A Guide to Modern Dawson City, Yukon. Following the historic discovery of gold on Bonanza Creek in August of 1896, Dawson City grew out of a marshy swamp near the confluence of theYukon and Klondike Rivers.

Dawson City, officially the City of Dawson, is a town in the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is inseparably linked to the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–1899). Its population was 1,577 as of the 2021 census , [ 6 ] making it the second-largest municipality in Yukon.

Dawson City was the second city in Canada to be born of a gold rush but was the greatest in gold rush history and folk lore. When gold was discovered along the Klondike River in the 1890's a gold rush was triggered that equalled the great California Gold Rush of 1849.

Jan 28, 2011 · Within one season, the mud flats at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike rivers were transformed into a tent city of up to 30,000 people, making it the largest community west of Winnipeg. Saloons and brothels sprang up instantly, threatening to turn Dawson City into a lawless frontier outpost.

History of Dawson City An excellent, lengthy history of Dawson's short but exciting life, by the late Ken Spotswood. One of the Community History Project series.

This legendary event caused a global movement of people that was unprecedented at the time. Although it lasted just a few short years, it left a rich historic legacy with stories of triumph, defeat, bravery and the peculiar madness of gold fever. Dawson City became the biggest city west of Winnipeg and north of Seattle.

Dawson City, located in the heart of the Yukon along the Yukon River, was the epicenter of one of the most famous gold rushes in world history: the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s.

The Dawson Historical complex comprises the core of Dawson City, Yukon, a town established during the Klondike Gold Rush on a flat of land at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike Rivers in a vast, rugged, northern landscape.

Sep 15, 2023 · It served as Yukon's capital from the territory's founding in 1898 until 1952, when the seat was moved to Whitehorse. Dawson City was the centre of the Klondike Gold Rush. It began in 1896 and changed the First Nations camp into a thriving city of 40,000 by 1898.

Dawson City, cultural capital of the Yukon, is home of the Klondike Gold Rush and the heart of Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Traditional Territory; we’re proud of our mining heritage and First Nations roots that run millennia deep.