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Dawson City

Boom town, Canada, founded 1896.

About Dawson City

Town in Yukon Territory, Canada. Parks Canada estimates 20,000 to 30,000 people at the height of the rush in 1898-99, falling to under 1,000 by 1918. Part of the Tr'ondek-Klondike World Heritage Site (2023).1,2,3

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People

Worked hereRobert ServiceA bank clerk in Dawson City turned the tall tales of '98 into verse.4Worked hereLulu Mae Johnson (Eads)A Dawson dance-hall star who died in the Princess Sophia sinking.5Worked hereJoseph Whiteside BoyleThe boxer's friend who dredged the Klondike and rescued Romanians.6Worked hereChief Isaac (Tr'ondek Han)He founded the village of Moosehide on the Yukon River during the Klondike rush.7

Mines

Worked atKlondike (Bonanza Creek)Klondike (Bonanza Creek) lies about 15 km away.1

Events

Led toKlondike gold rushDawson City is part of this story: Klondike gold rush.1Led toGold found on Rabbit (Bonanza) CreekDawson City is part of this story: Gold found on Rabbit (Bonanza) Creek.1

Places

InspiredCoolgardieDawson peaked at 20,000 to 30,000 people in 1898-99. See the other great gold town.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q372324 (Dawson City)
  2. Dawson Historical Complex National Historic Site Parks Canada
  3. Tr'ondek-Klondike UNESCO World Heritage Centre
  4. Gold Rush Writers US National Park Service, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
  5. JOHNSON, LULU MAE Dictionary of Canadian Biography
  6. BOYLE, JOSEPH WHITESIDE Dictionary of Canadian Biography
  7. ISAAC Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Pictures on this page: 1918 - Colonelul Joseph (Joe) Boyle.png, Unknown author (Public domain).

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Super Pit, Kalgoorlie by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0; Underground mining equipment by Kaupo Kikkas, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Gold prospectors constructing a long box with a filter for panning gold. Process print after H.M. Paget, 1899., Henry Marriott Paget (Public Domain Mark 1.0).