Dawson City, Yukon
Dawson City is a place in Yukon. It used to be a city, but is not one anymore. It is the second-largest place in Yukon, after Whitehorse, and has 1,577 people.
Dawson was at its biggest during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898, and served as a base for mining. Many people became rich not from finding gold, but from running boarding houses/general stores because of good business from all of the miners. It was the capital of Yukon from 1898 to 1952.
Dawson City, Yukon Media
- Packtrain carrying freight outside of the Bartlett Bros offices, Dawson, Yukon territory, 1899 (HEGG 624).jpeg
Packtrain in Dawson, 1899 (photographed by Eric A. Hegg)
- 3rd St, Dawson, Yukon Territory, ca 1899 (HEGG 88).jpeg
View of 3rd Street c. 1899 by Eric A. Hegg
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Streetscape and landslide at mountain side; Dawson City, 1964
Gold dredger, Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada
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Most of Dawson's buildings have the appearance of 19th-Century construction. All new construction must comply with visual standards ensuring conformity to this appearance
- Foot race, Dawson City, YT, about 1900.jpg
Foot race, Dawson City, about 1900
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Buy gold here!
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Entertainment that will take you to a time in the past
- DawsonCityFerry