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Discover Dawson in Canada

Dawson in the region of Yukon is a town located in Canada - some 2,699 mi or ( 4344 km ) North-West of Ottawa , the country's capital .

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Local time in Dawson is now 02:38 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " America/Whitehorse " with a UTC offset of -7 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: and . When in this area, you might want to check out . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Dawson ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Motorcycle to Dawson City with MotoQuest

5:18 min by MotoQuestTours
Views: 4160 Rating: 5.00

Join MotoQuest on an unforgettable ride through Alaska, the Yukon, and British Columbia. Visit Dawson City, Skagway, Haines and ride the Denali Highway. See the tallest mountains on the continent, and ..

Dawson City, Yukon Territory October 1998

2:06 min by Mark Satchwell
Views: 3209 Rating: 5.00

Dawson and the Top of the World Highway heading west towards Alaska, October 1998. Video snapshot shows the Klondike River looking east, Eldorado and Bonanza Creeks branching south. For a great intro ..


Dawson City and the Klondike Gold Rush Lobo's photos around Dawson City, Canada (travel pics)

2:38 min by TripAdvisorTRIPWOWu
Views: 2445 Rating: 5.00

Preview of Lobo's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Learn more about these videos: ..

MotoQuest Canada: Dust to Dawson Motorcycle Gathering

8:14 min by MotoQuestTours
Views: 1656 Rating: 4.33

The biker games at the Dust to Dawson motorcycle gathering. Slow race, ect on the main street of Dawson City, Yukon Territory. www.motoquest.com ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Klondike Gold Rush

The Klondike Gold Rush, also called the Yukon Gold Rush, the Alaska Gold Rush, the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush and the Last Great Gold Rush, was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. Gold was discovered here on August 16, 1896 and, when news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year, it triggered a "stampede" of would-be prospectors.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 64.06 -139.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: American gold rushes, Canadian gold rushes, Economic history of Canada, History of Yukon, History of mining, Klondike Gold Rush, Mining in Yukon

St. Paul's Anglican Church (Dawson City, Yukon)

St. Paul's Anglican Church is an historic Carpenter Gothic style Anglican church building located on the corner of Front and Church streets in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. Built of wood in 1902, it once served as the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Yukon until the diocesan see was moved to Whitehorse in 1953. Its steep pitched roof, its pointed arch entry through its belfry tower and its lancet windows are typical of Carpenter Gothic churches. St.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 64.06 -139.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: 20th-century Anglican church buildings, Anglican churches in Canada, Buildings and structures in Yukon, Carpenter Gothic churches in Canada, Churches in Yukon, Churches on the National Historic Sites of Canada register, Dawson City, Former cathedrals in Canada, National Historic Sites in Yukon, Religion in Yukon, Religious buildings completed in 1902

Yukon Hotel

The Yukon Hotel is a National Historic Site of Canada and part of the Dawson Historical Complex. It is a log building with a three-storey false facade on First Avenue at the corner of Church Street in Dawson City, Yukon. The building was constructed during the Klondike Gold Rush in 1898 by J.E. Binet, who named it Binet Block. A local entrepreneur, he and his brother J.O. Binet also operated Malden House, the Marconi Hotel, and Binet Brothers Saloon, and the Binet Bros.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 64.06 -139.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Yukon, Hotels on the National Historic Sites of Canada register, Klondike Gold Rush, National Historic Sites in Yukon, Wooden buildings and structures

Yukon School of Visual Arts

The Yukon School of Visual Arts (commonly referred to by its acronym, YSOVA) is Canada's most northern accredited art school. It is located in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada at the fork of the Yukon and Klondike Rivers. SOVA offers the foundational year for a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and a Bachelor of Design (BDes). The school combines an experiential, integrated curriculum that is studio-based with liberal studies courses.

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Located at 64.06 -139.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Art schools in Canada, Colleges in the territories of Canada, Education in Yukon

Klondike, Yukon

The Klondike is a region of the Yukon in northwest Canada, east of the Alaska border. It lies around the Klondike River, a small river that enters the Yukon from the east at Dawson. The Klondike is famed because of the Klondike Gold Rush, which started in 1897 and lasted until 1899. Gold has been mined continuously in that area except for a hiatus in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The name "Klondike" actually evolved from the Hän word Tr'ondëk, which means "hammerstone water".

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 64.06 -139.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Geographic regions of Canada, Geography of Yukon, Klondike Gold Rush