tourist season. Although the tourist trains to White Pass and Fraser typically commence in early May, the Carcross Trains, which stop for lunch here in Bennett, don't begin running for several more weeks. By that time, mother nature generally takes care of the snow. And yes, the little sailboat on the right side of the photo is indeed on dry land.
