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KLONDIKE REGION
Dawson City is an eclectic and
vibrant northern community on the
banks of the Yukon River. We boast
a mixture of First Nations Heritage
and Gold Rush History blended with
an active Gold Mining and Tourism
Industry as well as a thriving Arts
scene. In brief, we’ve got everything
you’re looking for in a northern town!
Dawson’s past is marked by Beringia,
an Ice Age period which formed our
unique landscape and the treasures
they contain, the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in,
who have called this area home for
centuries, as well as the Klondike
Gold Rush, that put this town on the
tongue of stampeders worldwide.
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Discoveries of gold in the Klondike
have inspired goldsmiths and
jewellers for decades. Mammoth
ivory, preserved for millennia
beneath the earth, has also been
found in the Dawson region. You
can see examples of how artists
have created beautiful jewellery with
these materials at one of Dawson’s
jewellers and art galleries.
Klondike National Historic Sites
As well as being a living community,
Dawson City is a National Historic Site,
protected for the benefit, education,
and enjoyment of this and future
generations by Parks Canada Agency.
Among the 17 historically significant
buildings in Dawson City preserved
by Parks Canada are the iconic
Palace Grand theatre, the stately
Commissioner’s Residence, and the
former cabin of the “Bard of the
Yukon”, Robert Service. Examples
of boom-town style construction,
false-fronts, modest cabins and
Victorian-era opulence contribute to
the picturesque Dawson streetscape
and help tell the story of the
Klondike Gold Rush and the history
of the region.
Parks Canada also maintains the
historic Dredge No.4 as a symbol of
industrial mining, and The S.S. Keno,
a historic sternwheeler that once
traversed the Yukon waterways.
Today, visitors can experience these
and other important examples of
Yukon history by exploring town
with one of Parks Canada’s
interpretive guides.
Learn from a costumed interpreter
how the glimmer of gold in Bonanza
Creek inspired thousands of fortune-
seekers to make the rigorous trek to
Dawson City and why the Klondike
gold rush was an experience that
altered the collective imagination
of many.
Dawson City
Heart of the Klondike
The largest wooden hulled, bucket
lined dredge in North America.
Dredge No. 4 stands 18 meters high amid the rough and rugged Klondike Gold Fields on Claim #17.
Take a guided tour through the interior of this massive machine with Parks staff and discover the
evolution of Placer mining-from early pioneers unearthing gold-bearing gravel by hand, to large-
scale corporate gold-digging machines forever altering the landscape. Tours must be booked at the
Visitor Information Centre ahead of time.
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