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, Alaska Media

• Skagway wharves and harbor ca. 1898 photo by Eric A. Hegg

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  Gold Rush-era advertisements made on one of the mountains forming the eastern wall of the valley

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  Gold Rush Cemetery, Skagway, Alaska, USA

• Corner of Broadway and 7th Avenue, built 2005

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  Broadway Avenue, Skagway, in the early 1980s. Mount Harding on right

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  Diamond Princess (left) and Pacific Princess

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  A cruise ship docked in Skagway

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  Panoramic photograph of Skagway, c. 1915

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  Wooden building in the historic center of Skagway.

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  Broadway Avenue, in the summer during the tourist season (2017).