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DAWSON CITY FIREFIGHTERS MUSEUM
Yukon’s
oldest Fire
Department
Unique exhibits from the
Large collection of artifacts,
Historical pictures,
1890s to present day
vehicles and equipment
documents and memorabilia
(867) 993-7407 • Front St (across from the ferry landing) • dawsonfirefightermuseum.com 
General Charters • Custom Trips • All Season Tours • Golfi ng
Fishing • Hiking • Heli Skiing/Biking • Tourist Charter
Dawson City Airport, Km 694, Klondike Highway
[email protected] • (867) 730-2817
www.horizonhelicopters.ca
Not until the middle of July,
1897 did the outside world
learn of the strike, when some
of the newly rich pioneers
arrived by steamboat on the
West Coast. The description
of “a ton of gold” in Seattle’s
Post-Intelligencer triggered
a veritable stampede.
Photo: Washington State Historical Society
Photo: Yukon Archives,
Robert P. McLennan fonds, #6460
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