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Dawson City, Yukon
Virtual TourSherry Vetter
“Living” History
• Wooden sidewalks• Buildings (new and restored) maintain historical
appearance• Very little pavement• Period costumes
Midnight Dome
View Dawson City from the “top of the world”
Klondike River(view from Midnight Dome)
Gold Rush
Dawson City is the heart of the Klondike Gold Rush
August 17, 1896, Skookum Jim, Dawson Charlie and Gorge and Kate Carmack stumbled upon gold.
Discovery Claim is located on Bonanza Creek.
Panning for Gold
Tour a Gold Mining Operation
Dredge #4
Diamond Tooth Gerties
Diamond Tooth Gerties Gambling Hall is noted as Canada’s first licensed gambling hall complete with cancan dancers.
Diamond Tooth Gerties
Diamond Tooth Gertie & the CanCan Girls
River Tours
Jack London, Robert Service, and more
There is plenty to do and see in Dawson City
• Visit the cabins of Jack London and Robert Service• Museums• Tours (Nature, Walking,
Culture, Wilderness, Graveyards, Mining, Theatre, plus many more)• Sourtoe Cocktail Club
Links
• http://dawsoncity.ca/• http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/yt/klondike/index.aspx• www.5thavebandb.com/ • http://www.klondikespirit.com/ • http://www.themilepost.com/home