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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
(Alaska & Washington)
This park has two sub-units: Skagway, Alaska; and
Seattle, Washington. The Skakgay sub-unit consists
of historic buildings there and portions of the Chilkoot
and White Pass Trails. This sub-unit of the park is in
the Alaska Panhandle. The Seattle sub-unit consists
of a visitor center in the Pioneer Square Historic
District. The Gold Rush took place in 1897-1898.
Tens of thousands of people first purchased supplies
in Seattle and the headed for the Klondike in Alaska
to prospect for gold. Both sub-units do an excellent
job of relating the story of that gold rush. At the
Skagway sub-unit, you can take a ranger-guided tour
of the old townsite of Dyea. Thousands of people
lived in neighboring Dyea for about a year as
prospectors climbed the Chilkoot Trail into Canada.
The townsite is now overgrown with trees and grass
but here and there one can see evidence that a town
used to exist.
Contact Information
P.O. Box 517
Skagway, AK 99840
or
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
117 South Main Street
Seattle, WA 98104
(907) 983-2921 (Skagway) or (206) 553-7220
(Seattle)
Link to the National Park Service Website page for
this site. (Skagway). Or link here (Seattle).
(Alaska & Washington)
This park has two sub-units: Skagway, Alaska; and
Seattle, Washington. The Skakgay sub-unit consists
of historic buildings there and portions of the Chilkoot
and White Pass Trails. This sub-unit of the park is in
the Alaska Panhandle. The Seattle sub-unit consists
of a visitor center in the Pioneer Square Historic
District. The Gold Rush took place in 1897-1898.
Tens of thousands of people first purchased supplies
in Seattle and the headed for the Klondike in Alaska
to prospect for gold. Both sub-units do an excellent
job of relating the story of that gold rush. At the
Skagway sub-unit, you can take a ranger-guided tour
of the old townsite of Dyea. Thousands of people
lived in neighboring Dyea for about a year as
prospectors climbed the Chilkoot Trail into Canada.
The townsite is now overgrown with trees and grass
but here and there one can see evidence that a town
used to exist.
Contact Information
P.O. Box 517
Skagway, AK 99840
or
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
117 South Main Street
Seattle, WA 98104
(907) 983-2921 (Skagway) or (206) 553-7220
(Seattle)
Link to the National Park Service Website page for
this site. (Skagway). Or link here (Seattle).
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