Skagway, Alaska

Skagway is a city and borough in Alaska. It became famous from Soapy Smith.

Transportation

The port of Skagway provides sea access to cruise ships and ferries.

Skagway is one of three Southeast Alaskan cities with a road to the Continental United States; Skagway is the southern end of the Klondike Highway. The road was built in 1978. The road links Skagway to Whitehorse, the Yukon, northern British Columbia, and the Alaska Highway.

The ferry system called "the Alaska Marine Highway" also stops at Skagway.

Skagway has a small airport.

Skagway wharves and harbor ca. 1898 photo by Eric A. Hegg
Gold Rush-era advertisements made on one of the mountains forming the eastern wall of the valley
Gold Rush Cemetery, Skagway, Alaska, USA
Corner of Broadway and 7th Avenue, built 2005
Broadway Avenue, Skagway, in the early 1980s. Mount Harding on right
Diamond Princess (left) and Pacific Princess
A cruise ship docked in Skagway
Panoramic photograph of Skagway, c. 1915
Wooden building in the historic center of Skagway.
Broadway Avenue, in the summer during the tourist season (2017).

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